“The security service will continue to identify foreigners who work against our government using their diplomatic service as cover."
Russia will introduce six long-range Tupolev Tu-22M3 bombers to its fleet before the end of this year.
The drill, in late August, will involve nearly 20 warships of various classes, as well as planes and helicopters.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 -- bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur -- was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. All 298 on board were killed.
The shipments were a continuation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to overhaul the military by 2020.
The incident occurred over the Aegean sea and adds to a long list of military and diplomatic spats between the two rivals.
The lawsuit comes almost one year after the plane was shot down over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine.
The Ministry for Crimean Affairs reportedly will be replaced by a special commission.
Russia's military industry has demonstrated huge growth in recent years -- despite international sanctions, a hurting economy and a drop in oil prices.
More than 22 million people now reportedly live below the poverty line in Russia.
An American analyst dismissed the plan in a new issue of a U.S. military magazine.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine last July, killing all 298 people on board.
A battalion of Ukrainian soldiers has refused to take orders from leaders in Kiev, claiming that they were not being treated fairly.
More submarines were expected to arrive in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk by 2016 as Russia underscores its new military posture in the region.
Russian troops reportedly placed border markers near a crucial oil pipeline that runs through the former Soviet republic.
The short-range ballistic missile is capable of carrying nuclear warheads and can hit targets up to 500 km away.
The U.S.S. Jason Dunham also visited Estonia and Finland as Russian actions put the Baltic region on edge.
The far-right group, which has a substantial paramilitary wing, has been accused of extra-judicial detention and torture.
Moscow is mulling whether to offer Greece natural gas supplies while Athens struggles with its European creditors.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held up the summit as evidence Moscow is not isolated in the world.
France canceled the delivery of the two Mistral ships in November because of the Ukraine conflict.
Facebook banned several prominent Russian journalists and bloggers for using a slur for Ukrainians, leading many to delete their accounts.
