Russian foreign minister held talks with his Turkish counterpart, during which the two sides agreed to continue facilitating normalization of the situation in Libya in every possible way, Sputnik reports.
Sputnik goes live from Moscow as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is holding a joint press conference with his counterpart from...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning foreign funding of rallies, which obligates protest organizers to provide details of their funding allocated for the organization of public events. The document was published on Wednesday on the official legal information portal, TASS reports.
The law bans organization of public...
The Investigative Committee of Russia announced on Tuesday that it has launched a fresh probe into the affairs of opposition activist Alexey Navalny, to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to charge him with fraud, RT reported.
According to prosecutors, Navalny spent around 356 million rubles ($4.8 million) of money...
Politicians' reflections about a successor for Russian President Vladimir Putin are most often absolutely unsubstantiated, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, Sputnik reports.
"The 'successors' topic is traditionally generating great interest in Russia's political circles and political experts circles ... It has always been the case, and I believe...
Russia sentenced a former board member of state energy holding company Inter RAO to 15 years in jail on Tuesday after finding her guilty of spying for Moldova at a trial held behind closed doors, her defence team said, Reuters writes.
Karina Tsurkan, who denied any wrongdoing, was detained in...
Providing humanitarian aid is one of the key areas covered by the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and Russia will always provide the necessary assistance to other countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, Sputnik reports.
"A very difficult noble task that you are now undertaking is delivering humanitarian aid to...
Western countries overemphasize Russia’s role in regard to the use of doping by athletes, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated, TASS cited him.
"I know for sure that, apart from the obvious violations made by Russian athletes, there are also many partially related to sports Western figures who tend to...
Earlier in December, Snowden confirmed that he and his wife would apply for dual U.S.-Russia citizenship, expressing hope of returning to his homeland one day "so the whole family can be reunited". At the moment, he faces up to ten years in prison for disclosing the details of American...
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has apprehended four members of the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia) who were plotting a terror attack near the building of the law enforcement agencies, the FSB Public Relations Center informed TASS on Saturday.
"The Federal Security Service, together with the Russian Interior...
It was the United States who started a ‘visa war’ with Russia and imposed the practice of personal visa exchanges, the Russian embassy in Washington said on its Facebook page, commenting on U.S. media reports about problems that U.S. diplomatic missions are facing in Russia, TASS reports.
"We would like...
