Russia presented to Egypt projects to modernize the existing shipyards of the Suez Canal and outlined opportunities for building a new one. Russia may take part in modernizing shipyards of the Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, and build a new shipyard in Egypt, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry said.…
Russia’s space agency in talks on sending Turkish, Egyptian, Saudi astronauts into space
Roscosmos is in talks with Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia hashing over the possibility of sending their astronauts into space, Dmitry Rogozin, director of Russia’s state space corporation, told an international forum dubbed «Baikonur is the cradle of world cosmonautics» on Tuesday, 12 November. «Earlier, it was believed that with the advent of American…
Russian defense minister arrives to Egypt
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived to the Egyptian capital Cairo, where he is scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Tuesday. During the visit, Shoigu is also expected to head the Russian delegation to the sixth session of the Russian-Egyptian commission on defense cooperation, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Rossiyana Markovskaya…
Russian Aerospace Forces will receive the first serial Su-57 aircraft before the end of the year
The Russian Aerospace Forces will receive the first serial fighter of the fifth generation Su-57 aircraft before the end of the year. This was told to the media by Deputy Defence Minister Alexei Krivoruchko following a visit to the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aviation plant, where these machines are being built. Under the current contract, the Aerospace Forces…
Manturov: Russia is interested in cooperation with UAE
Russia is interested in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates on the development of a supersonic passenger airplane, Russian Minister of Trade and Industry Denis Manturov told journalists. According to him, the UAE “has all the prerequisites” to become a customer of such a plane. “As far as investment is concerned, yes, sure (the UAE…
The Intergovernmental Commission of Russia and India on military and technical cooperation has identified the main tasks for the near future
The Russian-Indian Intergovernmental Commission on military and technical cooperation is to determine the priorities for the near future, said Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, opening its meeting held today in Moscow. "Today's meeting is held in a new format - we consider issues of cooperation in the military and technical areas.…
Indian & Russian Navy Hold Staff Talks ahead of INDRA-2019 Triservices Exercise
Senior staff officers from the Indian and Russian Navy held the 4th round of Saff Talks at New Delhi on October 30 2019. The talks were co-chaired by Rear Admiral Atul Anand, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign Cooperation and Intelligence) from the Indian Navy (IN) and Rear Admiral Vladimir Zemskov, Deputy Chief of Russian…
Russia Prepares Largest-Ever ‘Satan-2’ Ballistic Missile Tests
Russia is preparing to conduct at least five tests next year of its new ballistic missile that has been called the largest missile in history, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday.President Vladimir Putin unveiled the Sarmat missile, also called Satan-2, at an annual address last year that reportedly riled U.S. President Donald Trump. Russia went on…
Russian military officers have launched the ballistic missile “Yars”
Russian military officers have launched the ballistic missile “Yars” Within the scope of the military training exercises “Grom”, the combat crew of the mobile ground missile system “Yars” has successfully launched the intercontinental ballistic missile from the space launching site “Plesetsk” along the training ground “Kura” on Kamchatka. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian…
Second phase of the joint Russian-Serbian air defense exercise “Slavic shield – 2019” was completed in Serbia
The closing ceremony of the joint Slavic Shield-2019 air defence exercises was held at the Batajnica Serbian airbase. The manoeuvres were held in two stages. The first stage was held in September this year in the Astrakhan region on the basis of the Center for Combat Training and Combat Use of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The…