On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed legislation formalizing Russia's withdrawal from the Open Skies weapons control treaty, which authorizes unarmed monitoring aircraft over member countries, Reuters reports.
Russia had anticipated that when Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden met in Geneva later this month, they will be able to...
International organizations, including the UN, OSCE and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, must condemn the actions of the British authorities in connection with the incident with the destroyer Defender. This opinion on Sunday in his Telegram channel was expressed by the speaker of the State Duma...
Moscow and Washington are, to some extent, carrying out the agreements agreed at a June meeting in Geneva, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
According to him, the United States and Russia continue to communicate on cybersecurity and strategic stability.
"To some extent, the acords are being executed. The...
The Biden administration intends to help Afghan refugee families with up to $500 million. Albania and Kosovo have agreed to accept these refugees at the urging of the US. According to Izvestia, the European Union is worried about a revival of the migrant problem and increased Russian and Chinese...
There has been more disagreement between the UK and Russia on the two previous high profile crimes: Sergey Skripal's poisonings and Alexander Litvinenko's. The Scripal incident was charged by Scotland Yard against Denis Sergeev, another Russian citizen.
At the same time, Russian authorities were officially held responsible by the European...
Russia and China speak against Washington’s imposition of its own perception of democracy, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists Friday, adding that Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping’s views in this matter are identical, TASS reports.
He noted that Washington considers its democracy the only true way and that the U.S....
The Kremlin said on Thursday it would respond in kind to any new “illegal” new U.S. sanctions on Russia and warned any new measures would reduce the chances of a summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin taking place.
People familiar with the matter told Reuters on...
The current situation around the Open Skies Treaty indicates its soonest collapse and Russia will be ready to endorse its denunciation within days, Konstantin Gavrilov, head of Russia’s delegation the Vienna talks on military security and arms control, said on Monday.
"So far, the situation is developing towards the treaty’s...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a bill to to the State Duma to denounce the Open Skies Treaty, TASS reported citing the lower house.
"To denounce the Treaty on Open Skies signed in the city of Helsinki on March 24,1992," the document said. A note explains that the Treaty...
On Tuesday, the Kremlin said it will make an announcement shortly about a potential meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden, Reuters reports.
On a conference call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow and Washington wanted to work together on cybersecurity to deter...
