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Articles with tag "Defense Ministry"
Russian Military Appoints New Commander of ‘North’ Grouping of Forces
Colonel General Yevgeny Nikiforov replaces Alexander Lapin, who earlier this month was reported by pro-war bloggers to have resigned due to health problems...
Ex-Head of Russian Military Theme Park Jailed 5 Years Over Construction Fraud
Vyacheslav Akhmedov and Vladimir Shesterov were accused of falsifying construction work documents at Patriot Park between 2022 and 2024.
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Russia Hosts First Military Meeting With Sahel Juntas
The three countries are led by juntas which seized power in coups and have turned away from former colonial power France while moving closer to Russia...
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FSB Says It Foiled Ukrainian Plot to Kill Senior Russian Defense Ministry Official
The FSB claimed it arrested a dual Ukrainian-Russian citizen, born in 1989 and known by the alias “Voron,” on a highway as he traveled toward the Moscow...
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Russian Military Planes Spotted Near Alaska During Patrol Mission
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tu-95MS strategic bombers carried out a planned 15-hour patrol over international waters of the Bering Sea.
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Russian Defense Ministry Publishes Rare Footage of Tatarstan Drone Factory Employing Teens
A factory banner reads: “Kurchatov, Korolyov and Stalin live in your DNA.”
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Senior Defense Official Jailed 6 Years Over Russian Military Theme Park Fraud
Vladimir Shesterov had served as deputy head of the Defense Ministry’s Main Department for Innovative Development before his arrest last August.
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Russia Quietly Cancels Flagship Arms Expo – Reports
Held annually since 2015, the Army forum serves as the Defense Ministry’s flagship platform for presenting new weapons and technologies.
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Ex-Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison
A judge in Moscow also ordered the former defense official to pay a fine of $1.2 million and stripped him of his state awards.
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Prosecutors Seek 14.5-Year Prison Sentence for Ex-Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov
Timur Ivanov was arrested in April 2024, part of what would later become a wider Kremlin crackdown on corruption within the Defense Ministry.
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Russia Says Pushing Offensive Into Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Region
Ukraine has never had to fight in the central region in more than a decade of conflict with Kremlin-backed separatists and the Russian army.
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Mariupol Siege Commander Appointed as New Head of Russia’s Ground Forces
Some pro-Kremlin military bloggers have criticized what they describe as Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev’s high-casualty tactics.
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Russia to Launch ICBM Sunday as Show of Intimidation, Ukrainian Intelligence says
Ukraine’s GUR intelligence agency claimed on Telegram that Russia planned to launch an ICBM as part of a “training and combat” launch Sunday.
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Putin Claims Russia Is Recruiting Nearly Twice as Many Soldiers as Ukraine
Speaking at a Kremlin meeting on economic development, Putin claimed that up to 60,000 people “volunteer” to join the Russian Armed Forces every month...
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Jailed Ex-Deputy Defense Minister Hospitalized in Moscow
Pavel Popov, who is accused of fraud, was hospitalized with chronic health issues as doctors weigh possible surgery.
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Suspect in Death of Russian General Charged With Terrorism
The 42-year-old Russian man could face life in prison if found guilty of the charges.
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Russian Army General Killed in Moscow Car Explosion, Investigators Say
Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, the deputy chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate, was killed in the blast.
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Military Court Jails Ex-General Ivan Popov 5 Years Over Fraud Allegations
The general’s arrest in May 2024 sparked criticism from pro-war bloggers, who accused Russia’s top brass of sidelining a respected commander.
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Russian Forces Close to Fully Liberating Kursk Region, Military Says
After Moscow’s forces regained control of the village of Oleshnya, Ukrainian troops reportedly hold just one more village near the border.
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Russian Army Claims Sumy Missile Strike Targeted Ukrainian Military Commanders
Ukrainian officials said the Sunday morning attack killed 34 civilians, including two children, and wounded 117 others.
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