Armenia and Azerbaijan were due to hold their first high-level talks on Friday after nearly two weeks of clashes over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, with hopes rising that a ceasefire could be brokered in Moscow, The Moscow Times reported.
France, which along with Russia and the United States is part...
Moscow considers unacceptable the joint statement by leaders of Foreign Ministries of Germany and France with the call to introduce sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the situation with Alexey Navalny, the commentary of Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made public on Wednesday said, TASS reports.
"The statement...
A Republican and a Democratic U.S. senator called on Wednesday for President Donald Trump’s administration to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 anti-aircraft system, after a report that Turkey may be planning a comprehensive test, Reuters writes.
Republican James Lankford and Democrat Chris Van Hollen wrote...
Russia's commitments to Armenia as part of a Moscow-led regional security bloc do not include the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region where fighting is raging between Armenia and Azerbaijan, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday, as reported by The Moscow Times.
In his first public comments on the deadly conflict since it broke out on...
France and Germany said on Wednesday they would propose European Union sanctions against Russian individuals after receiving no credible answers from Moscow over the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a nerve agent, Reuters reported.
Several Western governments have said Russia, which has denied accusations by Navalny that it...
An arrest warrant has been issued against former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya on Russian territory, according to Russian Interior Ministry database.
"Warrant ground: criminal code clause," the database says.
Meanwhile, a source in Russian law enforcement told TASS that the arrest warrant had been initially issued in Belarus, but it...
Opposition groups took control of most of Kyrgyzstan’s government apparatus on Tuesday after storming buildings during post-election protests, but the president clung to power as unrest risked tipping the Central Asian state into chaos, Reuters writes.
Protests spread throughout the country, where two presidents have been overthrown in the past...
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny called on the European Union on Wednesday to take tough action against oligarchs close to the Kremlin as he continues his recovery in Germany after being poisoned by a nerve agent in the banned Novichok family, Reuters reported.
Germany said on Tuesday it was discussing with...
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday called the recent signing of a peace deal between the Sudanese government and several rebel groups an "important step" toward national reconciliation in the African country, Sputnik reported.
"We welcome the signing of the peace agreement, which is an important step towards achieving national...
The head of Russia’s SVR Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, has warned that Nagorno-Karabakh risks becoming a launch pad for terrorists who could enter Russian territory, the Interfax news agency cited him as saying on Tuesday.
Naryshkin said he expected Armenia and Azerbaijan to return to the negotiating table over...
