The European Union said on Wednesday it had imposed sanctions on a number of senior Russian officials, including Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Economy Minister Maxim Reshetnikov, after Moscow recognized the independence of two separatist enclaves in Ukraine. Article content Article content Also ...
Russian defence minister outlines military developmentDmitry Fediushko, MoscowJane's Defence Weekly
Billions of Russian defense budget's rubles may fall to a British company currently facing the verge of bankruptcy. Curiously enough, that firm was entrusted by defense minister Anatoly Serdiukov in his notorious resolution to equip Russian Navy warships with metal furniture. Viktor Chirkov: ...
MOSCOW — Russia’s defence minister has visited Vietnam, seeking to expand military ties with Moscow’s Cold War-era ally. Article content Sergei Shoigu hailed Vietnam as a “reliable longtime friend” during the talks in Hanoi. Russia’s Defence Ministry quoted Shoigu as saying Tuesday that ...
"Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Timur Vadimovich Ivanov has been detained on suspicion of committing a crime under part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code (taking a bribe)," the committee said on Telegram. It added that necessary investigative actions are being carried...
The minister, according to a source, would stay in Islamabad for a few hours before returning to Moscow. Neither side has publicly announced the visit. A defence ministry official said the two sides would discuss full spectrum of defence collaboration during Mr Shoigu’s visit. ...
Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu has told US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel that Russian troops conducting exercises near Ukraine are not planning to cross the border. During an hour-long 20 March phone call, Shoigu provided Hagel with "assurance that the troops he has arrayed along ...
Ukraine Ready to Repel Possible Russian Offensive This Month, Defence Minister More Reuters A view shows a building of the National University of Urban Economy heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kharkiv, Ukraine February 5, 2...
Russian air defenses downed a Ukrainian drone over the southern Belgorod region late on Fiday, the Defence Ministry said on Telegram, while providing no further details. The governor of Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on Telegram that two "airborne objects" had been downed and, according...
personnel so close together in HIMARS range. Girkin was previously minister of defense of the self-proclaimed, Russian-backed Donetsk People’s Republic, and was found guilty by a Dutch court of mass murder for his involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine ...