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Igor Korotchenko: Nikol Pashinyan deliberately derails Karabakh talks

Igor Korotchenko: Nikol Pashinyan deliberately derails Karabakh talks

When the leader of Armenia's 'velvet revolution', Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan came to power, he has began to block peace talks on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan at every possible way, editor-in-chief of 'National Defense' magazine Igor Korotchenko told Vestnik Kavkaza.

Anti-Russian 'NATO Week' kicks off in Armenia

Anti-Russian 'NATO Week' kicks off in Armenia

The series of NATO Week events have started in Armenia today. There are no political obstacles for approval of the 6th stage of the Individual Partnership Action Plans (IPAP) between Armenia and NATO for 2020-2022, head of the …

EU rejects Pashinyan's ideas to impede Karabakh talks

EU rejects Pashinyan's ideas to impede Karabakh talks

We shouldn't strive to invent a certain mechanism in the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement "only for the sake of novelty," it is better to act within the current format, EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said at …

Damascus starts eliminating Jabhat al-Nusra

Damascus starts eliminating Jabhat al-Nusra

Syrian troops and militia forces have started to eliminate Jabhat al-Nusra militants surrounded in the eastern part  of the Idlib province, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a …

Russia forming permanent force grouping in Syria

Russia forming permanent force grouping in Syria

Russia has started forming a permanent grouping of forces at the Tartus naval facility and the Hmeymim airbase in Syria, Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said today at a conference call. "Last week, the …

 Is the US losing confidence in Turkey?

Is the US losing confidence in Turkey?

Information about the transferring of US nuclear weapons from Turkey to Romania is not reliable and intended to show Ankara's current foreign policy course, in particular, the revival of cooperation with Russia, in a negative light, the …

Russia celebrates Paratrooper Day

Russia celebrates Paratrooper Day

Today Russia celebrated 86th anniversary of the Airborne Troops - highly mobile troops of the Russian Armed Forces. Russian Airborne Forces (paratroops) were founded on August 2, 1930. In an interview with Vestnik Kavkaza, the …

 CSTO has no plans to help Yerevan keep Karabakh

CSTO has no plans to help Yerevan keep Karabakh

The alarm bell rang at the beginning of this week for Yerevan, when Belarus adopted a new military doctrine, the ban on the use of the Belarusian army in foreign military operations, right in the middle of the April battles for ...

Washington holds Nuclear Security Summit

Washington holds Nuclear Security Summit

The United States is hosting the International Nuclear Security Summit. It is known that leaders from more than 50 countries have arrived in Washington. However, such countries as Russia, North Korea and Iran will not be represented at the ...

Russia may use force in Syria for sake of peace

Russia may use force in Syria for sake of peace

Russia is ready to use military force starting March 22 against the armed groups violating Syria’s ceasefire if it gets no US response to its proposals on controlling the ceasefire regime, the Head of the Main Operational Directorate of the …

Igor Korotchenko: Crimea is an integral part of Russia

Igor Korotchenko: Crimea is an integral part of Russia

A military expert, the editor-in-chief of ‘National Defense’ magazine, Igor Korotchenko, said that Crimea will forever be a part of Russia, and information technology cannot change this fact. …

Russia withdraws its troops from Syria

Russia withdraws its troops from Syria

The Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in accordance with the order of the Supreme Commander Vladimir Putin, ordered to begin withdrawal of the main part of the Russian Air Forces involved in the elimination …

Iran plans to build integrated air defense system with Russia

Iran plans to build integrated air defense system with Russia

Iran is ready to create a comprehensive system of layered air defense (AD) with the help of Russia. ''It is likely to be one of the main topics of the talks in Moscow for Iran's defense minister,'' the director of the Center …