2010
European Union to Partly Fund International Highway from Lithuania to Bulgaria, Project Completion in 2020 (10-22-10)
NATO Fighter Jets Intercept Russian Tactical Bombers in Midst of Alliance's Sabre Strike 2010 Drill in Latvia (10-18-10)
Russian Railways to Extend Broad-Gauge Tracks to Vienna, Austria via Kosice, Slovakia by 2013-2015 (9-30-10)
Russia to Increase Defense Spending 60% by 2013, Top Priority Given to Submarines, Ballistic Missiles, Helicopter Assault Ships, Fighter Jets (7-30-10)
Russia, China, Shanghai Cooperation Organization to Hold Peace Mission 2010 Drill in Kazakhstan in September (7-21-10)
Kremlin Prepares for Nuclear Attack, Builds 5,000 Bomb Shelters in Moscow by 2012 (7-12-10)
Russian Navy Deploys Two Cruisers to Indian Ocean, Repels Simulated Enemy Airstrike (5-7-10)
Russia-Dominated CSTO Deploys 1,000 Troops in Tajikistan, Holds Rapid Reaction Exercise (4-26-10)
Chavez Admits Cubans Training Venezuelan Army, but Dismisses "Cubanization" Charge (4-25-10)
Romanian Global News: Russian Military Used "Electromagnetic Weapon" to Down Polish President's Plane (4-10-10)
Canadian Foreign Minister Dismisses Russia's Planned Paratrooper Drop in Arctic as "Propaganda Stunt" (4-6-10)
Kremlin Angered by NATO Air Force Drill over Baltic Republics, Lithuanian DM Dismisses Criticism (3-17-10)
Russian Navy to Unveil New Graney-Class Ballistic Submarine Severodvinsk on May 7, Deploy by Year's End (3-16-10)
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces Hold "Large-Scale" Command-and-Staff Drill, 11 Such Exercises Held in 2009 (3-10-10)
Former Soviet Cosmonaut, Communist Duma Deputy Urges Kremlin to Steal Western Military Secrets (3-10-10)
Russian Submarine in Barents Sea Successfully Launches New Sineva SLBM (3-4-10)
Russia to Help Cold War Ally Angola with Defense, Border Control; FSB/KGB General Attends Signing Ceremony in Luanda (3-1-10)
Russian Foreign Minister Visits Managua, Announces Joint Military Drills with Nicaragua (2-15-10)
Communist Troops from Russia, Belarus, Red China, Vietnam to Join Venezuelan Independence Day March-Past (2-12-10)
Russia Lauds Yanukovich Election Victory, Promptly Announces Joint Air Force Exercise with Ukraine for Autumn 2010 (2-10-10)
Russia's 5th-Generation Stealth Fighter Takes to the Skies in Successful Maiden Flight (1-29-10)
Russia Intimidates Baltic, Black Sea Neighbors with Potential Acquisition of French-Built Amphibious Attack Ships (1-10-10)
Poland Arrests GRU Agent in 2009, First Such Case since 1989, Russian Embassy in Warsaw Feigns Ignorance (1-6-10)
2009
Senior Military Officers from Cuba, Angola, and South Africa Meet in Luanda, Discuss Cooperation between Communist Allies (12-11-09)
Nicaraguan, Venezuelan Militaries to Hold Joint Drill in Central America in May-June 2010 (12-03-09)
Russian Paratroopers and Pacific Fleet to Join Vostok 2010 Exercise in Siberia, Far East (12-01-09)
Cuba to Carry Out Bastion 2009 Military Drills between November 26 and 28, Exercise Postponed after 2008 Hurricanes (11-17-09)
Russia's Civil Defense Czar Flies to Venezuela, Meets Chavez, Promises to Set Up Emergency Situations Center (11-14-09)
Russia's Emergency Situations Minister Visits Cuba, Meets Castro, Promises to Set Up Training Center (11-13-09)
Russia's Civil Defense Czar Arrives in Managua, Meets Country's Top General, Signs Memorandum of Cooperation (11-11-09)
Polish Media: Russian-Belarusian War Game Simulated Nuclear Attack, Amphibious Landings against Poland (11-01-09)
Serbia to Greatly Expand Cepotina Military Base near Kosovo by End of 2009 (10-28-09)
Russia's Emergency Situations Minister Meets Serbia's Communist Police Chief, Pledges to Set Up Training Center in Nis (10-21-09)
Ortega Issues "Urgent Request" for National Assembly to Approve Deployment of Venezuelan Troops, Warships, and Warplanes in Nicaragua (09-23-09)
Russian Fighter-Bombers, Ground-Attack Aircraft Arrive at Belarusian Airbase for Zapad 2009 Maneuver (09-16-09)
Moscow, Minsk Deploy 12,500 Troops for Zapad 2009 Drill in Belarus and Kaliningrad (9-08-09)
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces Hold Nuclear War Game, Exercise Involves 150 Command and Control Centers (9-07-09)
Leningrad Military District, Northern and Baltic Fleets Start Ladoga 2009 Drill, Simulate "High Alert" in Northwest Russia (8-19-09)
Russia's Siberian Military District, Mongolia Hold Joint War Game Darkhan-2 in Latter Country (8-18-09)
Canadian Prime Minister to Attend Baffin Island Military Exercise as Ottawa Counters Moscow's Moves in Arctic (8-17-09)
Canada Dispatches Surveillance Aircraft to Track Russian Subs off Atlantic Coast (8-11-09)
Russian Attack Submarines Spotted off US East Coast in Early August; Pentagon: Patrols "Unusual" but "Not Provocative" (8-05-09)
Moscow Signs Deal to Open 2nd Military Base in Kyrgyzstan, Russian Battalion to Protect "Kyrgyz Sovereignty" (8-01-09)
Castro Announces Bastion 2009 Military Drill to Occur at Year's End, Indefinite Postponement of Communist Party Congress (7-31-09)
Russian Paratroopers to Hold North Pole Exercise in April 2010; Airborne Forces Commander Denies Saber Rattling (7-29-09)
Russian Paratroopers to Receive New Weapons, Equipment in 2009, Fully Professional Force by 2011 (7-29-09)
Russia, Iran Hold First-Ever Joint Military Exercise, Two-Day Caspian Sea Drill Based on 1921 Friendship Agreement (7-29-09)
Sino-Soviet “Anti-Terrorist” Exercise Follows Recent Muslim Riots in Xinjiang; Moscow, Beijing Plan 25 Joint Drills for 2009 (7-15-09)
Russian Troops Prepare for Peace Mission 2009, Fourth "Anti-Terror" Drill with People's Liberation Army (6-30-09)
Russian Military Ramps Up for Provocative Maneuvers Zapad 2009, Ladoga 2009, Kavkaz 2009 (Spanish; 05-19-09)
Is the Kremlin Preparing for Preemptive Strike against West under Cover of Russian Survivalist Story? (05-11-09)
State Duma Deputy Proposes Joint Russian-Cuban-Venezuelan Military Exercise in Caribbean (05-06-09)
Kazakhstan to Host SCO's "Peace Mission 2010" War Game, "Peace Mission 2009" Slated for Northeast China (04-29-09)
Russia, China Lead Shanghai Cooperation Organization's "Norak Antiterror 2009" War Game in Tajikistan (04-20-09)
Third Sino-Soviet "Peace Mission" War Game to Take Place in Northeast China this Summer (03-18-09)
Russia, Belarus to Stage Large-Scale "Zapad 2009" War Game in Latter Country this Fall (03-10-09)
Residents of Northwestern Russian City Awakened by "False" Air Raid Alarm, Emergency Announcements (02-13-09)
Missile Cruiser Moskva, Flagship of Black Sea Fleet, Simulates Attack Drills in Mediterranean (01-26-09)
Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier Leads Task Force to Russian Naval Base in Tartus, Syria; Potential Home for Black Sea Fleet after 2017 (01-12-09)
Russian Northern Fleet Completes Maneuver with NATO Member Turkey in Mediterranean Sea (Presumably under Partnership for Peace Program) (01-12-09)
Russia's Peter the Great Missile Cruiser Makes Historic Port of Call at Cape Town en Route from Caribbean Sea to Indian Ocean (01-12-09)
Russian Nuclear-Powered Missile Cruiser to Lead Six Warships into Joint Exercise with Indian Navy (01-11-09)
Russian Carrier-Based Warplanes to Utilize Greek Airspace, Athens Flight Information Region to Carry out Exercise (01-02-09)
2008
Military Hotline Links Strategic Partners Russia and China for First Time (12-29-08)
Russian Pacific Fleet nears Indian Ocean for Drills with Strategic Partner India in January (12-23-08)
Russian Warship Leaves Havana after Historic Visit, Ports of Call in Venezuela, Panama and Nicaragua; Castro Confers with Northern Fleet's Deputy Commander (12-23-08)
Russian Destroyer Arrives at Bluefields, Offloads Generators and Computers for Nicaraguan Army and Police (12-12-08)
Russia and China to Hold Third "Peace Mission" War Game in 2009 (12-10-08)
China and India Hold Second Joint War Game "Hand-in-Hand 2008" in Southern Indian Town of Belgaum (12-06-08)
Russia's Sole Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov Leads Task Force on Atlantic, Mediterranean Tour of Duty (12-05-08)
Russia, Venezuela Conclude First-Ever Joint Naval Exercise; Kremlin Invites Venezuelan Navy to Visit Russia, Join Second Drill in North Sea (12-04-08)
Russia, Venezuela to Hold Joint Air Force Drill in 2009 (10-31-08)
Russia, Belarus Carry Out Massive "Stability 2008" Drill between Sept. 22 and Oct. 21; Strategic Bombers Test Fire Cruise Missiles First Time since 1984 (10-06-08)
St. Petersburg Tests Air Raid Sirens under Simulated Military Attack, Russia's First Full Civilian Drill since WW2 (09-29-08)
During 8th Trip to Russia, Chavez Observes Part of "Stability 2008," Kremlin's Largest War Game since Soviet Era (09-26-08)
Strategic Bombers Leave Venezuela, Return to Russia after Patrolling North Atlantic, Arctic Oceans (09-18-08)
Cuban President Castro, Citing Hurricane Damage, Postpones "Bastion 2008" Military Exercise until Next Year (09-14-08)
Chavez Observes Venezuelan Armed Forces Repelling Mock US Invasion (Three Days After Russian Bomber Arrival) (09-13-08)
Two Tu-160 Supersonic Bombers Arrive in Venezuela for Week-Long Exercise over Caribbean Sea, First Such Deployment since Cold War (09-10-08)
Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces Carry Out Drill in Island's Eastern Region, "Moncada 2008" Prelude to Wider "Bastion 2008" Maneuvers (06-07-08)
2004-2007
Cuba Concludes Five-Day Military Exercise in Western and Central Regions, "Moncada 2007" Simulates US Invasion of Island (11-24-07)
Russia and Belarus Hold "Union Shield 2006," War Game First-Ever Combined Defense of Union State (06-26-06)
100,000 Soldiers, 400,000 Reservists Participate in Cuba's "Bastion 2004" Maneuver, Largest Civilian Mobilization since 1986 (12-13-04)
Historic Soviet Bloc Drills
Seven Million Cubans Take Part in "Bastion 1986" Drill, Prepare to Defend Island against Air Attack (12-09-86)
Soviet Armed Forces Carry Out "Zapad 81," East Bloc's Largest-Ever Exercise Includes Amphibious Landings in Poland (09-81)
Warsaw Pact's Southern Army Group Headquarters Holds Staff Exercise, "Nukes" Vienna and Munich, Soviet Bloc Armor Thrusts into West Germany (06-65)
Warsaw Pact Forces Carry Out "Baltic Order" Exercise in Poland and East Germany, Additional Drill in Romania during Cuban Missile Crisis (10-62)
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