Russia hopes that the success of the presidential election in the Central African Republic will help bring about stabilization, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a news release on Tuesday, TASS reported.
"We express the hope that the election’s success will contribute to normalization of the situation in the country...
President Vladimir Putin made no statement on the unprecedented chaos in the United States when he spoke briefly with journalists after attending an Orthodox Christmas service, while Russia's Foreign Ministry said the U.S. electoral process is archaic and prone to violations, The Moscow Times reports.
A rampaging mob of Trump...
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered this year's Orthodox Christmas greetings to the people from the Saint Nicholas Church on Lipno Island near the western Russian city of Veliky Novgorod on Thursday. Putin traveled to the Novgorod region on Wednesday, Sputnik reports.
"The Lord's love for people is not in that...
Iran’s resumption of uranium enrichment to 20% is a departure from the Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action for the Iranian nuclear program, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on Tuesday.
"This question has nothing to do with Iran’s compliance with its obligations under the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement or...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that the question of his presidency can be decided only by means of elections, if some do not like to see him in the capacity of the head of state, TASS reported.
"I would like to see a calm and quiet country," Lukashenko told...
In Russia’s staid parliament, the dying days of 2020 were marked by unusually frenzied lawmaking activity, most of it centering on civil rights, The Moscow Times reports.
Over the course of a few days in late December, the State Duma passed a flurry of bills introducing sweeping new restrictions on...
Russian engineer units have conducted a mine clearing effort on more than 414 ha of land since the start of their work in Nagorno-Karabakh, defusing nearly 19,000 explosives, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday, as reported by TASS.
"During the operation engineer units of Russia’s peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh...
Fugitive U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden said Monday he hoped the British refusal to extradite Julian Assange would mark "the end" of attempts to see the WikiLeaks founder face espionage charges in the United States, The Moscow Times reported.
A British court on Monday ruled citing health concerns that Assange should...
The London court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States over a significant risk to his life and health, Judge of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court Vanessa Baraitser announced on Monday, TASS reported.
The judge, who delivered the ruling at London’s Central Criminal Court,...
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...