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(Eagle News) — In this video taken by Eagle News Service correspondent in Russia, Emy Coloma, Russian student Maria Plume who is studying the Filipino language at the Moscow State University expresses her admiration for the Philippines and how she is glad that the Philippines and Russia are strengthening bilateral relations. Plume was interviewed by Eagle News Service in Russia at the Four Seasons Hotel in Moscow after the Philippine Cultural Gala Performance attended by […]
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday received 5000 Kalashnikov rifles and 20 trucks from Russia. Apart from these, Duterte received 5000 steel helmets and one million units of cartridges with steel core bullets in turnover ceremonies held at the Port of Manila. Following a tour of the mammoth anti-submarine warship Admiral Panteleyev, Duterte personally handled some of the donated Kalashnikov rifles along with ammunition and trucks to the Philippine military. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu hailed […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
By Jerold Tagbo Eagle News Service A Russian warship and a sea tanker arrived in the country on Thursday, amid the growing relationship between the two countries. The Slava-class guided missile cruiser Varyag docked at Pier 15 in Manila South Harbor past 9 a.m. Sea tanker Pechenga remained afloat in the middle of Manila Bay. Philippine Navy officials conducted a welcome ceremony for the Russian Navy contingent, headed by Capt. Alexsei Ulyanenko, the concurrent task group commander and commanding […]
