- 12:08 03/05/2012
A Russian conscript has been diagnosed with an advanced stage bone cancer four months into his military service, prompting allegations that doctors failed to establish his health condition during conscription, rights activists said.
- 13:13 02/05/2012
The Russian government expects that the rearmament of the army on which it is expected to spend over 20 trillion rubles ($681 billion) will boost the growth of the entire Russian industry, presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
- 13:53 23/04/2012
Russia’s defense electronics are up to 12 years behind foreign analogs, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday.2
- 13:29 19/04/2012
Russia will reduce defense spending for 2012 by 25 billion rubles ($833 million), Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Sukhorukov said on Thursday.
- 12:36 10/04/2012
Russia has tested a new thermobaric rocket for its TOS-1 Buratino and TOS-1A Soltsepek multiple launch rocket systems, the Izvestia daily reported on Tuesday.
- 12:36 29/03/2012
A battalion commander who died after acting as a human shield to protect a soldier from a grenade blast on Wednesday probably saved dozens of lives, an army officer has said.1
- 14:56 28/03/2012
A loophole that allowed up to 200,000 Russian youth to evade conscription may be closed if the parliament approves a bill obliging recruits to report for the draft in person, legislators said.2
- 13:08 23/03/2012
Outmoded tanks and armored vehicles will be scrapped in a "massive" scheme launched by the defense ministry last year, a senior military official said on Friday.1
- 11:19 22/03/2012
Domestically grown hemp (cannabis) is not a viable alternative to the imported fibers used to make uniforms for the Russian armed forces, the head of the state concern that makes Russia's uniforms said.
- 15:01 20/03/2012
Russia will spend at least 2.8 percent of GDP on defense over the next eight years, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday, amid a rising risk that Russia will be drawn into a conflict.
- 06:18 20/02/2012
Russia’s armed forces will receive over 400 modern intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), more than 100 military spacecraft and over 2,300 new tanks within the next ten years, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin said.3
- 20:00 07/02/2012
The Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) dog breeding kennel has been preparing military dogs for over 80 years. Watch this RIA Novosti video to see how our four-legged friends are trained to stand guard and search for explosives.
- 17:41 02/02/2012
The Russian-made Shakhin thermal imaging sight will allow Russian special forces to carry out military operations in the dark and in fog, and see the enemy through smoke. Tests for the optical device are being conducted by the airborne forces.
- 15:27 26/01/2012
All of Russia’s military airfields will be upgraded and modernized by 2020, Defense Ministry spokesman Col Vladimir Drik said on Thursday.
- 13:21 23/01/2012
The Russian Defense Ministry has begun buying a new mine-detection device able to spot inactivated mines, hidden underground or inside buildings, Southern Military District spokesman Colonel Igor Gorbul said on Monday.
- 12:26 18/01/2012
Russia is facing a serious shortage of new recruits during the spring military draft, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta said on Wednesday citing a report by the State Duma Defense Committee.
- 14:52 06/12/2011
A new flame-thrower, the Shmel-M, has entered service with the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops (RSBD). Supplied with a thermobaric charge, the weapon can destroy enemy targets within a radius of 800 meters.
- 15:29 29/11/2011
The launch of a new anti-missile radar station in the Russian Baltic Sea region of Kaliningrad should be treated by the West as the “first signal” of Russia’s readiness to counter “threats” posed by NATO’s missile defense plans, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.4
- 13:54 22/11/2011
A police force will be introduced into Russia’s army next year in a bid to tackle corruption and bullying in the military, the country’s defense minister said on Tuesday.
