Passenger on Russian Aeroflot flight strips naked and bites flight attendant

Aeroflot Boeing 777-300 ER in Moscow
Aeroflot Boeing 777-300 ER at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia. Photo: ЕршовКВН.

A female passenger on a Russian airline Aeroflot flight caused an incident when she stripped naked inside the aircraft while en route between the city [Read More…]

Russia deploys for the first time a frigate equipped with hypersonic Zircon missiles

The frigate Admiral Gorshkov equipped with Zircon missiles. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, they have a range of more than 1,000 kilometers and can evade anti-aircraft defense systems. The missile's flight speed exceeds Mach 9
The frigate Admiral Gorshkov equipped with Zircon missiles. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, they have a range of more than 1,000 kilometers and can evade anti-aircraft defense systems. The missile's flight speed exceeds Mach 9. Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. CC BY 4.0.

Russia on Wednesday commissioned the first warship equipped with Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, a multi-purpose vessel armed to launch “surgical and [Read More…]

Russia and the US exchange basketball player Brittney Griner and arms dealer Viktor Bout

Police in St. Petersburg, Russia
Police in St. Petersburg, Russia. Photo: gerbilfarmer (Pixabay).

US officials claimed that Russia released women’s basketball star Brittney Griner in a prisoner exchange, while the US released Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. US [Read More…]

Putin’s Apec summit attendance ‘not confirmed’

President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during the address "On the conduct of a special military operation" on February 24, 2022
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin during the address "On the conduct of a special military operation" on February 24, 2022. Photo: Presidential Executive Office of Russia (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP). CC BY 4.0.

It was yet confirmed whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Bangkok next month, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai [Read More…]

Russian soldiers using rape as ‘military strategy’, UN says

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. Photo: Foreign Ministry Press Service / RIA Novosti / flickr.

The Russian army is using sexual violence against women as a “tactic of war” in Ukraine, according to Pramila Patten, UN Special Representative on Sexual [Read More…]

NATO warns of mobilization of ‘Belgorod’, the Russian submarine carrying the ‘Weapon of the Apocalypse’

A Russian nuclear-powered submarine returned to its home base in Kamchatka after completing training and combat missions at sea
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine returned to its home base in Kamchatka after completing training and combat missions at sea. Photo: Sergey Konovalov / Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. CC BY 4.0.

The NATO has sent an intelligence alert to its member countries warning of the mobilization of the Russian nuclear submarine named ‘K-329 Belgorod’, which carries [Read More…]

UK warns of possible Putin military target that could be GPS and communications satellites

CNES Space agency Bourget 2011
CNES Space agency at Bourget salon 2011. Photo: Thomas Bonnecarrere.

The war in Ukraine is actually the scene of a global conflict involving NATO blocs and Russia on different scales. The United Kingdom has warned [Read More…]