Test launch of Russia’s new Yars-based ballistic missile due in March — source

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak made a statement after the meeting with Oil Minister of Iran Bijan Namdar Zanganeh

Top stories in the Russian press on Tuesday, December 22

While Putin does occasionally use the Internet, the head of state does not have too much time, Dmitry Peskov said

Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde had an interview with TASS about the 2020 achievements

Rescuers have removed the bodies from Goradiz, Jebrail, and Ishkhanadzor

The sides agreed to boost research and business relations that will include studies to explore the potential of a combined use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine and the AZD1222 preparation developed by the British-Swedish AstraZeneca

This list includes Russian agencies, in particular the Foreign Intelligence Service and the Defense Ministry

Additional funds allocated for the production of the systems will help reach the level of the strategic nuclear forces’ provision with advanced weapons at 88.3%, according to the top brass

Restrictions will be in effect for a week

Construction of Nord Stream 2 in German waters resumed on December 11 after an almost year-long shutdown

Russia is currently working on systems of countering hypersonic weapons, which other countries still do not have, Putin told reporters on Thursday

The system has been in the process of development since the 2000s to replace the R-36M2 Voyevoda ICBM

According to the anti-coronavirus crisis center, all decisions on that matter will be announced when taken

Malaysia’s authorities also signed a deal on purchasing 6.4 mln doses of a coronavirus vaccine produced by British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said

The decree will enter into force on January 1, 2021

As Russia’s Defense Ministry pointed out, "the measure was conducted as part of implementing the provisions of the 2020 military cooperation plan and is not aimed against third countries"

The 1807 bill permits the federal deployment of military force into the states to suppress insurrections

The event was attended by representatives of more than 200 research organizations, enterprises and universities

Top stories in the Russian press on Monday, December 21

The United States Department of Commerce included Russia’s Rostec State Corporation in the list of Russian and Chinese companies and enterprises, which Washington suspects of cooperating with the two countries’ military

Russian President ordered to pay serious attention to information security, fight against extremism, corruption and economic crimes

Apart from that, six surface ships as well as 22 boats and support vessels will enter service with the Navy, according to the top brass

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed earlier US allegations Russian hackers were behind those cyberattacks

Russia has conducted five successful launches of the intercontinental ballistic missiles with these hypersonic boost-glide vehicles

No one was hurt

The Belarusian president said earlier that the country's radio electronic intelligence had intercepted a conversation between Warsaw and Berlin, which made it clear that the accusations of blogger Navalny's poisoning were fraudulent

Due to the systems, the Altai formation in Western Siberia has boosted its combat capabilities five-fold without expanding its staff, according to official data

Previously, Swiss Roger Federer became the first to achieve the feat, with 310 weeks as world No. 1

Speaking about the case of journalist Ivan Safronov, charged with treason, Putin noted that "the worst sin ever […] is betrayal"

Construction of the gas pipeline in German territorial waters resumed on December 11

According to the military, Russian airspace control means detected an airborne target approaching the Russian border over the neutral waters of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan

The pace of its mutation is not rapid, Aidar Ishmukhametov added

According to the country’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, the vaccine’s clinical trials on people aged above 60 are now nearing end

The intelligence agency also stated that the video footage containing a phone call between Russian blogger Alexei Navalny and an alleged Federal Security Service employee is a fake

The Lotos self-propelled artillery vehicle has a combat team of four, its rate of fire is 6-8 shots per minute and its firing range is up to 13 km

The Council comprises a total of 104 people

The Kremlin spokesman pointed out that people should base their opinions on the official statement issued by the Federal Security Service

A total of million vaccine doses will be made at the enterprise in stages

According to the Russian president, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wanted to show "how tough she is"

Commercial deliveries via the TurkStream pipeline started on January 1, 2020

By 2028, 76 Su-57s will be provided for the Russian Armed Forces, according to the top brass

Moscow will expand the list of EU countries’ representatives who are prohibited from entering Russia

Three rebel groups last week formed an anti-government Coalition of Patriots for Change to launch combat operations on December 18 with the aim of gaining control of the main roads to Bangui and sealing off the capital

According to Anatoly Antonov, "such steps drive our relations into an even deeper crisis"

The Coordination council was created on the initiative of former Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who refused to recognize the elections outcome

The Stayer is designated for special forces’ airdrops from aircraft flying at speeds of up to 350 km/h, with an additional payload of up to 50 kg and can be used in the conditions of the Extreme North

Previously, the two leaders discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh on November 16