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Russia and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement on military cooperation. The document was signed by his deputy Alexander Fomin and Deputy Defense Minister of the Kingdom Prince Khaled bin Salman Al-Saud in the presence of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday, August 23.

The United States maintains contacts with the Afghan Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) on a number of issues, but there is no talk of trust or formal relations, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a briefing on Monday.

Washington was in no hurry to evacuate from Afghanistan, so as not to provoke a "complete crisis of confidence", but this did not save the country's government. This was stated on August 23 by the US president's national security adviser Jake Sullivan during a briefing broadcast on Twitter.

Belarus and Russia are beginning to implement the procedures for the internal approval of a new Program of military-technical cooperation for the period up to 2025.

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday accused China of continuing the policy of" pressure "and" intimidation " of the countries of Southeast Asia (Southeast Asia) and in the South China Sea. She promised that Washington will strive for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Russia is ready to intensify cooperation with Sudan in the military-technical sphere, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The Ministry of Defense reported that they will be held at 11 training grounds and seven airfields of the Western Military District

More than 1.5 thousand military personnel and about 400 pieces of equipment are involved in special exercises on material and technical support (MTO) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which will be held at 11 training grounds and seven airfields of the Western Military District. This was reported to journalists on Tuesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The portfolio of export orders for Russian weapons and equipment for the ground forces is about $5 billion, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

Russia is ready to provide all types of Myanmar's armed forces with equipment and weapons within the framework of military-technical cooperation, the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, told Interfax.

The Defense Minister confirmed the intention to continue active cooperation with Egypt in strengthening security and stability in the Middle East and North Africa

The delegations of the defense departments of Russia and Egypt discussed issues of further cooperation at the seventh meeting of the joint commission on military-technical cooperation (MTC) in Moscow on Tuesday.

It is planned to increase the quota for Moscow to 20 thousand children

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that he had agreed with the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu on the construction of a new stage of the training and methodological center for military-patriotic education of young people "Avangard".

According to the deputy head of the department Alexey Krivoruchko, the signing of this package of contracts will be an important stage in the implementation of the State Armament Program

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has concluded more than 40 state contracts for the supply of more than 1.3 thousand samples of weapons and equipment worth more than 500 billion rubles during the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021". This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexey Krivoruchko following the signing of contracts.

The new military unit will be part of the 7th Airborne Assault Division

A new airborne assault regiment will be formed in the Crimea by December 1. This was announced to TASS on Tuesday by the commander of the Airborne Troops (Airborne forces), Colonel-General Andrey Serdyukov.

Russia is determined to develop military cooperation with Jordan, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov said on Tuesday.

Russia is the only country that has managed to eliminate terrorist formations, otherwise the current horrors in Afghanistan could have been in the Russian Federation, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the second stage of the United Russia congress.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will not interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and draw its armed forces into the conflict in this country.

The problem of Afghan refugees is alarming

The Taliban (the Taliban group is banned in the Russian Federation) got a huge amount of weapons that no one controls, said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, answering the question whether the Taliban movement poses a military threat to Russia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a final press conference in Budapest that Moscow does not want to see American soldiers in Central Asia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that all military personnel, regardless of their positions and ranks, will receive a one-time payment of 15 thousand rubles, and proposed to extend this payment to military cadets and law enforcement officers.

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, at the annual meeting of high representatives of the BRICS countries in charge of security issues, drew the attention of colleagues to attempts to impose alien ideals on the peoples of the five countries. According to him, they are trying to pass off these ideals as so-called universal democratic values.