Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to return to his regular work mode soon as the COVID-19 situation in Russia improves, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, TASS reports.
"Let’s not be complete pessimists, and let’s hope that in the near future, we will be gradually returning to the...
A Russian court on Tuesday ordered former journalist Ivan Safronov to be kept in custody until May 7 on charges of treason, the court’s press officer said, Reuters reports.
Safronov, who left journalism and began working at Russia’s space agency in May, was detained by security agents outside his flat...
Bulgarian prosecutors said on Friday they had charged six Bulgarians, including senior officials from the defense ministry and military intelligence, with spying for Russia, Reuters reported.
The Russian embassy in Sofia said in a comment on its website it expected that until a court ruled on the case that all...
A school shooting in Kazan, Russia, has left 11 people dead, most of them students, as reported by The Moscow Times citing RIA Novosti.
One of the victims in the shooting was a teacher and the other eight were students at Kazan's School No. 175, TASS reported.
Telegram news channels posted...
Even in the midst of a parliamentary election campaign, Russians appear to be uninterested in domestic policy concerns. According to weekly surveys conducted by the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center and the Public Opinion Foundation, respondents pay little attention to domestic political events.
The president's activities are at the top...
The Russian defense ministry said it had sent a Su-27 fighter plane on Monday to intercept a U.S. surveillance plane over the Black Sea that it said was approaching the Russian border.
The U.S. plane, identified as a P-8 Poseidon, has changed course to move away from the Russian border,...
Russia said on Sunday it had told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko it was ready to offer military assistance if necessary as demonstrators held one of the biggest protests yet against Lukashenko’s contested re-election, Reuters reported.
The protest in Minsk attracted tens of thousands of people, despite the deaths of at...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a phone conversation highlighted the importance of continuing efforts on strengthening good neighborly relations between Russia and Japan, the Kremlin press service said on Monday, TASS reported.
"Both sides stressed the importance of continuing efforts on strengthening good...
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Friday said it hoped China and India would find a solution as soon as possible to de-escalate renewed tensions on their disputed Himalayan border, the Interfax news agency said.
Earlier on Friday, China and India said they had agreed to this and to take steps to...
Speaking at the UN General Assembly’s debate, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thanked Russia for help in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, TASS reported.
"I have to say many thanks to our European partners, to our Chinese friends, and to our Russian friends as well," the Serbian president...
