Tag: Kalashnikov

Move over, Musk: Kalashnikov unveils ‘electric supercar’

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian arms maker Kalashnikov on Thursday presented its new electric car inspired by a rare 1970s model, saying the new technology will rival Elon Musk’s Tesla. The brand, best known for the AK-47 machine gun, presented the decidedly retro-looking pale blue prototype, the CV-1, at a defense expo outside Moscow. The look was inspired by a Soviet hatchback model developed in the 1970s called “Izh-Kombi,” a statement on the Kalashnikov website […]

3 Russian warships berth at Manila port

(Eagle News) — Three Russian Navy vessels, including two anti-submarine vessels, carrying Russia-donated equipment and vehicles to the Philippines, docked in Manila on Friday. Admiral Panteleyev (548), Admiral Vinogradov (572), and the large sea tanker Boris Butoma docked at Pier 15 of the Manila South Harbor as part of a six-day goodwill visit. According to Navy officials, they carried around 5,000 assault rifles, a million rounds of ammunition and 20 army trucks. President Rodrigo Duterte already made […]

President Duterte: Weapons used to take out Hapilon, Maute were Russia-issued

(Eagle News) — The weapons that were used to take out Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute were the ones issued by the Russians to the Philippines for free only recently. This is according to  President Rodrigo Duterte, who spoke during the oath-taking ceremony of PDP-Laban members in Bicol on Tuesday. “Sniper (weapons) nila were of great help. A distance of about 1 kilometer. Yan ang nakakuha sa dalawa noong madaling araw,” he said, referring to the […]

Russia to donate rifles, military trucks to PHL

(Eagle News) — Russia is set to donate assault rifles and military trucks to the Philippines. The planned donations were unveiled by President Rodrigo Duterte in a speech prior to the groundbreaking of Scout Rangers Ville on Wednesday, and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who accompanied him. Lorenzana told reporters that the 5000 Kalashnikovs and 20 military trucks would be turned over to the Philippine government later this month. The Kalashnikov is a brand of assault […]

Two men suspected of preparing attacks killed: Russian FSB security force

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s FSB security force said Wednesday that it had killed two men from Central Asia suspected of preparing attacks, while trying to arrest them in the Vladimir region east of Moscow. “As a result of clashes during attempted detention, two citizens of a Central Asian state were neutralized by FSB officers,” the agency said in a statement. The men, born in 1987 and 1991, “were in contact with recruiters from international […]