Major General Apti Alaudinov, a prominent figure in Russia's military leadership, urged the Kremlin to carry out mass mobilisation of up to one million fresh troops

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that special attention in the country's new arms programme should be paid to the nuclear triad - land-based, sea-based and aircraft-launched weapons.

Nuclear missile developer Dr Yury Dikov, 87, developer of deadly Bulava, Yars, and Sarmat [Satan-2] warheads, spoke as he was awarded a top honor in the Kremlin by the Moscow dictator - issuing a chilling warning in the process.

Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has once again highlighted his country's nuclear capabilities in the defence sector. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS, citing Putin’s statement at a meeting on the state armaments programme Details: He claimed that the share of modern weapons in Russia’s nuclear triad is 95%,

A Russian economist has warned that the country may slide into "stagflation" by the end of the year if its leaders don't take action.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that drones had played a major role in the conflict in Ukraine and called for the rapid development and deployment of separate drone forces within the military.

Francisco Reynés writes to the Commission President and Teresa Ribera warning that Russia will still get paid if the EU prohibits the execution of long-term contracts already signed. The current Vice President of the European Commission,