Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny urged the EU on Friday to put targeted economic sanctions on the oligarchs surrounding President Vladimir Putin, The Moscow Times reported.
"There is no sense in sanctioning colonels or generals or some people who are definitely not traveling a lot," Navalny told MEPs by video...
Russia scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet to intercept a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance plane flying over neutral waters in the Black Sea, the RIA news agency cited the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on Saturday.
According to a Reuters report, Russia said its warplane returned to its base after the U.S....
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold his annual press conference via video link on December 17, the Kremlin press service said in a statement on Friday, TASS reported.
"At noon on November 29, the Russian Presidential Media and Information Department will begin accrediting journalists for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday he will not stay in office under a new constitution, TASS reported.
"I am not amending the constitution for myself. I will not continue as president under a new constitution. So, relax, take it easy," BelTA news agency quoted him as saying during...
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...
Kremlin's Dmitry Peskov on Thursday called media reports about an alleged female acquaintance of Russian President Vladimir Putin as unsubstantiated and unconvincing rumors, Sputnik cited the spokesman as saying.
"I have seen that publication, it is such an unconvincing epistolary, I tend to rank this alongside things like provocative yellow...
The Russian military has successfully tested a new anti-ballistic missile. It was launched from the Sary-Shagan testing range in Kazakhstan and hit the simulated target, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, Sputnik reports.
The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the missile defense system is designed to protect against air...
Russia calls on the United Nations to monitor damage done to various countries by the United States’ and the European Union’s unilateral sanction imposed in bypassing the United Nations Security Council, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said on Wednesday at a UN Security Council informal...
Russia will not allow a "rebranding" of terrorists in Syria, which is financed by several Western countries, Russian permanent envoy to the UN Vassily Nebenzia told a UN Security Council meeting on Syria Wednesday, as reported by Russian agency TASS.
"The Syrian army is repelling attacks of sleeper terrorist cells....
On Tuesday, the U.S. secretary of state announced sanctions on three Russian companies – Aviazapchast, Elecon Joint Stock Company, and Elecon Group. According to the official document, no department or agency of the U.S. government can enter into a contract for the procurement of goods, technologies, or services from...
