The alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has strained the already stuttering relations between Moscow and some Western powers, who hit top Russian officials accused of being involved with sanctions. The Kremlin denies the allegations and has vowed to fight back with counter measures, Sputnik reported.
An international...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a congratulatory telegram to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after the Electoral College confirmed his win, the Kremlin announced Tuesday, The Moscow Times reports.
Putin is one of the last world leaders to congratulate the president-elect, with his message coming six weeks after the Nov. 3...
Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the sanctions which the United States has imposed against Turkey over the missile system buy from Russia were illegitimate and showed arrogance toward international law, Reuters reported citing Interfax news agency.
The United States imposed sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has wared Western nations against trying to break down the architecture of the Dayton Accords as it is fraught with serious consequences, TASS reported.
"I would like to warn seriously some of our partners against trying to break down the Dayton architecture. We observe such...
The Kremlin has denied that President Vladimir Putin has been living in a bunker since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. His spokesman said, on Sunday, that he has been working from home at his residence outside Moscow, RT reports.
Last week, the Lithuania-based news outlet Proekt Media accused Putin...
Britain’s Sunday Times delivered an exclusive so fantastical this weekend that even the most committed Russia-bashers stayed quiet. The claim sparked a furious response from the Russian doctors smeared by the leading UK outlet, RT reports.
Citing the usual anonymous intelligence officials, the newspaper reported that staff at the Siberian...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized at a meeting with a delegation of the German opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Moscow on December 8 that Russia condemns any efforts to play down the Nazi crimes against humanity and any efforts to glorify Nazi criminals, Russian Foreign Ministry...
The hostilities ceased in the disputed region after the sides signed a declaration on 10 November to stop the bloodshed, which erupted at the end of September 2020 and claimed thousands of lives, including civilians, according to a report by Sputnik.
A spokesperson for the Russian peacekeepers stated that Armenia...
Russia and Iran will look for new methods of countering the negative effect of sanctions on bilateral economic relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with Iran’s state television and radio broadcaster on Saturday, TASS reported.
Moscow and Tehran are taking measures not to allow bilateral trade...
A Kremlin-initiated investigation has found the individuals who ordered the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov in 2015, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday during a meeting of the presidential human rights council, as reported by The Moscow Times.
Nemtsov, one of Putin's most vocal critics, was shot and killed on a...
