Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says his country’s military practices are defensive and offensive in nature, and has pledged to strengthen Russia’s armed forces and provide them with the “latest weapons and technologies” to help them better protect the country and its allies.
![Oksana Aslanova, 26, born in Tyumen region, the alleged ‘Black Widow’ suicide bomber behind the second Volograd attack on Dec. 29, 2013. [Russia Today]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/oksana-aslanova.jpg?itok=HN3Y24Mb "Oksana Aslanova, 26, born in Tyumen region, the alleged ‘Black Widow’ suicide bomber behind the second Volograd attack on Dec. 29, 2013. [Russia Today]")
