Belarusian police on Sunday detained more than 200 people as tens of thousands marched against strongman Alexander Lukashenko in defiance of police threats to open fire after weeks of demonstrations, The Moscow Times reported.
Crowds of demonstrators waving red-and-white opposition flags descended on a gritty industrial neighbourhood in southeast Minsk...
Turkey tested the Russian-made S-400 air defense systems for the first time during drills near the town of Sinop in the country’s north, a source in military and diplomatic circles told TASS.
"Three missiles of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system were launched. All of them successfully hit the designated targets,"...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed energy markets and the implementation of agreements by the oil producers group known as OPEC+, the Kremlin said in a statement on Saturday, Reuters reported.
“Both sides have reiterated their willingness to continue close coordination in this area...
Moscow will give a response to the European Union’s new sanctions "that will best serve the interests of the Russian Federation," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, TASS reported.
"Moscow will undoubtedly analyze the situation and will act in compliance with its own interests," the presidential spokesman said.
The new EU...
Earlier on Thursday, the EU unveiled its Navalny sanctions list, which includes six high-level Russian officials and one research institute over their purported role in the alleged poisoning of the Russian opposition figure.
The Kremlin regrets the European Union's decision to impose sanctions against several Russian officials over the case...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the United States would be open to extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty beyond its expiration in February based on understandings reached in recent talks with Russia, Reuters reported.
“We would welcome the opportunity to complete an agreement based...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish colleague Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed the situation around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during a phone call on Wednesday, the Kremlin press service informed on the outcomes of the talks between both countries’ leaders, TASS reported.
"Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have called...
Russians facing European Union sanctions over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny include the head of Russia’s domestic spy agency and the first deputy chief of staff in the presidential administration, an EU diplomat said, as reported by Reuters.
The list also included the head of the presidential administration’s...
Germany remains interested in maintaining good or "at least reasonable" relations with Russia, despite the incident with opposition figure Alexey Navalny, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told RIA Novosti in an interview.
Germany, where Navalny was transported to after falling ill aboard a Russian domestic flight, claims to have evidence of...
Belarus's exiled opposition leader on Tuesday gave strongman President Alexander Lukashenko a deadline of two weeks to resign, halt violence and release political prisoners, warning he would otherwise face a crippling general strike.
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who maintains she was the true winner of an Aug. 9 election, issued what she...
