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Women want to serve their country, says deputy defence minister Nikolai Pankov.

With chanting, singing and traditional tribal moves, is this the coolest way to go into combat?

As footage emerges of more unexplained explosions above Siberia, suspicion falls on recycling of gunpowder at old chemical plant.

Strategic bombers redeployed Eastern Military District in snap exercises called by Vladimir Putin.

The Russian president tells the Security Council this is a key priority for 'clear and principled decisions'.

Troops and government ministries checked 'for fulfilling tasks under wartime conditions'.

Up to 38 people trapped in building as rescue underway.

In one case, classified secrets were leaked to a foreign power, in the other there was an intention to leak.

The Russian president tells the Security Council this is a key priority for 'clear and principled decisions'.