The amendments made to Russia’s constitution go “beyond what is appropriate” and seriously affect the balance of power. That’s according to the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, which published a report on Tuesday, RT informed.
In particular, the commission noted that the amendments had “disproportionately strengthened the position...
NATO has to choose between confrontation and dialogue in relations with Russia, as the alliance will be unable to "have its cake and eat it too," Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of the Russian Delegation to the Vienna Negotiations on Military Security and Arms Control, said at the last meeting...
Russian oil shipments to the U.S. hit a record high last year, according to calculations by Bloomberg, while at the same time Washington was amping up its warnings about Europe’s energy dependence on Russia, The Moscow Times reports.
Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become the third-largest oil supplier to the U.S....
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia has “no relations with the European Union”, as Beijing made a public display of closing ranks with Moscow in opposition to the U.S. sanctions policy on March 23.
Lavrov accused the EU leaders of “destroying” relations with Moscow, as relations between Russia...
Russian gas producer Novatek has reached an agreement to supply more than three million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Arctic LNG 2 project to China over a 15-year period. This will help China ensure its energy needs and diversify its LNG supplies, analysts say, RT...
The head of the World Health Organization’s European office has revealed his belief that the continent “really needs” Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, with the EU struggling from a shortage of doses of currently approved jabs, RT reported.
The Moscow-made breakthrough formula is in civilian circulation in Russia, Serbia and...
The European Union’s anti-Russian sanctions and Moscow’s retaliatory embargo seriously harm the economies of the EU and Russia and must be cancelled as soon as possible, President of the Hellenic-Russian Chamber of Commerce Pantelis Skarlatos told TASS.
According to Skarlatos, the EU-Russia trade turnover, which stood at $417.66 billion in...
Vladimir Putin was vaccinated with one of Russia's domestically created Covid-19 jabs in Moscow on Tuesday. It ends months of speculation around whether the 68-year-old president had already been inoculated against the virus, RT reports.
The Russian leader, who has been noticeably cautious when it comes to Covid-19, is “feeling...
Twitter has removed only a third of content prohibited in Russia, Russia’s mass media watchdog said on Tuesday, TASS informed.
"Roscomnadzor informs that after it took measures to slow down Twitter traffic on March 10, 2021, the social network began to remove prohibited content but actually has removed only a...
Faith does not forbid Russian Muslims from getting vaccinated against coronavirus with Sputnik V, a body of top religious scholars has decided after considering two components of the Covid-19 vaccine for Sharia compliance, RT reported.
The Ulema Council, which advises Islamic leaders on matters of faith, announced on Monday that...
