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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in the final plenary session of Valdai discussion club in Sochi. According to Putin, one can not use sanctions against allies. "Is this how one acts with allies? No. This is what one does to their vassals, who dared to act at their own discretion," Putin said

On October 20, Syrian President Bashar Assad visited Russia to conduct a meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. According to the Kremlin website, the talks were conducted in both extended and narrow formats. Putin and Assad decided to continue the operation in Syria. On October 22, Russian MPs are going to Syria for talks as well.

The joint comprehensive action plan on the Iranian nuclear program has come into force. The basic idea of ​​the talks is that Iran must execute certain obligations before the sanctions can be lifted. The amount of uranium in Iran's disposal is miserable from the industrial point of view and can not affect the market

The attacks of the Russian aviation on ISIL terrorists in Syria have become the starting point for countless predictions regarding "Putin's plan in the Middle East." The most "emphatic" analysis of what is happening in Syria came from former chess player Garry Kasparov. Mr. Kasparov traditionally unveiled many secrets of the Kremlin administration

Most Russians consider the current state of affairs in the relations with the United States of America strained. The index has reached its peak since 2001. Only four percent of the polled said that the relations between Russian and the USA were normal. The Western style of democracy was destructive for Russia, 46% of Russians said

Western countries still can not come to their senses because of Russia's military operation in Syria. "This is a new quality of Russia as a state. This is a sudden emergence of a great power that not very long ago was referred to as a "gas station," a country, the economy of which was in tatters," military expert Igor Korotchenko told Pravda.Ru

Islamists may eventually flee, and the Islamic State will collapse. Everything will depend on the Russian strikes and the position of the US - whether the Americans accept the idea that there is someone else who bombs "their" Islamists. If not, then Washington will be financing and arming terrorists - this is how the Americans are losing power

Russian aircraft intercepted elusive US MQ-1 Predator drones in the Syrian Sky three times. After the first incident of interception, Pentagon officials said that that Russians were just lucky. However, two other incidents occurred soon afterwards, although the Russian aircraft did not try to down the unmanned aerial vehicles

The American government could obey senile and risible senator McCain and wage Third World War in Ukraine, in Syria, in a campus... But is it not that simple. The autumn of 2015: the decline of the United States becomes obvious with the Russian intervention in Syria, after four years of blood and chaos

Putin has had contacts with Erdogan, Netanyahu and other leaders of the region. Now we can see the result of those meetings. He has virtually created a core in the Middle East: from Syria to Kurdistan, to Iraq and then to Iran, to China. This brilliant political combination has created a completely new role for the Russian Federation in the world

The US does not have the popularity it used to have. Russia's policy in the Middle East is very subtle, because we have our bitter experience. Therefore, Russia is acting strictly within the framework of international law. The Americans are planning to plunge the Middle East into bigger chaos to aim this wave of instability at China

Russia's Federation Council gave its consent to President Putin for the use of the Russian Armed Forces outside the territory of the Russian Federation - in Syria. Russia will be the only country that will be conducting the operation on a legitimate basis - at the request from the legitimate president of Syria

The USA was planning to strike the first blow on the USSR by launching 250 nuclear warheads. Eight of them were for Moscow, seven were for Leningrad. The second wave of the nuclear attack consisted of 120 warheads and so on. The Americans shelved those plans because of our air defense system and because of our own nuclear weapons

In his landmark speech at the 70th meeting of the UN General Assembly, Putin said that during the post-Cold War period, the only "center of domination" had been formed in the world. Putin said that Russia was ready for further development of the UN, but added that any attempts to shatter the legitimacy of the organization were extremely dangerous

Since the beginning of the economic crisis, the unemployment rate has not changed much. An economic crisis stipulates for a drop in living standards. This is reflected in major macroeconomic indicators: the decline in GDP, purchasing capacity, inflation, stagflation and other indicators, including unemployment

Russia has a huge advantage in terms of combat armored vehicles (armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles), self-propelled guns, towed artillery complexes and multiple rocket launchers. New Russian tanks will confirm this advantage. US experts hail Russia's Su-35 fighter saying that it is superior to the US F-35

The summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) finished in Dushanbe. Russia is concerned about the current state of affairs in Afghanistan and the lack of results despite the presence of NATO in the country. At the CSTO summit, Putin offered to strengthen the military presence in Central Asia

Russia supports the Syrian government in the fight against terrorism and promised that Moscow would continue providing military assistance to Syria. "We support the government of Syria in confronting the terrorist aggression. We provide and will provide all the necessary military and technical assistance to the government of Syria," Putin said

Four parties may count for success at next year's elections to the State Duma (Parliament) of the Russian Federation: United Russia, the Liberal Democratic Party, Just Russia and the Communist Party. So-called smaller parties have a chance too. The demand for the opposition in the elections is being met with the help of CPRF, LDPR and Just Russia

In the near future, the Russian Navy may receive a large and powerful destroyer. The main objective of such a vessel will be to create an "umbrella" above the sea. The project of the Russian destroyer is known as the "Leader". According to experts' estimates, it will be the largest, most expensive and state-of-the-art Russian vessel since 1989