Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Friday that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko would pay a visit to Russia on September 14, and added that no documents are expected to be signed following his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"Yes, Lukashenko's visit will really be held on Monday, September 14....
The situation in Minsk on Thursday morning is calm and nothing reminds of the protests that broke out on Wednesday after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s inauguration, TASS informed.
Traffic on central highways and roads leading to the downtown Belarusian capital is normal for a Thursday morning, according to a TASS...
Armenia and Azerbaijan were due to hold their first high-level talks on Friday after nearly two weeks of clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with hopes rising that a ceasefire could be brokered in Moscow, The Moscow Times reported.
France, which along with Russia and the United States is part...
Even as US President Donald Trump praised the “progress” made in talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan, air raid sirens sounded over Stepanakert in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, heralding another round of artillery bombardment, RT informs.
“We’re working with Armenia. We have a very good relationship with Armenia. They’re very good people....
No Turkish peacekeeping missions will be dispatched to the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Russian and foreign media in an interview concerning crucial issues on the international agenda, TASS reported.
"No peacekeeping units of the Turkish Republic will be dispatched to Nagorno-Karabakh. There is a clear...
The Kremlin is unaware of the article in the French business magazine Challenges that provides controversial details of the November 7 phone talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Thursday.
On November 12, the Paris-based weekly magazine, citing...
Russia's MiG-31 intercepted U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane over the Bering Sea, the national defense control center said Friday, Sputnik reported.
According to the center, MiG-31 escorted the U.S. plane until it was far enough away from the Russian border.
Earlier in October, MiG-31 and Su-35 escorted two Rockwell B-1 Lancer bombers.
NATO...
Russia said on Tuesday it had expanded its list of European Union officials barred from the country in response to what it described as “unacceptable” sanctions against Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Reuters reports.
Russia’s foreign ministry did not name the officials, but called in senior...
Russian military investigators are now treating the Nov. 9 downing of a helicopter over Armenia as “wilful murder”, a more serious charge than the previous “death through negligence”, Reuters reported citing Interfax news agency.
A Russian Mi-24 helicopter was shot down over Armenia near the border with a region belonging...
As Washington braces for the most tense handover of power in modern history, the speaker of Russia’s parliament has called for an inquiry into a series of perceived threats to free speech, amid the fallout from the US election, RT reported.
Vyacheslav Volodin told lawmakers on Tuesday that the parliamentary...
