Syrian President Bashar al Assad said the continued presence of Russia’s major naval and air bases in his country help counter the influence of Western powers in the region as the battle to crush insurgents was winding down, Reuters reported.
In an interview with Russia’s Ministry of Defense TV channel...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called for an immediate ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sunday and said Moscow was ready to help seek a solution to the conflict via the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Reuters reported.
Lavrov also told his Armenian counterpart on Sunday that Russia was concerned...
Russia’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that the Russian embassy in Germany had received a refusal from the German foreign ministry in response to a request to access Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
The Russian ministry statement also called on those who inspire a “campaign of demonizing Russia” to stop, according...
Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has called for new European Union sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny with an internationally banned nerve agent, Reuters reported.
Navalny emerged in recent weeks from a coma after suddenly falling ill during a flight in Siberia and being air-lifted...
A Russian journalist died on Friday after setting herself on fire in front of the local branch of the interior ministry in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, a day after her apartment was searched by police, her news outlet said, Reuters reported.
Prior to her self-immolation, Irina Slavina wrote on...
Russian troops in Syria have killed more than 133,000 militants, including 4,500 from former Soviet republics, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, Sputnik News reported.
The military operation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria, by agreement with Damascus, began on 30 September 2015.
"A total of 865 gang leaders and...
The poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny “constitutes a threat to international peace and security,” Britain, France, Germany, Estonia and Belgium wrote in a letter to the United Nations Security Council, seen by Reuters on Thursday.
“We call on the Russian Federation to disclose, urgently, fully and in a transparent...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram to his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump, wishing him and his wife a speedy recovery and offering sincere support, TASS reported.
"I am certain that your inherent life energy, high spirits and optimism will help you to overcome the dangerous virus," the Russian...
Presidents Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus and Vladimir Putin of Russia have held a telephone conversation, discussing bilateral and global issues, the BelTA news agency reported on Friday.
"Lukashenko and Putin exchanged views on global issues, the situation in the two countries and the coronavirus pandemic and summed up joint activities," the agency said,...
The Kremlin accused specialists at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday of working with Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and said Moscow believed he was receiving instructions from people it described as “instructors”.
Navalny told a German magazine he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind his suspected poisoning,...
