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On March 15, 2021, the Express-80 communication and broadcasting satellite was put into operation as part of the FSUE Kosmicheskaya Svyaz orbital group (SE KS) at the position of 80° V. D. Flight tests of the Express-80 spacecraft were carried out in full and with positive results.

The United States puts Russia on the list of countries with which the export and import of weapons and defense services is completely prohibited. This is stated in the statement of the US State Department, published on its website on Wednesday, March 17.

There were no agreements on holding meetings of the NATO - Russia Council, and the main problem is that military contacts have been completely cut off.

These days, Russian-Belarusian tank exercises are continuing in the Nizhny Novgorod Region. About 300 servicemen and more than 80 pieces of military equipment take part in them at the Mulino training ground. According to the press service of the Western Military District, joint actions in the offensive and defense will be worked out during the exercises, and the settlement will be stormed.

The water intake on the Belbek River and the automated water pipeline from the Kadykovsky quarry, which was built by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, will be able to deliver about 65 thousand cubic meters of water to Sevastopol per day, Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov said.

Kazakh journalist Akmaral Batalova specially for the Kazakhstan resource Tengrinews.kz conducted an exclusive interview with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. Answering questions, Shoigu shared his opinion on the relations between Russia and Kazakhstan, the idea of creating a "Turan army" and the actions of the United States.

The spring draft in Russia starts on April 1. It is planned to send 122 thousand recruits to the security forces: the army, Rosgvardiya, FSO, etc.

Residents of the Far North and education workers will start receiving summonses from May 1. And for rural areas, the spring call was canceled: young people in the village will help their parents to carry out the sowing campaign, and in the fall to harvest.

[b]According to the Minister of Defense, drug trafficking and drug production are also a serious problem in Afghanistan.]

The Russian Defense Ministry is concerned about the movement of large groups of terrorists to Afghanistan and other countries. This was stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in an interview published on Wednesday with the Kazakh news agency Tengrinews.

There were no agreements on holding meetings of the Russia-NATO Council, the main problem is that contacts on the military line have been completely cut off, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told RIA Novosti.

A decision on the exact date of the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has not yet been made, Washington is consulting with its allies on this topic, US President Joe Biden said in an interview with ABC News.

The Japanese were excited by the statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry about the inadmissibility of the deployment of American missiles

Russia has warned that the deployment of US missiles in Japan could threaten security in the region. In response, Japanese users were divided in their opinion. Some said that it is necessary to send "not simple missiles" in the direction of Russia, while others noted that it is time for Japan to act independently, and not rely on the help of the United States.

Russian troops took control of the Al-Thawra oil block, located in the south-west of the Syrian province of Raqqa, after the Iranian-backed Fatimiyoun militia abandoned their positions in the area, the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat (headquarters in London) reported.

During the armed conflict in Syria, 112 Russian servicemen were killed. Such data was given by the first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrey Krasov on Monday, March 15.

Organizational measures are being taken to establish a Russian Navy base in Sudan, the head of the Duma Defense Committee, Vladimir Shamanov, told Interfax.

The US Air Force and Northrop Grumman have released the first images of the new B-21 Raider bomber. The photos were taken in combination with artistic renderings against the background of the hangars of Ellsworth Air Force Bases (South Dakota), Whiteman (Missouri) and Dice (Texas).

Statements by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov about Russia's retaliatory actions in the event of the US deployment of medium-range missiles in Japan caused hysteria on the Japanese islands. The media was flooded with hundreds of aggressive and malicious comments from Japanese readers. Some even suggest turning Russia "into a sea of fire."

The state corporation reported that the ban is related to the need to secure the data

The State Corporation "Rostec" confirmed the existence of restrictions for employees to use such foreign applications as Zoom, Skype and WhatsApp, specifying that these applications are prohibited to install on corporate laptops and computers. This was reported to journalists on Thursday in the press service of Rostec.

The Royal Navy of Great Britain will have a permanent presence in the Arctic Circle to counter Russia's strategic advantage in controlling the trade routes that will open up to navigation as the ice sheet melts.

The probability of a global catastrophe caused by man, accompanied by the death of millions of people, animals and plants, is very high and is constantly increasing. According to scientists, we are talking about the impending sixth mass extinction.

Military sailors in the Syrian Tartus conducted a training session, during which they repelled a simulated attack by saboteur divers on ships at a Russian logistics point.