Russia

MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/: The United Russia party has never been afraid of assuming responsibility and making difficult decisions necessary for the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the party’s 19th congress on Saturday.

MOSCOW, November 23. /TASS/: The Kosmos-2422 satellite of Russia’s missile early warning system has de-orbited and burnt in the atmosphere, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

"Specialists of the Main Space Intelligence Center of the Aerospace Forces’ Space Troops have confirmed that the fragments of the Kosmos-2422 satellite have exited the orbit," the statement says.

23 November 2019; AFP: Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set Saturday to address a United Russia convention as the ruling party struggles to overcome a crisis amid the public's growing desire for change.

United Russia, which was established in 2001 and turns 18 next weekend, has been a legislative powerhouse, enjoying a constitutional majority in parliament's lower house since 2007.

MOSCOW, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday called for building up the country's military capabilities in the next 10 years to withstand global threats.

At a meeting of the Russian Security Council, Putin said military technology is developing rapidly and competition and rivalry are intensifying in the world.

"Our task for the next decade is to continue to strengthen and develop the military and technical potential as well as the human resources of the military," he said.

NOVO-OGARYOVO, November 22. /TASS/: Development of Russian weapons should be accompanied by the active use of artificial intelligence technologies, expansion of the line of drones, as well as laser, hypersonic and robotic systems, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/: About 6,000 Russians are kept at foreign penitentiaries, the deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s consular department, Ruslan Golubovsky, said at a meeting of the State Duma’s international affairs committee devoted to the protection of Russians abroad.

"About 6,000 Russians having different procedural status - accused, convicts and suspects - are kept at penitentiaries in other countries," he said.

SIMFEROPOL, November 22. /TASS/: The Crimean peninsula is not experiencing power shortages any longer and for the first time ever is capable of supplying electricity to other regions itself, head of the republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov wrote on Facebook on Friday.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/: Russian national Maria Butina, who has recently been released form a US prison, on Friday asked for financial assistance to Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko serving a prison term in the United States to pay for his medical treatment.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/: Gazprom’s 3.59% stake owned by Gazprom Gazoraspredelenie (the holding’s subsidiary) is to be sold to one buyer, according to the Moscow Exchange.

The selling price of the holding’s package was set at 220.72 rubles ($3) per share. Thus, Gazprom shares could be sold for about 187.7 bln rubles ($2.9 bln), Gazprom reported.

MOSCOW, November 22. /TASS/: New tests of the latest Tsirkon hypersonic missile will take place at a naval range of the Northern Fleet before the end of the year, a source in defense circles of Russia’s North-Western Federal District told TASS on Friday.

"A Tsirkon missile is expected to be launched from the White Sea before the end of the year. The specific date will be set as soon as the technical equipment is ready," the source said.

Specialists are now making a special stand based on a pontoon, from which the latest missile will be test-fired, the source added.