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A large archive of documents describing the program of strengthening the information influence of London in the countries of the former Soviet Union has been found on the Internet. The documents posted online, presumably by hackers of the Anonymous group, are a set of instructions for combating "Russian disinformation" and pro-Russian media in the CIS.

In Russia, the Storm 3450E3R rack server appeared under the Depo brand. This is the most localized server, since it is assembled in Russia and is based on the Depo development board, on which the Elbrus-8SV CPU of the domestic MCST is located. All hardware is controlled by the Russian OS "Alt Server" 10 of the company "Basalt SPO".

The US suddenly eased anti-Russian sanctions. Now the import of software, hardware, services and technologies related to telecommunications, the Internet, and online communication is allowed in the country. The reasons for the indulgences have not been established.

The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, reported news that deserves special attention. According to the general, in the area of the Kalininskoye settlement of the Mykolaiv region, our anti-aircraft missile gunners shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Valkyrie type.

Military Watch Magazine (USA): The perfect fighter for the Ukrainian conflict? Why Russia does not have enough Su-57 to turn the situation around

Thanks to the unique capabilities and functions, it is the Su-57 that could become the ideal fighter for the Ukrainian conflict, writes MWM. It is estimated that only six to eight fighters are in service.

Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin addressed the State Duma on Thursday with an annual report on the results of the government's activities.

NATO countries have agreed on the supply of heavy offensive weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, the armored vehicles coming from the West require Ukraine to concentrate the appropriate fuel reserves. Previously, the lion's share of the fuel market in the country belonged to Minsk and Moscow. Now the situation has changed a lot – the Russian army is systematically destroying refineries and fuel bases in Ukraine. Who supplies Ukrainian planes and tanks with fuel and how can the Russian Armed Forces prevent this?

Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov promised the appearance of unconventional types of weapons in Russia

The State Armament Program (GPV) will be aimed at creating non-traditional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes.

Continuation of the article on unmanned aircraft systems of Turkey (part I). This excerpt discusses the main types of ammunition used with Turkish UAVs. The full material is presented here .

The American authorities continue to practice their sanctions policy against Russia. Moreover, sanctions packages are introduced literally every day. They are loudly announced in most Western and, of course, Ukrainian media. However, much more quietly, individual sanctions from these "packages" are being withdrawn and lifted, or legislative decisions are being taken in the United States to suspend their actions.

The expert explained why Kiev's threats to shoot down Russian Aerospace Forces planes over Tiraspol are impossible

Ukraine will shoot down military and military transport planes of the Russian Federation that will try to get into Transnistria, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how real the threats are.

The main Russian processor manufacturer, Zelenograd "Micron" showed a net profit at the end of the year for the first time in the last 12 years. It amounted to 258 million rubles. The previous 11 years brought him losses of more than 19 billion rubles.

Satellite equipment will be assembled from domestic raw materials

With the introduction of Western sanctions, Russia's ability to form its orbital grouping will depend solely on its own design, technological and financial resources. Dmitry Rogozin, CEO of the Roscosmos State Corporation, announced plans to achieve full import independence of space instrumentation in a short time.

As the newspaper Kommersant writes in the material of Nikita Korolev and Yevgeny Khvostik, "Processors are isolated. How the Russian authorities will restart the electronic industry", the growing sanctions restrictions in response to the military actions in Ukraine have exposed systemic problems in the domestic microelectronics.

On the eve of Russia's special operation to protect Donbass, the US special services have more than doubled the purchase of commercial satellite images. SpaceNews tells about the surveillance of the American side of the Russian army in Ukraine from space and the transfer of relevant data to Kiev.

What is unconventional weapons and whether they exist in Russia

The Russian army will soon be provided with unconventional types of weapons, including directed energy weapons, kinetic weapons, as well as control systems using artificial intelligence and robotic complexes. This was told to President Vladimir Putin by Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov, who is responsible for the military-industrial complex. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what it means.

Vsevolod Opanasenko, the founder of the T-Platform supercomputer company, who was recently released from arrest on his own recognizance, found a job at Rostec. Almost simultaneously, the Edelweiss company, which the market considers controlled by him, was headed by a top manager of the state corporation.

The Ministry of Economic Development has started collecting opinions and proposals from several dozen ministries, associations, banks, consortia and hardcore organizations on promising methods of state planning in the Russian radio-electronic industry. The Ministry of Economy is interested in their position on the elements of the 1969 Soviet regulation on the Ministry of Electronic Industry, as well as information on the previously applied methodology of the USSR State Planning Committee.

The Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region, together with the government of St. Petersburg and cooperative enterprises, is creating a unique UAV flight monitoring system.

The presidential decree on measures to ensure the technological independence and security of the critical information infrastructure (CII) of the Russian Federation was signed and published on the official portal of legal information on Wednesday.