Russian arms manufacturer Kalashnikov, founded in 1807, supplied weapons to Russia's imperial tsars and still equips the Russian army today. Though it is most famous for the AK-47 rifle, the company — ...

AK-47 designer, Mikhail Kalashnikov, dead at 94 00:57 MOSCOW --In a regretful letter penned a few months before his death, Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, asked the head ...

Sixty years after the AK-47 went into production, Mikhail Kalashnikov says he does not stay awake at night worrying about the bloodshed wrought by the world's most popular assault rifle. "I sleep well ...

The U.S. just issued a new sanctions against a flurry of Russian firms in response to Russia's offensive in Ukraine. Among the firms targeted is Kalashnikov Concern, the company that makes AK-47s. The ...

The Russian government is giving up control of Kalashnikov. The iconic firearms maker, which is owned by state holding company Rostec, will soon be firmly in the hands of private investors. Rostec ...