German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a personal visit to Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in hospital last week, her spokesman said on Monday, Reuters reported.
Steffen Seibert confirmed an earlier report in Der Spiegel that Merkel visited Navalny while he was being treated for poisoning in the Charite hospital in...
During the Slavic Brotherhood-2020 military exercise, servicemen of Belarus and Russia practiced repelling a military aggression against the Union State, the chief of the Belarusian Armed Forces’ General Staff told the Belarus-1 TV channel, TASS writes.
"A joint grouping of forces practiced tasks related to repelling a joint aggression...
The situation in Minsk on Thursday morning is calm and nothing reminds of the protests that broke out on Wednesday after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s inauguration, TASS informed.
Traffic on central highways and roads leading to the downtown Belarusian capital is normal for a Thursday morning, according to a TASS...
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region on Friday, where he will observe the main stage of the Kavkaz-2020 drills, TASS writes.
Putin's upcoming trip is one of the few during the coronavirus pandemic. At the end of July, the president visited...
Moscow on Thursday expressed regret at Bulgaria’s decision to declare two Russian diplomats ‘persona non grata’ and promised details on retaliatory measures at a later date, the foreign ministry said in a statement, Reuters reported.
Bulgaria on Wednesday said it had expelled two Russian diplomats who prosecutors suspect were involved...
Speaking at the UN General Assembly’s debate, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thanked Russia for help in fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, TASS reported.
"I have to say many thanks to our European partners, to our Chinese friends, and to our Russian friends as well," the Serbian president...
Le Monde had reported that the Russian President told his French counterpart that Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny may have poisoned himself, as reported by Sputnik News.
"The topic of the Berlin patient was in fact discussed during recent talks between President Putin and President Macron. And we reported about...
Bulgaria has expelled two Russian diplomats who prosecutors suspect were involved in spying, giving them 72 hours to leave the Balkan country, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
EU and NATO member Bulgaria, which usually maintains good ties with Russia, has expelled three other Russian diplomats over espionage...
The world is weary of division and requires multifaceted cooperation, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Sputnik News reported.
Speaking at the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, Lavrov said that attempts to revise history and...
Russia said on Tuesday new U.S. sanctions against Iran would have no political or practical consequences for Moscow’s cooperation with Tehran, the Interfax news agency reported, citing Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Iran’s defense ministry and others involved in its nuclear...
