Russia’s Kartsev Institute of Computing has announced it will begin production of a new drone designed to disperse crowds next year, state news agency TASS reported on Tuesday.

The Shershen, or hornet, is a hexacopter drone that functions in much the same way as a more typical quadcopter drone, though it uses both ultrasound and infrasound to

Moscow on Tuesday blamed U.S. "toxicity and animosity" for the postponement of key arms control talks with Washington as tensions continued to peak over the Kremlin's offensive in Ukraine.

On Monday, Russia said the talks scheduled to take place in Cairo between Nov. 29 and Dec. 6 would be held "at a later date."

The Kremlin declined to comment, but

Sanctions-hit Moscow has asked India to sell it at least 500 different products it urgently needs, including parts for cars, aircraft and trains, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing four sources familiar with the request.

Russia reportedly sent India a list of products earlier this month, a version of which has been seen by Reuters in New Delhi.

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