A number of materials prepared by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory in Great Patriotic War. Must see.   Eternal glory to the fallen heroes.

April 23, 1999 NATO missile hit the building of «Radio Television of Serbia» in the center of Belgrade. This was neither an accident nor a mistake. Journalists were intentionally killed. For the fact that they are journalists, and for the fact that the Americans did not like them. By April 24, 1999, US and NATO […]

Observers of Chinese military-technical publications continue to closely monitor the research and development experimental developments (R&D) conducted in Israel in the development of advanced radar systems. Thus, according to the information of the Chinese specialized military-technical publication World of Aviation (the official press organ of the China Aircraft Corporation), the Israeli company Elta Systems (a […]

The talks between the Russian and Turkish presidents in Moscow ended with the surrender by the Turks of even more serious positions than might have been originally assumed. It was clear that no one would withdraw the Syrian troops at the positions of October-November 2019. It was also clear that Damascus would not give up […]

As one know, on March 1, 2020, the Syrian Arab Republic Air Force lost two Su-24M2 front-line bombers (deployed at Tiyas aviation base) as part of the operation to liberate Idlib province. These aircraft were supposed to strike at the identified targets and support the advancing units of the Syrian government forces. The Syrian Su-24M2 […]

Observers of Chinese specialized military-political publications closely monitor the situation in the Syrian province of Idlib, which was declared a de-escalation zone of internal armed conflict more than a year ago. In fact, this administrative-territorial unit, by agreement between the Russian, Syrian and Turkish parties, was turned into the area of ​​the highest concentration of […]

Maria Zakharova holds briefing in Sputnik’s corporate vest jacket to support Sputnik Estonia. On February 26, Moscow hosted a meeting and negotiations between Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and the Prime Minister, Minister of European and Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Edi Rama. During the press conference, the ministers […]

Another aggravation in Idlib brought Russia and Turkey closer than ever to the brink of a military conflict. The danger of sliding into a “random” conflict is also great because no one really wants to fight and does not believe in the possibility of confrontation. Both sides (Moscow and Ankara) are well aware of how […]

ALAFF continues to publish a translation of the chapters of the book «“Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact” in questions and answers» by Alexander Dyukov (ISBN 978-5-9990-0005-7). The first chapter is here. The entire book is available for free download. Source (*.pdf file) Is it true that back in November 1938 the “General Agreement between the NKVD and the Gestapo” […]

Water in the Middle East and North Africa (ME and NA) has always been a source of life. It is no coincidence that for many centuries the peoples inhabiting the region paid great attention to its extraction, conservation and rational use. ME and NA are among the most arid regions of the world. Most of […]