The territorial dispute between Russia and Japan: no progress has been made. DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA MIGHT FORCE RESOLUTION OF THE TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ON MOSCOW AND TOKYO

Will Mikhail Saakashvili of Georgia step down before his time? MIKHAIL SAAKASHVILI HIMSELF IS THE LAST BARRIER ON GEORGIA'S ROAD INTO NATO

An update on the Syrian crisis. THERE CAN BE NO SIMPLE SOLUTION TO THE SYRIAN CRISIS

While confrontation of the opposition and the regime of Assad in Syria continues Russia is looking for the ways of peaceful resolving of the conflict. Thus, the Foreign Ministry of Russia proposed organization of negotiations between the parties in Russia. SYRIAN OPPOSITION DID NOT SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE OF RUSSIA

The Defense Ministry reports that "tasks of liquidation of ammunition by the method of explosion will be fulfilled" at the training range near Chebarkul in Chelyabinsk Region. In translation from the bureaucratic language this means that the Defense Ministry returns to the last year's practice of liquidation of projectiles, mines and bombs with expired shelf life. At that time up to 1,200 tons of ammunition were blown up daily at 200 special sites spread from Khabarovsk to Kaliningrad. DEFENSE MINISTRY LIQUIDATES AMMUNITION BY BARBARIAN METHODS AGAIN, POPULATION AND AUTHORITIES EXPRESS DISCONTENT

The Healthcare Ministry published a list of professions for alternative civil service. In comparison to the last year, the list grew by five professions (there are 130 of them now) including programmer and waiter. WAITERS AND PROGRAMMERS MAY BE INCLUDED INTO THE LIST OF PROFESSIONS OF ALTERNATIVE CIVIL SERVICES BESIDES PUPPET MASTERS IN 2012

Very soon paratroopers will be dropped from airplanes not only with individual weapons but also with full individual outfits. New parachute D-12 that is currently being tested in the Airborne Forces can deliver up to 160 kilograms to the ground safely. AIRBORNE FORCES MASTER NEW PARACHUTE SYSTEMS

Official Kiev links the matter of the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed in Ukraine with the terms of new gas accords. NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET RESUMED IN KIEV

A source in the military industrial complex reports that about 60 floating combat infantry vehicles of Kurganmashzavod worth more than $100 million will be supplied to Indonesia in the next two years. According to a representative of Rosoboronexport, the precise parameters of the deal including its final value will be determined on February 10 during signing of the contract. In any case, Indonesia will receive not less than 20 vehicles until the end of this year. KURGANMASHZAVOD WILL SELL FLOATING COMBAT INFANTRY VEHICLES BMP-3F TO INDONESIA

Russia will modernize Indian MiG-29 fighters to MiG-29UPG version. Majority of the airplanes will be modernized in India. THE FIRST MODERNIZED MIG-29UPG AIRPLANES WILL BE SUPPLIED TO THE INDIAN AIR FORCE IN 2012

Contrary to the approved state armament program, in 2012 the Defense Ministry seriously reduced purchases of the most mass produced airborne self-propelled 120-mm gun Nona-S. As a result, Perm-based armament company Motovilikhinskie Plants will face two unpleasant things: reduction of workers and delay of production of advanced system Tornado-S that should replace multiple rocket launcher systems Grad, Smerch and Uragan in the future. IN 2012 THE DEFENSE MINISTRY SERIOUSLY REDUCED PURCHASED OF AIRBORNE SELF-PROPELLED 120-MM GUN NONA-S

General Director of Tactical Missile Armament corporation Boris Obnosov speaks about achievements and problems of his company. INTERVIEW OF GENERAL DIRECTOR OF KTRV BORIS OBNOSOV

It were project mistakes and enormous irresponsibility of separate managers that resulted in death of interplanetary station Fobos-Grunt. So, let "science fiction writers" from the Federal Space Agency tell their grandchildren about the secret intrigues of Americans with their radars and Sun with the plasma flows. Moskovsky Komsomolets got hold of a document with the conclusion of the interagency commission that investigated into the reasons of the failed flight. One of the chief specialists of the research and production association named after Lavochkin who worked on development of the station provided it to us. EXPERTS FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT THE US BUT PROJECT MISTAKES OF IRRESPONSIBLE MANAGERS THAT WERE TO BLAME FOR THE FALL OF FOBOS-GRUNT

For many officers of the Northern Fleet who have honestly served for decades the housing problem remains the most pressing and practically impossible to solve still. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE RESERVE WITHOUT THE HOUSING DUE TO THEM ACCORDING TO THE LAW