Deputy PM alleges that “cheap Russian gas” and a thirst for territory could be behind Budapest’s “pro-Russian” rhetoric Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk has questioned, what she has described as, Hungary’s “pro-Russian” rhetoric, suggesting that the desire for “cheap Russian gas” or even a potential land grab could be behind Budapest’s policy over the…

Arrests were made in line with international sanctions over the Ukraine attack, and some 800 planes are now registered inside Russia Russia’s Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev announced, on Tuesday, that the country has lost 78 jets to Western sanctions, over the conflict in Ukraine. He also reported that nearly 800 planes out of its 1,300-strong air fleet…

Foreign manufacturers have refused to supply components for Russia’s domestically-built MC-21 aircraft, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said. According to the minister, the nation’s state-run United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will put into operation two MC-21 aircraft instead of the previously planned four. The delivery of the jets is planned for 2024.