At some point, Putin usually attends the Forum which is held at the exhibition grounds of Patriot Park in Moscow and at the Kubinka Air Base and Alabino military training grounds..
No go, even using Mullvad VPN going through servers in Hong Kong and Hungary. Apparently it's locked out either against everyone outside of Russia and/or against anyone using a VPN, probably the latter.
Did find this article on an Iranian site:
Russian Defense Minister Visits Iranian Military Stand at Army Expo
I found lots of Russian language media content and some in English. The VK page was very informative and was a fair proxy for the inaccessible websites. Perhaps we can't access them as they're in a defensive posture expecting to be hacked by the usual supspects.
it is kind of hard for russia to have partnerships with countries that are antagonistic or worse towards russia... the cold war mentality continues to live in the small minds of the neo cons.. free speech is all fine and dandy if your name is victoria nuland, but it is censored if it doesn't conform to the cold war mindset - as appearances go anyway..
A comment I posted at the Week in Review got swallowed and was about the topic of your comment. Lots of sites being blocked today and not all by the usual suspects.
I hope Russian air defences are good over these sites....
Looks like Russia will have a long list of buyers for all this stuff.
There's a plethora of AD at those sites, the established systems plus the brand new. There should be more reviews as the week progresses.
I tried accessing the Forum's Web site here: https://www.rusarmyexpo.com/
No go, even using Mullvad VPN going through servers in Hong Kong and Hungary. Apparently it's locked out either against everyone outside of Russia and/or against anyone using a VPN, probably the latter.
Did find this article on an Iranian site:
Russian Defense Minister Visits Iranian Military Stand at Army Expo
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202308148775
Two pages of exhibition photos here:
Fotografias | RUSSIA ARMY 2023 MILITARY FORUM
https://www.lusa.pt/fotos?imageid=41341104
Shoigu also made a statement about the effectiveness - or lack thereof - of Western weapons:
Russia: Much-Hyped Western Equipment Proven Ineffective in Real Combat
https://www.farsnews.ir/en/news/14020523000748/Rssia-Mch-Hyped-Wesern-Eipmen-Prven-Ineffecive-in-Real-Cmba
I found lots of Russian language media content and some in English. The VK page was very informative and was a fair proxy for the inaccessible websites. Perhaps we can't access them as they're in a defensive posture expecting to be hacked by the usual supspects.
it is kind of hard for russia to have partnerships with countries that are antagonistic or worse towards russia... the cold war mentality continues to live in the small minds of the neo cons.. free speech is all fine and dandy if your name is victoria nuland, but it is censored if it doesn't conform to the cold war mindset - as appearances go anyway..
A comment I posted at the Week in Review got swallowed and was about the topic of your comment. Lots of sites being blocked today and not all by the usual suspects.