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Russian warships Marshal Ustinov Admiral Golovko Arctic naval exercises 2026

Arctic Incident Prevention Mechanisms With Norway Not Fully Functional, Russian Ambassador Says

Russia's Ambassador to Norway, Nikolai Korchunov, said Friday that the mechanisms designed to prevent dangerous military incidents in the Arctic are not fully operational, blaming Norway and NATO allies for following a

August 1, 2026

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Russian air defense systems intercept Ukrainian drones July 2026

Russia’s Air Defenses Shot Down More Than 21,000 Ukrainian Drones in July

Russia's air defense systems intercepted more than 21,000 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory in July, according to Defense Ministry data seen by RIA Novosti, with peak days of 937 and 1,060 intercepts on July 24 and 25 respectively.

August 1, 2026

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Russian aerial surveillance post Krasny Liman sector special military operation

Russian Air Defenses Destroy 258 Ukrainian Fixed-Wing Drones Overnight, Defense Ministry Says

Russia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that air defenses destroyed 258 Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs overnight across 14

Russian warship fires Kalibr cruise missile in the Black Sea

Russia Strikes Three Cargo Ships Delivering Military Equipment to Kyiv, Defense Ministry Says

Russian forces struck three dry cargo ships delivering weapons and military equipment to Ukraine's armed forces

“These people were real explorers.” What is known about the death of the crew of the bathyscaphe “Titan”

On the evening of June 22, the US Coast Guard announced that unidentified wreckage had been found in the search area for the bathyscaphe of the Titanic, which disappeared in the Atlantic

June 23, 2023

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Fear and risk. The owners of the “Titan” bathyscaphe could hide its unreliability since 2018

Questions about the safety of scuba diving on the bathyscaphe Titan, which the American company OceanGate Expeditions used for expeditions to the wreck of the Titanic, arose at least in 2018, remember

June 23, 2023

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Bathyscaphe at the Titanic, swimming with sharks and walking on the wing of an airplane: the most dangerous excursions in the world

On June 19, the bathyscaphe Titan disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean, which made another expedition to the wreckage of the liner Titanic, which sank 111 years ago and lies at a depth

June 22, 2023

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Prigozhin spoke about the difficult situation for Russia in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia directions. The soldiers do not agree with him.

Founder of Wagner PMC Evgeny Prigozhin June 21 declared on the successes of the offensive of the Ukrainian armed forces in the south. According to the businessman, the Ukrainian army took control

June 22, 2023

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The first center outside China to study Xi Jinping’s ideas has been established in Russia

A laboratory for studying Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ideas has opened in Russia, writing Xinhua News Agency. It was created on the basis of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of

June 22, 2023

Conflicts, Military and War·News

The bathyscaphe lost in the Atlantic lacks oxygen

Disappeared in the North Atlantic Ocean bathyscaphe “Titan”, which dived towards the wreck of the “Titanic”, lacked oxygen: this stems from calculations US Coast Guard, that the oxygen supply inside the underwater

June 22, 2023

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Ilya Titov: In the next two years, no country will be able to overtake China in terms of car export share

China topped the global car export rankings in the first quarter of this year. This is reported by journalists from the publication Expert, with reference to data from the Association of Korean

June 22, 2023

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Geneticists have discovered why astronauts in weightlessness are more likely to get sick

Scientists have found out why astronauts in orbit have a sharp decrease in immunity and health problems begin. The reason for everything is the work of leukocyte genes, which significantly alter their

June 22, 2023

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“He brought a machine gun and a German head.” What kind of prisoners were sent to war

Both during the First World War and during the Great Patriotic War, prisoners of Russian and Soviet penitentiaries wrote petitions to send to the front. However, contrary to popular belief, they were

June 22, 2023

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Media Council expands cooperation with Chinese universities

Chinese students again became participants in the SputnikPro educational project. This time, Dalian University of Foreign Studies joined the project. For more than 50 students of the Institute of Journalism and Communication,

June 22, 2023

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Arctic Incident Prevention Mechanisms With Norway Not Fully Functional, Russian Ambassador Says

Russia’s Air Defenses Shot Down More Than 21,000 Ukrainian Drones in July

Russian Air Defenses Destroy 258 Ukrainian Fixed-Wing Drones Overnight, Defense Ministry Says

Russia Strikes Three Cargo Ships Delivering Military Equipment to Kyiv, Defense Ministry Says

“These people were real explorers.” What is known about the death of the crew of the bathyscaphe “Titan”

Fear and risk. The owners of the “Titan” bathyscaphe could hide its unreliability since 2018

Bathyscaphe at the Titanic, swimming with sharks and walking on the wing of an airplane: the most dangerous excursions in the world

Prigozhin spoke about the difficult situation for Russia in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia directions. The soldiers do not agree with him.

The first center outside China to study Xi Jinping’s ideas has been established in Russia

The bathyscaphe lost in the Atlantic lacks oxygen

Ilya Titov: In the next two years, no country will be able to overtake China in terms of car export share

Geneticists have discovered why astronauts in weightlessness are more likely to get sick

“He brought a machine gun and a German head.” What kind of prisoners were sent to war

Media Council expands cooperation with Chinese universities

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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