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The United States did not invite Russia to the first multilateral meeting dedicated to developing a strategy to combat ransomware viruses, but does not exclude its participation in such events in the future, said a senior representative of the American administration.

The exercises of the collective rapid reaction forces of the CSTO "Interaction 2021" near the border of Afghanistan are very necessary, the CSTO participants emphasized their concern about the unpredictability of the development of the situation in Afghanistan

The United States planted a time bomb in Afghanistan, leaving a large number of weapons there, said Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

The special services of the CIS countries exchange information on the situation in Afghanistan on a daily basis, the existing threats in this country have intensified, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin said.

As the TASS news agency reported on October 13, 2021, the first brigade set of the newest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system (SAMS) produced by ALMAZ-ANTEY Concern of East Kazakhstan Region entered the troops of the 15th Special Purpose Army of the Aerospace Forces of Russia, covering Moscow and the Central Industrial District. This was reported to TASS by a source close to the military department.

The Russian military is conducting exercises on its territory, unlike the US military, and the Russian Federation is not going to report on the deployment of the military on its territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Russia is ready to negotiate a further reduction of the START, taking into account the availability of its latest weapons. Contacts between Russia and the United States on the reduction of strategic offensive arms are developing

Russian intercontinental hypersonic weapons are already on combat duty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

According to him, it began after the US withdrawal from the ABM treaty

The arms race between Russia and the United States began after the American side withdrew from the anti-missile defense treaty and is on the march, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

The radical Taliban movement (banned in Russia) considers NATO's "Afghan" policy a failure and calls on the alliance to focus on diplomacy now, the Ariana News portal reports, citing a statement by the Deputy Minister of Information and Culture of the Taliban Zabihullah Mujahid.

The Azerbaijani army has adopted the Yugoslav triple-barreled 20-mm M55 Zastava cannons captured from the Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Two American strategic bombers B-1B Lancer, which are capable of carrying nuclear weapons, flew near the borders of Russia over Lithuania. This was reported by the command of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa, RIA Novosti reports.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for the country's military capacity to be increased to counter the hostile actions of the United States, saying that their statements about the desire for peace cannot be trusted, the Korean Central Telegraph Agency (KCNA) reported.

Russia has completed testing of the latest hypersonic missile

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the implementation of the second test launch of the hypersonic cruise missile "Zircon". It was produced by the crew of the nuclear submarine missile cruiser Severodvinsk from the Barents Sea. The shooting took place in normal mode and, it would seem, was no different from many other similar missile launches. But in fact, it changes a lot.

More than 500 military personnel from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Tajikistan will be involved in practical actions

The Syrian combat experience will be the basis for the actions of Russian servicemen at the special exercises "eChelon-2021" with the forces and means of logistical support of the collective forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which will be held in Tajikistan in October. This was announced to journalists on Tuesday by the deputy commander of the Central Military District (CVO) for logistics, Lieutenant General Alexei Lemyakin.

Official representatives of the European Union, the United States and the Taliban (banned in Russia) will hold talks in Doha, Qatar's capital, EU spokeswoman Nabila Massrali said.

Now the ships have begun to implement a set of pre-arrival measures, the source said

The frigates of the Black Sea Fleet of Project 11356 "Admiral Grigorovich" and "Admiral Essen", equipped with the Kalibr-NK missile system, are preparing to perform combat service tasks as part of the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean. This was reported to TASS by a source in the naval sphere.

Russian hypersonic missiles "Zircon" will be tested with a volley launch from the frigate "Admiral Gorshkov", which will test the concept of a "swarm of bees", which allows distracting the fire of the enemy's anti-aircraft system (air defense), writes TASS columnist Dmitry Litovkin.

The military equipment left by the United States in Afghanistan is unlikely to be of scientific and technical interest to Russia and China, but it may be useful for use at firing ranges and shooting ranges, writes military observer of Izvestia Anton Lavrov.

The Serbian army continues to modernize based on the Russian Federation, the parties can reach new agreements, Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Botan-Kharchenko told Interfax.

The situation in Afghanistan poses a threat to Russia's national security, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Venediktov said on Tuesday.