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- US promises to ‘disrupt’ oil shipments to Syria, sanctions Russian & Iranian companies
The US has introduced sanctions against what it called a network of petroleum shipments to Syria, including Russian and Iranian companies and individuals. Washington says it wants to disrupt shipments to Syrian-owned ports.US News - Final step: Russia & India sign deal on 4 frigates construction and navy transfer
Moscow and New Delhi sealed a deal on four Russian guided-missile frigates for the Indian Navy. The two warships will be built in Russia’s Kaliningrad region, and two more are to be constructed on a shipyard in India’s Goa.World News - Russia won’t be dragged into new arms race, but will respond to US withdrawal from INF – Putin
Moscow will not leave Washington’s decision to unilaterally withdraw from the landmark nuclear arms treaty unanswered, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, adding that the country doesn’t need to join another arms race.World News - Russia to use Angara heavy rocket for Moon missions – space boss
Russia plans to create a special “transport system” that will help it send regular missions to the Moon, using its newly-developed Angara heavy carrier rocket, the head of Roscosmos space corporation, Dmitry Rogozin, has said.World News - Russian cosmonauts will walk on the moon in early 2030s
Russian cosmonauts will set foot on the moon for the first time in the early 2030s as part of an ambitious project to set up a base on the surface of Earth’s satellite, a roadmap by Russia’s spacecraft maker, Energia, revealed.Russia - WATCH Russia’s Su-57 stealth jets fly their 1st combat mission in Syria in rare MoD VIDEO
The brief Syria deployment of Russia’s Su-57 fifth-generation fighters that made headlines around the world can now be seen in newly released Defense Ministry footage, showing the jets flying sorties and returning to base.World News
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