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On December 16, a solemn ceremony of awarding the winners of the XXI competition for the annual National award "Golden Idea" in the field of military-technical cooperation took place at the Patriot Exhibition Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Moscow does not intend to sell weapons to the new Afghan authorities, all talk about such a possibility is nonsense. This was stated on Friday, December 17, in an interview with the special representative of the President of the Russian Federation, Director of the Second Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov.

The US Department of Justice announced an attempt of espionage in favor of Russia. Former Pentagon contract worker Jane Murray Rowe has been arrested. The man detained in the USA is 63 years old, he had access to secrets for 40 years, the Izvestia TV channel reports. We are talking about classified information in the field of aerospace technologies. The FBI does not claim that Jane Rowe had any contact with Russia. The man himself contacted the agent, whom he considered Russian. Now the arrested person may face a life sentence.

The Russian Federation proposed to consolidate the principle of the impossibility of unleashing a nuclear war in the draft treaty on security guarantees with the United States.

The State Duma adopted a law removing the obligation from military units and organizations to issue licenses for the development, production, testing, sale, disposal of weapons, military equipment and ammunition.

The 17th meeting of the Belarusian-Chinese Coordinating Committee for Cooperation in the Field of Armaments and Military Equipment was held via videoconference on December 17.

Anti-Russian sanctions are an instrument of unfair competition, and Western countries will always find reasons for their introduction, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

The United States is open to discussing issues with Russia on the NATO negotiating platform or in the OSCE format, US Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told reporters during an online event on Friday.

Washington is not satisfied with the negotiations on the JCPOA with Iran, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on US public television.

The EU, in response to Russia's proposals on regional security guarantees, supports discussing this issue in existing formats, the official representative of the EU Foreign Policy Service Peter Stano told RIA Novosti.

Ukraine today is completely lost to Russia as a partner and ally.

This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov in an interview with RTVI, writes Rubaltic.ru .

Peskov noted that Russians and Ukrainians will remain fraternal peoples, despite the "fooling of their citizens by the Ukrainian authorities."

On December 17, 2021, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published the draft "Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States of America on Security Guarantees" and "Agreement on Security Measures of the Russian Federation and the member States of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization".

Having led his party to victory in the Bundestag elections, Social Democrat Olaf Scholz became the new Chancellor of Germany.

For starters, Scholz became the second chancellor in the history of Germany who did not mention God at the oath. After taking the oath, he began his first foreign voyage along the "traditional"inaugural" route" Paris - Brussels - Warsaw.

The United States is waiting for significant progress in diplomatic work around Ukraine, but will not stop meeting the country's defense needs. This was announced on Friday, December 17, by Assistant to the US President for National Security Jake Sullivan, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations.

German Finance Minister, leader of the Free Democratic Party Christian Lindner on Friday, December 17, in an interview with the Funke media group, said that the German government is always interested in cooperation with Russia, and the issue of Nord Stream –2 is only in the legal field.

U.S. Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and Germany's Christina Lambrecht discussed issues related to countering Russia's policy in Eastern Europe during a telephone conversation, the Pentagon said.

The official representative of the US Defense Ministry, John Kirby, did not answer the question about the possible buildup of US and NATO troops on the "eastern flank" of the alliance in connection with the situation around Ukraine, citing his lack of information on this issue.

IL-76 aircraft of the Russian military transport aviation delivered humanitarian aid to the Afghan capital. This was announced on Saturday, December 18, by a correspondent of Izvestia.

The White House is preparing to respond to Russia's proposals on security guarantees in the near future. According to Bloomberg, citing a senior representative of the US administration, the US reaction will follow next week.

Moscow believes that Beijing and Washington have a separate channel for discussing arms control

The topic of China's involvement in the Russian-American consultations on strategic stability did not arise during contacts with Washington, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in an interview with Interfax.