A Russian-Indian joint venture has submitted a bid for a contract to supply Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles to the police force in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport said in a statement on Tuesday. Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), formed by Rosoboronexport and the Kalashnikov Concern …
Read More »Kiev looking to further delay elections – Ukrainian official
Ukraine needs changes to legislation governing election procedures before it can choose its next president and parliament, Central Election Commission Chair Oleg Didenko has said. In an interview with the news outlet Ukrainskaya Pravda published on Monday, Didenko argued that it would be impossible to hold elections immediately after martial …
Read More »‘At the front, you start looking at things differently’: An interview with a Russian conscript fighting Ukraine
Almost a year has passed since partial mobilization was announced in Russia. In September of last year, around 300,000 men were called to the front. Although all of them had previously done their army service, they were ordinary workers, office clerks, managers, and businessmen before being conscripted. A soldier with …
Read More »Pentagon looking to speed up arms sales to allies – WSJ
Mounting tensions with China and the conflict in Ukraine have prompted the Pentagon to create a special task force to facilitate arms sales to Washington’s allies, a senior US defense official has told the Wall Street Journal. The so-called “Tiger team” was put together in August to look for ways …
Read More »UK looking for Soviet weaponry to prop up Ukraine
British defense officials and diplomats are actively seeking to procure old Soviet-made and Russian-made weaponry worldwide to funnel it to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said. “Large parts of the [Ministry of Defense] and defense attachés around the world have been looking,” Wallace told reporters in Washington on Wednesday. …
Read More »US looking for war in Belarus – Lukashenko
Speaking as participant in a government meeting on Thursday, the veteran strongman alleged that the US, “with the hands of the Poles, the Baltic states and the Ukrainians,” wants to start a conflict to “create a mess somewhere around here again.” America “will stand by and supply weapons so that …
Read More »Google’s Moscow office raided by bailiffs looking to collect $400k in fines… but lawyers say they must go to US to get the money
According to Telegram channel Mash, which obtained a video of the interaction, the bailiffs arrived at the office and were met by the receptionist, who was the only one there. She then called a lawyer, who told the officials that the building was the office of OOO Google – a …
Read More »Trump rips Biden in 9/11 video for looking like a ‘fool’ and losing ‘$85 billion of military equipment’ in Afghanistan withdrawal
Trump opened his Saturday video message by calling 9/11 a day of “great sorrow for our country” and one for honoring the “the bravery of our police, fire and first responders of every kind.” “The job they did was truly unbelievable. We love them and we thank them,” the former …
Read More »Modern India at 75: Looking back at its history, British colonization & imperialism, and independence
For 2,000 years, India was among the richest and most advanced civilizations in the world. Ancient Indian philosophers were contemplating the meaning of life when their counterparts in Europe were emerging from forests. Indian goods and ideas were coveted all across the globe. From the decimal numeral and positional system …
Read More »‘I love talking about election fraud’: Trump says he’s ‘looking forward’ to sitting for deposition in Big Tech lawsuit
After announcing that he would be the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the various social media companies who banned his accounts following the January 6 Capitol riot, Trump expanded on his role in the suit in an interview with Bill O’Reilly. “I look forward to it, actually,” the former …
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