Grozny was once again the epicenter of fighting after the outbreak of the Second Chechen War, which further caused thousands of fatalities. During the early phase of the Russian siege on Grozny in October 25, 1999, Russian forces launched five SS-21 ballistic missiles at the crowded central bazaar and a maternity ward, killing more than 140 people and injuring hundreds. During the massive shell...
"On October 23, 2002, Chechen rebels stormed a Moscow theater during a performance of the musical Nord-Ost, taking an estimated 900 people hostage, including 90 staff members of the theater. The standoff ended three days later, when Russian troops raided the building. 129 hostages died in the takeover, almost all as a result of a gas that was used by federal forces to subdue the rebels."
The government of the Dominincan Republic is based on that of the United States, thus the Dominican Republic takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of the Dominican Republic is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vest...
The RT-70 is part of a U.S. House of Representatives initiative to employ the Russian space surveillance system in the search for asteroids which may potentially be Earth impactors. While the project must still be approved by the Russian Ministry of Defense, it has been endorsed by the head of the Russian Federal Space Agency.
The Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov (originally named Tbilisi) is an aircraft carrier (heavy aircraft carrying cruiser (TAVKR) in Russian classification) serving as the flagship of the Russian Navy. She was originally commissioned in the Soviet Navy, and was intended to be the lead ship of the Kuznetsov class (also known as Project 1143.5, the Riga class, or the Brezhnev class) but th...
Looks like a russian Sierra II class submarine. The two boats of the Sierra II class, Pskov and Nizny-Novgorod are both operational in the Russian Northern fleet.
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