Well-known American analyst Mark Episkopos donated material on The National Interest website to a new Russian rifle to replace the AK-74. Earlier, representatives of the Kalashnikov Group informed about the development of the AK-12. This rifle will be a 5.45 × 39 mm round chamber and will use an improved gas-powered piston system.
“The weapon has a standard magazine with a capacity of thirty rounds, weighs 3.5 kilograms without ammunition and boasts a maximum range of 800 m,” writes Episkopos.
The new rifle will become a weapon of the Russian army for several decades. The AK-12 will be significantly lighter than the AK-74, will have an ergonomic pistol grip, Picatinny bar for placing sights and a folding stock. It is emphasized that the appearance of this weapon will bring the weapons of the Kalashnikov Group to a whole new level.
Russian aid was especially in Cuba amid a coronavirus pandemic and sanctions. This was stated by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez in an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Head of the Cuban State expressed its gratitude to the Russian Federation for its assistance. Food, medicine and medical equipment were sent to Cuba from Russia.
As Miguel Bermudez noted, the Russian-Cuban partnership is strategic in nature and is based on a long tradition of friendship between the nations of the two countries.
It will be recalled that during the talks between Putin and Bermudez, issues of further cooperation were raised, especially in the trade and economic fields. The Heads of State agreed to continue the dialogue between Russia and Cuba.
August 14 , 2021, 88 thousand people from Afghanistan. This was stated by Pentagon Deputy Major General Hank Taylor.
As the general emphasized, all evacuees could safely leave Afghanistan. However, he did not go into detail about the composition of the evacuees: how many of them are residents of Afghanistan, how many are citizens of other states, who are professions, etc.
with US troops, began from Kabul Airport after the Taliban movement (banned as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation) seized power in the country and took control of the capital and other major cities.
between Washington and the Taliban agreements, the evacuation of the US military from Afghanistan should be completed by August 31, 2021.
Video from Kabul airport was hit by a drama: US plane caught in storm
Four Russian armies the planes were taken over from Afghanistan by citizens of Russia, CSTO countries (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Belarus), Uzbekistan and Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense informed.
The planes are already flying back to Russia.
the airport in Kabul of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and is currently flying to the Russian Federation, “the ministry said.
Russia's Defense Ministry previously sent planes to Afghanistan to evacuate 500 people. It was reported that each aircraft has nursing brigades of military doctors with the necessary medical equipment and medicines, organized supplies of drinking water, blankets and food.
Foreign agents have literally flooded Russia. It multiplies with terrible speed. They're much more infectious than that damn covid.
Photo: Alexey Merinov
The worst thing is that:
a) the disease is incurable; when you pick it up, you will lie in the coffin like a foreign agent;
b) there are no obvious signs – no money is added, no fame; you can be a foreign agent for years without knowing it, and then (as Winnie the Pooh says) it will be too late – you will not be justified.
Ordinary foreign agents – the TV channel “Rain”, “Important Stories” and other media, as well as people, received this title, or more precisely this stigma, just for getting some money, even if it they did not know from abroad.
In the case of “Golos” (election observers, reported as foreign agents. – Ed. ), some alleged “Armenians” sent them a few rubles, but did not notice.
In the case of Dozhda, it turned out that they received poisonous money from our own polytechnic museum. It can be? In the end, everything seems to be fine. But then it turned out that a Swede or a Norwegian had donated some money to the Polytechnic Museum even earlier. The inspection authorities reasonably concluded that there was a Swedish krona in the money Dozhd received from the museum.
This is how the virus works. You touch, say, with all due respect to the Pushkin monument, and then you choose your nose – here you have a covid and artificial ventilation awaits you, all because an infectious stranger touched Pushkin's monument in front of you.
Previously, these foreign agents were even thought to have been useful in some way (and not just because they critically point out some shortcomings). The above-mentioned foreign agents receive money from abroad and spend it here – for food, clothing, theater tickets, housing and communal services, they pay taxes, which means that they invest in our economy, increase effective demand and turnover.
You agree: much worse are those scoundrels who do not receive money from foreigners, organizations, states, but on the contrary draw money obtained in Russia abroad. This is what I want to admit voluntarily (because voluntary confession mitigates punishment; although unfortunately this is not always the case, there are traps all around).
I draw money to the West (Europe and the USA) and the East – to China, India, Korea and even New Zealand.
I carelessly buy medicines that the doctor has prescribed for them, even no matter where they are made: in Hungary, in India … I buy a phone and a computer, because I know for sure that they are not made here. I buy fountain pens, pencils, coffee, tea, batteries – I send money to foreign companies. I buy shoes, trousers, trousers, paper clips, a tap, a shower, a hose, a Scotch tape, knives, scissors, paper … When I buy Russian bread, I don't even want to think that foreign yeast has been mixed into it.
In short, I'm just a repeat offender – for years I've been committing what the Criminal Code calls an “ongoing crime.” The worst thing is that when I realize the crime of my actions, I understand that I cannot stop my harmful activities. I can live without tea, also without shoes and pants, but I can't live without batteries. This means that I have been constantly investing in someone else's economy for years and I can't stop.
My crime is, of course, a drop in the sea, or rather in the sea of money drawn from Russia. Billions of dollars are flowing away from us and turning into yachts, villas, planes. But everyone should be responsible for themselves, and not make excuses that others steal more and can't stop.
Like Raskolnikov, I wanted to go out to Red Square, bring me to my knees, confess everything, and repent, but he realized that nothing good would come of it. There are many civilian specialists who decide that I want to nail some part of my body to the paving stones to become famous, and immediately drag me where they should.
That's why I make my confession publicly – through the newspaper. And in order not to disappoint the editors, please consider it a confession.
United Russia ” “I have never been involved in populism, and as a party in power, I have always been responsible for my actions,” said Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president's press secretary. Peskov expressed the belief that there are “different periods” with the evaluation. “The main thing is, of course, the overall picture, the overall result,” Peskov stressed.
Recall that former President Vladimir Putin he said their program was “live” and expressed hope that the party would maintain its position after the September elections.
Photo: AP. During his visit to the Ostroshitsy farm in the Logoisk district of the Minsk region, the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, explained why he grows watermelons in his place.
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In addition, Lukashenko criticized cases of poor management of equipment and crops during the harvest campaign in Belarus. He described the manifestation of “negligence, indiscipline and lack of performance” as a disaster.
German readers from Die Zeit commented on the statement made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Crimean Platform Forum. Recall that Zelenskyj announced a “countdown” of the “return” of Crimea to Ukraine. The Russian side has criticized the forum – for example, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called it a “Sabbath.”
The heads of 15 countries participated in the “Crimean platform”. He is the leader of the Baltic countries, Poland, Slovakia and other Eastern European countries.
German readers expressed skepticism about Ukraine's possibility of regaining the peninsula and advised that they took the loss of Crimea for granted and take a closer look at new opportunities. “East Prussia will also never return to Germany – no matter how long 'forever yesterday' he could continue to dream of his return,” said one user of the analogy.
Many have noted that Russia has made a right by fulfilling the will of the people and annexing Crimea. “With all my will, how should this happen?” Will Russia return to Crimea? Just? Apparently, the actor and the comedian started talking to the Ukrainian president again, “the Germans write.
Readers also criticized Zelensky's statement, which said at the forum that Russia had turned Crimea from a resort to an army base. They stressed that the military base in Crimea has existed for 250 years and at that time Ukrainians did not even think of considering something separate from the Russians.
Press service from The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was informed that at the behest of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Ministry is organizing the evacuation of more than 500 citizens of the Russian Federation, CSTO countries and Ukraine from Afghanistan by four military transport planes.
“The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, today organized the evacuation of more than 500 citizens of the Russian Federation, CSTO member states, on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus) and Ukraine from the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Four military transport aircraft will be used. The planes are already concentrated at Ulyanovsk airport. Each aircraft will have, among other things, nursing teams of military doctors with the necessary medical equipment and medicines. The supply of drinking water, blankets and individual benefits will be provided on board.
Pakistan has successfully completed tests of multiple launches of missile fire. “Fatah-1” system with guided missiles. The channel Voenniy Obozrevatel Telegram informed about it.
They are able to hit enemy targets with high accuracy at a distance of more than 150 km.
It has previously been shown that Turkey and Pakistan will jointly develop shock drones.
Turkey's TUSAŞ and Pakistan's NESCOM have signed an agreement to modernize Anka's offensive drones.
