Russia

MOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/: Russia has test-fired a Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from the Plesetsk spaceport in the country’s north against a target in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East, the press office of the Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

"A Topol-M stationary (silo-based) solid-propellant intercontinental ballistic missile was test-launched from the Plesetsk state testing cosmodrome on September 30, 2019," the press office said in a statement.

MOSCOW, September 30. /TASS/: The deployment of intermediate-and shorter-range missiles in Central and Western Europe will radically change security conditions for Russia and will force Moscow to take compensatory measures, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview with the journal International Affairs on Monday.

"I believe that the emergence of such systems in Central and also Western Europe will radically change the situation from the viewpoint of ensuring our national security," the high-ranking diplomat said.

MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/: President Vladimir Putin congratulated Russian Jews on Rosh Hashanah holiday, which symbolizes the beginning of the year in the Jewish calendar, praising the role of Jewish organizations in maintaining interethnic and interreligious dialogue in Russia.

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, September 29. /TASS/: The release of the transcript of the notorious telephone conversation between US and Ukrainian presidents, Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky, has demonstrated that it is dangerous to conducts talks with Washington as the very fact of such release changes the format of relations between states, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.

SEVASTOPOL, September 29. /TASS/: The crew of the Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Makarov frigate took part in the Russian Week forum’s events during its port call at the Greek island of Corfu, the Fleet said in a statement on Sunday.

"The crew of the Black Sea Fleet’s Admiral Makarov frigate took part in the events of the 17th public forum, The Russian Week, on the Ionic Islands at the Greek port of Kerkyra on Corfu Island," according to the statement.

29 September 2019; AFP: While the US banned Huawei for alleged espionage and asked its allies to do the same, Moscow has rolled out the red carpet for the Chinese tech company, letting it develop 5G networks in Russia.

Analysts say the move is as much a show of solidarity with Beijing against the US as it is a drive to bring ultra high-speed internet to Russian tech users.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leaders expect thousands of people to attend a rally on Sunday demanding the release of protesters jailed in what Kremlin opponents says is a campaign to stifle dissent.

The protesters were arrested in demonstrations against the exclusion of many opposition candidates from a local election, and allegations of police brutality and what many Muscovites saw as harsh jail sentences have sparked an unusual public outcry.

SOCHI, September 28. /TASS, Andrey Kartashov/. Former F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, who is currently in Sochi for the Russian Grand Prix, told TASS he is a big supporter of President Vladimir Putin and some countries in the West are simply ‘jealous’ of what the Russian leader has achieved.

Asked by a TASS correspondent why the West maintains its pressure on Russia and President Putin, Ecclestone said: "They are jealous of what he [President Putin] has achieved and what he has now."

MOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/: The Russian Investigative Committee has charged in Moscow nine individuals arrested under the criminal case on financing the international terrorist organization Islamic State (IS, outlawed in Russia). Senior Aide to the Head of the Russian Investigative Committee’s Main Investigative Directorate for Moscow Yulia Ivanova told TASS that a Russian who had joined the IS established a group that gathered money for the terrorist organization.

MOSCOW, September 27. /TASS/: Russia’s Defense Ministry has confirmed the information circulated by TASS that an Oniks supersonic cruise missile was fired from a Bastion coastal defense system on the easternmost Chukotka Peninsula for the first time.