17 dead, about 40 wounded-on June 5 in the West Kazakhstan city of Aktobe (formerly Aktobe), the law enforcement forces fought a real battle with an unknown group of armed persons. What it was and who can stand behind it - analyzed The New Times Special forces storm the store where the militants, Aktobe, Kazakhstan, June 5, 2016 disappeared It seems that they had everything according to plan: at first - an attack on the Pallas and Panther weapons stores (their owners are Russians).

On June 1, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov outlined the conditions for normalizing relations with Turkey: an apology for the downed plane, plus payment of compensation to both Russia and the family of the deceased pilot Peskov’s statement was made in response to the bewilderment expressed a day earlier by Turkish President Erdogan: yes, he wants to restore relations with Moscow, but he does not understand what kind of “first step” they are talking

The United States seriously took up the Islamic State*.

On May 10, at a meeting with military leaders and the leadership of the defense industry, Vladimir Putin spoke about the problems identified during the operation in Syria. The question is what counts as a problem. Since last October, the official Russian media have been reporting how Russian troops, who came to the aid of Bashar al-Assad on an exclusively legal basis, are moving forward in measured steps - from victory to victory.

On April 13, two Russian citizens were arrested in Istanbul, suspected of killing Abdulvakhid Edilgireev, a native of Chechnya. The victim was known as one of the leaders of the North Caucasian separatists, in addition to the war in the Caucasus, he took part in military operations in Syria against the government of Bashar al-Assad and in Ukraine against the pro-Russian militia of Donbass.

On March 29 and 30, two explosions thundered in Dagestan. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed by a local cell of the Islamic State * Two mines, made from high-explosive army shells, were laid on the side of the road near the Makhachkala airport and went off when a Ural and a UAZ transporting policemen seconded to the republic from Krasnoyarsk caught up with them. One dead, two wounded...

By its behavior, Russia reminded the Swiss hired infantrymen who left their positions, saying to the French king: "There is no money - there are no Swiss." In the picture: “Battle of Pavia”, Bernart's tapestry van Orley (1531) . Photo: wikipedia.org The first rumors about the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria began to seep two days before Vladimir Putin “stunned” all this news. On March 12, the New Inform Internet portal wrote "...

The domestic propaganda apparatus, it seems, is no longer able to engage in real high-quality brainwashing of the masses. He no longer creates myths or legends, he parodies them. 28 Panfilovites could come up with this about 70 years ago, but it’s so cool to come up with that they still argue whether it was real or not.

A truce in Syria, which Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama agreed, is not the first attempt to stop bloodshed.

The smell of a new Russian-Turkish conflict is rushed in the air. Ankara suddenly announced the mobilization of reservists, Moscow began teaching in the Black and Caspian seas.

Emir Katara Hamad Al Tanya arrived in Moscow in a good mood. Why? On January 25, the next round of intersiral negotiations under the auspices of the UN was scheduled in Geneva. A week before, the impressive Qatarian emir Hamad Al Tanya came to Moscow to Moscow. Is the accident? The visit of Al Tanya, who spoke with Putin for more than two hours, was presented by television officialdom as the unconditional diplomatic success of Russia. Formally, this is true.

On January 25, the next round of intersiral negotiations under the auspices of the UN was scheduled in Geneva. A week before, the impressive Qatarian emir Hamad Al Tanya came to Moscow to Moscow. Is the accident? Emir Katara Hamad Al Tanya arrived in Moscow in a good mood. Why? The visit of Al Tanya, who spoke with Putin for more than two hours, was presented by television officialdom as the unconditional diplomatic success of Russia. Formally, this is true.

The conflict between Russia and Turkey reaches a new level. President Putin, in addition to previous accusations of “aiding terrorists”, imposed sanctions against Ankara, warning her that “tomatoes would not cost”, and calling the Turkish leadership “ruling click”. In response, President Erdogan promised to prove that it was Russia, and not Türkiye is involved in illegal oil trade with the Islamic State*.

In the sky over Syria, for the first time in modern history, a combat incident occurred between Russia and the country - a member of NATO: the Russian Air Force fighter was shot down by a Russian bomber. Another incident of this kind may have unpredictable consequences On November 24, the Russian army suffered the first officially recognized combat losses in Syria.

On November 16, two weeks after the tragedy in the sky over Sinai, Vladimir Putin admitted that for many it was already obvious without his words: the Russian A321 Airbus crashed as a result of a terrorist attack - a kilogram bomb exploded on board At the crash site of Kogalymavia, Egypt, Sinai Peninsula, November 1, 2015 For the version about the mechanical damage that provoked the destruction of the aircraft, the Russian authorities all these two weeks clung very persistently, although the