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... 2013: “We should never forget the bitter lessons learnt by some countries in the Balkans and the Middle East. After succumbing to pressure and deceit by the imperialists, they surrendered their military deterrence instruments — only to fall victim ... ... has several immediate implications. First, unless the foreign companies working in Iran are provided with a credible shield against secondary US sanctions, the JCPOA may soon collapse, raising the risk of a new cycle of nuclear technology advances in Iran....

... Candidates have to take grueling fitness tests, and are carefully selected for intelligence. For example, the tests include a 54-km march in full gear; alpine tests at 4,000m altitude; trekking 300km through forest and 500km through desert; and rock climbing at an altitude of over 1,200m. Candidates also take psychological and intelligence tests. The largest military operation in which Saberin units have taken part was a 2011 operation against the military wing of the banned Kurdish PJAK party. The operation targeted the rebels’ training camps in the mountains on the border between Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan. Saberin is also involved in fighting militants on the border with Pakistan. ...

... signed a decree ordering the construction of the new Vostochny spaceport in Amursk Region. The government appointed the civilian space agency Roskosmos to oversee the project. The financial situation had already become more favorable; oil prices were climbing, reaching a record 145 dollars a barrel in July 2008. So the Russian treasury could well afford such a large and expensive infrastructure project. Uglegorsk was once again chosen as the site of the new spaceport, but this time round the space agency decided to build new launch pads instead of trying to reuse the existing silos. The pad for the Soyuz-2 medium carrier was to be ready by 2015, and for the Angara-A5 heavy ...

... Russian economy that began in 2014 has made professional military service even more attractive. According to Defense Minister Shoygu, the 2014 target for recruiting professional soldiers was met in September. There have even been reports of candidates bribing recruitment officers. In 2011-2014 the greatest proportion of professional soldiers was to be found in the Rapid Reaction Forces units, including the Airborne Troops (VDV) and the marines, as well as in the GRU Spetsnaz, the Strategic Missile Troops, and the Navy. By mid-2015, more than 50 per cent of the soldiers and sergeants serving in the VDV were professionals serving under contract. There are ...