Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov concluded his two-day visit to India on Tuesday after talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar in New Delhi. The discussions were primarily focused on the Afghan peace process, Sputnik reports.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has categorically dismissed speculative media reports which suggest a...
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on NATO on Tuesday to lay out a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, after days in which Russia has massed troops near the conflict-hit Donbass region.
Zelenskiy’s comments drew an immediate rebuke from Moscow, which said Kyiv’s approach to NATO could further...
Representatives of Moscow and Washington held contacts on the situation in Donbass, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS Tuesday.
"We had contacts with the U.S. administration in Donbass. We have exhaustively conveyed what is going on to the U.S. side," he said.
According to Ryabkov, an ever more provocative and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuk upon his election to the post of the head of state and voiced the certainty about further development of bilateral strategic partnership and mutually beneficial cooperation in various spheres, Tass informed.
Putin’s message was uploaded to the Kremlin’s website...
Developed countries have purchased about 60% of vaccines manufactured worldwide and created a shortage of these preparations for developing countries, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in an interview published on China’s Foreign Ministry’s website on Monday, TASS informs.
According to the Chinese top diplomat, a "vaccine...
A recent breakdown of the ceasefire in Ukraine, and escalation in fighting along the line of control, has been followed by what has become a somewhat traditional war of words between Moscow and Kiev, with each side blaming the other, says Michael Kofman in his opinion piece for The...
The Kremlin said on Friday that any deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine would lead to further tensions near Russia’s borders and force Moscow to take extra measures to ensure its own security, Reuters reports.
NATO voiced concern on Thursday over what it said was a big Russian military build-up...
The situation in Donbass along the engagement line is rather frightening, with numerous provocations by the Ukrainian armed forces observed there, TASS reported quoting Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
"Our rhetoric is absolutely constructive," Peskov said in reply to a question.
"We do not indulge in wishful thinking. Regrettably, the...
The Kremlin said on Thursday that recent Russian troop and military hardware movements near Russia’s borders with Ukraine were aimed at ensuring Moscow’s own security and were not a threat to anyone.
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief this week accused Moscow of building up forces near their shared border and said that pro-Russian...
The Northern Fleet’s latest frigate Admiral Kasatonov completed accomplishing the tasks of its first long-distance deployment in the Mediterranean Sea and entered the Atlantic Ocean, the Fleet’s press office reported on Thursday, TASS informed.
"The frigate Admiral Kasatonov has entered the Atlantic. Today it has passed through the Strait of...
