Armenia Hopes for Military Cooperation With US Under Trump Administration
Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said that despite the change of the US administration, the US-Armenian cooperation in the military area will continue.
Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan said that despite the change of the US administration, the US-Armenian cooperation in the military area will continue.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed that he was leaving his post.
Russia will begin churning out advanced MiG-35 multipurpose jets in 2019.
A much-debated march by the far-right Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM), held in Helsinki on Finland's Independence Day, resulted in a welcome windfall for the country's humanitarian organizations. How's that? Human rights watchdogs launched a clever crowdfunding campaign which incorporated the threat of ultra-nationalism into their marketing pitch.
Those groups that do not comply with the ceasefire regime in Syria will be subject to elimination, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman said.
US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland has resigned from her post. Speaking to Radio Sputnik, Russian political scientist Alexander Konkov said that her departure is highly symbolic, and could presage important changes in the Trump State Department's attitude toward US-sponsored regime change operations.
Russia needs the MiG-35 fighter jets to solve military tasks in the Syria-like conflicts, according to the Aerospace Forces commander.
Russia's Federal Security Service will shield the key objects, using domestically-developed components only.
There is no confirmation that the February Syrian settlement talks in Geneva are postponed, according to the office of UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura's.
On January 27, the world observes the international Holocaust Remembrance Day. A commemoration ceremony is taking place in Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, marking the 72nd anniversary of the camp's liberation by the Soviet Army at the end of the Second World War.
Russia is ready to open maintenance centers for those countries which will operate the new MiG-35 jets.
A team of Turkish soccer players started to celebrate following an important penalty save, moments before a player knocked the ball into his own goal, scoring for the opposing team.
The Russian president will visit a number of Central Asian republics soon.
Israel announced that it will go ahead with its illegal construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, condemning the UN resolution. Brendan Browne, Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin in Belfast considers it as yet another example of Israel being in complete breach of the law, and of the UN's inability to do anything about it.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura's spokeswoman Yara Sharif said that Astana talks have provided a remarkable contribution for the exerted efforts to push for peace in Syria.
Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Co-operation said that Russia is expecting to win Columbia's tender for purchasing jet fighters with MiG-29 aircraft, as well as to get a contract on additional supply of these fighter jets to Peru.
The Russian leader will congratulate Donald Trump on assuming the office of the 45th US president in a phone call on Saturday.
South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo stated that Pyongyang's missile threat against the Seoul metropolitan area where key facilities and population are concentrated is directly linked to the South Korea's security.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that he doesn't know anything about possible plans of the administration of the new US president, Donald Trump, to ease anti-Russian sanctions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday held a meeting with the representatives of Syrian opposition groups in the Russian capital and discussed a number of issues related to the settlement of the conflict in the Middle Eastern state, including the lack of the United Nations' efforts and the project of the constitution prepared by Moscow.
Russian State Duma approved a law excluding battery against the family members from the list of crimes.
Sigmar Gabriel has replaced Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the German foreign minister.
Everybody knows the children’s game “rock, paper, scissors,” but most have never bothered to try playing it with cats. They are absolutely awesome in it!
If President Bashar Assad loses power now, Syria may sink into a cycle of further destabilization on the part of radical groups, a PYD member told Sputnik.
The future US ambassador to the EU should not jump to conclusions regarding the possible collapse of the euro, Claus Vistesen, Chief Eurozone Economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, a research consultancy, told Sputnik.