Yabloko founder Grigory Yavlinsky called on Alexei supporters Navalny not to vote for members of his party in future elections to the Duma. The politician stressed that the party did not support the ideas of the opposition and would not nominate its comrades in its own name.
“We have a fundamentally different policy, & mdash; & nbsp; he told Rain. “& Mdash; & nbsp; Whoever wants to vote for Navalny, you don't have to vote for us. & # 39; & # 39 ;.
& quot; We are not a taxi & mdash; go upstairs and take us where you need & quot ;, & mdash; & nbsp; added the politician.
He said earlier that he would not run for the first time because he wanted to give way to the young.
Adviser to the Estonian Embassy in Moscow Ulla Uibo arrived at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation after the arrest of the consul of her country Marta Lyatte in St. Petersburg.
Mart Lyatte was arrested on July 6. According to the investigation, he was caught handing over classified documents from a local resident. Russia's FSB stressed that such actions were incompatible with the status of an employee of a diplomatic mission and spoke of hostility towards the host country. At the same time, the Russian side will not be able to stand up to Lyatte in the pre-trial detention center, which is hindering diplomatic status.
Estonia has previously stated that the incident has clearly shown that Russia does not want to improve relations with the European Union, and has chosen “a path of confrontation.” “The Estonian side also insists that the allegations against the consul are unfounded and the evidence is falsified.
Dmitry Peskov told reporters that there were no contacts with the United Kingdom it is not maintained at this time and cases of repeated violations of the Russian border by British warships will remain unanswered.
“ There are no consultations, relations between countries are frozen, & # 39; & # 39; “Peskov said, stressing that statements by representatives of the British authorities raised concerns in the Kremlin. & nbsp;
, will continue the appropriate maneuvers.
According to Peskov, the Russian side will take appropriate action in the event of a breach of the state border each time a breach occurs. & nbsp;
written according to the instructions and “All diplomatic tools will be used,” the Kremlin spokesman stressed. “There is no need to break Russia's borders and do so in a provocative way,” he advised the British Foreign Office, Peskov.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Petr Tolstoy considers it necessary take a break from Russia's further participation in the OSCE PA. According to him, at the moment he has no benefit from working for the Russian Federation.
However, Tolstoy stressed that the political decision on foreign policy is made by the President of the Russian Federation. On the air of the youtube program & quot; Soloviev LIVE & quot; He added that the OSCE PA ignored international law “because of the norms and rules that they dictate themselves.” When talking about membership fees to the organization, Tolstoy noted that these fees depend on the territories and populations of countries that are part of the assembly. So Russia pays 20 times more than Ukraine and 26 times more than any Baltic country. It turns out that the Russian Federation pays money to be “ present in an absolutely disgusting Russophobic orgy & # 39; & # 39 ;.
Earlier, Tolstoy said that on those international platforms where “ rudeness towards Russia will continue & # 39; & # 39 ;. cooperation may be interrupted.
According to him, in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, “it was a really hot day, like in Vienna itself”. According to him, the Russian side again had to fight against fraudsters, as well as against the “ banders and the Russophobic minority.“
Earlier, the Russian delegation left the session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe violation of regulations. We are talking about decision-making with a two-thirds majority of the members of the assembly, not with two-thirds of the Members who attend the meeting online or in person.
NATO and Ukrainian crews – participants in the NATO Sea Breeze – 2021 maneuvers, now taking place in the Black Sea, had to fear the heavenly roar of Russia yesterday fighter jets. NATO sailors have apparently not yet forgotten the words of Vladimir Putin, who said during a recent “straight line” when the Russian president did not rule out that the British destroyer Defender could be sunk for violating our borders.
Photo: Alex Beltyukov.
After such a warning, about a dozen Russian fighters and bombers that appeared near NATO ships were perceived by Sea Breeze participants as no humorous threat. A military expert said about what our aircraft had demonstrated in the area of NATO exercises.
According to the official version of the Russian military department, the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet and the Southern Military District conducted routine combat training flights over the Black Sea. They were attended by an amphibious aircraft Be-12, & nbsp; multipurpose fighters Su-30SM and front bombers Su-24M, fighter bombers Su-34 and fighter Su-27. The composition of the forces is, as you can see, very convincing. & Nbsp;
And what did our pilots solve with this song? The military will, of course, answer: standard combat missions. Maybe you're right. However, after Vladimir Putin's words about how the provocation of the British destroyer Defender in the Black Sea could have ended, the picture of the exercise looks more like a full-fledged model for those who are particularly boring.
The fact is that our aircraft alternately, sometimes in pairs, sometimes individually, conducting a combat course, trained missile and bomb attacks against targets mimicking the separation of surface ships of a conventional enemy. It was designed by large landing craft “ Saratov & # 39; & # 39; and “ Orsk & # 39; & # 39 ;.
Of course, it would be much more likely to do without imitations if, for example, direct participants in the Sea Breeze & mdash; British destroyer Defender or Dutch frigate Evertsen. But they have already tried. They didn't like it.
The Defender's crew barely threw off their legs, and British Defense Chief Nicholas Carter now complains to the British press that he is not sleeping at night, analyzing “this miscalculation” and the “unreasonable escalation.”
& ndash; V & ndash; there is no secret explained by a military expert, Captain 1st Position Vladimir Gundarov, & ndash; that the exercise of our aviation, taking place simultaneously with & nbsp; Sea Breeze, & ndash; it is a demonstration of the power we have. We do not reveal any special secrets here, but at the same time we show that we can do a lot in this area. & Nbsp;
And by the way, not only in this area. Just yesterday, Washington decided to strengthen its grouping in the Pacific Ocean after we did an exercise & ndash; a number of Western media now write about him & ndash; literally 50 km from Hawaii. This is the kind of response we have to NATO's sea breeze in our Black Sea. And the answer is very unpleasant, because our “Hawaiian” exercises were conducted in close coordination with China, which was also emphasized by the Prime Minister of Japan.
Well, the fact that we did our air drills there in the Black Sea, which “ coincidentally coincided & # 39; & # 39 ;; with their Sea Breeze maneuvers there is nothing special. What if we Europeans and Americans have the same cycles of military training the same? So everything is going according to plan. We and they have proven our abilities. Not only military, but also political. Ours seem to be better.
Azerbaijani experts have tried to assess the extent to which the first Russian export strike drone “Orion-E”, which in the media is considered a “killer” of “Bayraktar”, is actually able to promote the famous Turkish arms market unmanned aerial vehicles, which decided the outcome of the war in Karabakh.
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“The Orion-E strike variant is equipped with a universal complex of air weapons, which allows with high efficiency to destroy stationary and moving ground targets, armored vehicles and transport of the enemy, its manpower,” Azerbaijani edition of “Mirror” He emphasizes that the drone is equipped with both unguided and guided bombs, as well as various guided missiles.
In the Russian Armed Forces, the drone is supplied under the name “Stimulation”. However, it can fly all day.
These drones have already been tested by the Russian army in Syria, and it is said that one of the vehicles made 38 combat flights, including 17 – with strikes on terrorist targets.
Azad Isa-zadeh, an employee of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense, noted that the parameters of Orion declared by Russia are slightly the same as those of Bayraktar: in some they are better, in some lower.
At the same time, Azerbaijani experts note that the term “Bayraktar killer” refers to “Orions” only in the field of competition in the arms market, because this drug is not intended to fight other drones.
At the same time, the improved Bayraktar – drone has already been released in Turkey “Akinchy” and is now in the commissioning phase of another model – for work at sea.
Western countries also intend to strengthen their development in the UAV field, so there will be serious competition in the market.
Azerbaijani experts also emphasize that the experience with the use of the Orions in Syria cannot be described as complete, because Russian drones were not opposed to enemy air defense systems.
“And if Orion is used in real combat or in another study of good maneuvers, it will be possible to say clearly how effective and modern it is,” emphasizes the author of the article, noting that there are still more questions than answers about Russian drones.
The United States Department of Transportation is eventually banned sale of tickets for flights to Belarus and vice versa. The ban is linked to an incident with a Ryanair plane, which was forced to land in Minsk on May 23, according to a document from the Ministry of Transport.
It is clarified that the sale of all passenger tickets from the United States to Belarus, including those with a transfer, is now prohibited. Exceptions are possible only in the interest of US national security.
The ban was announced on July 2, so far no objections have been raised by the White House administration, so the measure enters into force.
We remind you that a Ryanair plane made an emergency landing at Minsk Airport on May 23 due to a mining report that was not later confirmed. Roman Protasevich, the founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, which is recognized as an extremist in Belarus, was on board the plane. Protasevich and his girlfriend were excluded from the flight and detained, he faces up to 15 years in prison.
Following the incident, the EU summit banned Belarusian airlines from flying to EU airports and flying over European Union territory. More than 20 countries have closed their airspace to Belarusian airlines.
British Navy-led aircraft carrier strike aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth left the Mediterranean today and crossed the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea.
The destroyer Royal Navy Defender and the Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen from the strike group HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Istanbul before their visit to the Black Sea.
On the eve of the ships sailed by the Dardanelles from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
NATO Sea Breeze 2021 exercises (“Sea Breeze”) are scheduled for the Western Black Sea Region from 28 June to 10 July. Ukraine will join them. The exercise will be attended by 4,000 soldiers, 40 warships, boats and supply vessels, 30 aircraft and helicopters and more than 100 units of cars and armored vehicles.
“Ukraine has only two allies – the British fleet and the NATO army”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenský arrived in Odessa on July 4 to celebrate Naval Forces Day “Square”. Zelensky spoke to the sailors and said that Turkey would build a corvette for Ukraine and supply unmanned vehicles to Bayraktar.
Photo: Still from the video
Recently, the US Congressional Research Service published a report on the state of the Ukrainian army. US scientists have noted that despite the significant improvement in the arms situation in connection with NATO supplies and US assistance, Ukraine's military equipment still needs to be modernized. Some of Ukraine's aircraft and air defense systems are more than 30 years old. That means they are Soviet weapons.
US scientists have also noted strong corruption in the Ukrainian defense industry. About 5% of Ukraine's GDP is spent on security, but only half is actually allocated to the purchase of new weapons.
Twitter users reacted to the unpleasant situation of the Ukrainian Navy on the occasion of the holiday. So Valentina Khildeb wrote: “The US military is preparing to move the Ukrainian navy from up to three ships … By the end of this year, three US ships will be handed over to Ukrainian sailors. Well, now they will have something to fight at sea! & # 39; & # 39;
One user paraphrased the words of the Russian Tsar: “ Ukraine has only two allies & ndash; the British fleet and the NATO army. & # 39; & # 39; do exercises with them? Admit that you (NATO and Ndash; “ MK & # 39; & # 39; ) do not need Ukraine itself, but its territory to place military bases there! & # 39; & # 39;
User with nickname “; Petro Makovei & # 39; & # 39; wrote: “ Stop talking about it, no one will build a fleet for us. They simply sell their discarded ships at exorbitant prices and that's it! Just as the slaughtered and useless Saxons were sold (British Saxon armored personnel carriers AT105 transferred to Ukraine in 2014) at the most difficult time for Ukraine. Only fools can trust this shit! & # 39; & # 39;
photo Alex Beltyukov russianplanes.net commons.wikimedia.org
Experts National interest has evaluated several Russian supersonic strategic bombers carrying missiles, such as the Tu-160, Tu-22M and Tu-95.
“ Part of Russia's strategic aviation is relatively old, but thanks to modernization, it … very dangerous & quot ;, – the newspaper writes.
So experts note that supersonic & nbsp; strategic bomber carrier & nbsp; s & nbsp; with the variable sweeping wing Tu -160 he set several world records.
The Tu-22M long-range supersonic missile bomber, which has been in operation since 1974, is a carrier of nuclear weapons. & Nbsp;
<> The strategic turboprop bomber Tu-95 is by far the fastest aircraft in the world with turboprop engines. In addition, it can serve until the 1940s.
