Two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets of the Northern Fleet were scrambled to intercept a British reconnaissance aircraft approaching the Russian border over the Barents Sea, Russia’s National Defense Management Center reported on Monday, according to TASS.
According to the Center, Russian airspace control systems detected an aerial target over the...
Russian police have questioned around 200 people in connection with the incident with opposition figure Alexei Navalny, and checks are continuing, with staffers of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) being subject to re-examination, the Russian Interior Ministry's Transport Department said on Monday, Sputnik News reported.
"Transport police officers have carried out...
Russia sees minimal chances of extending the New START treaty with the United States - their last major nuclear arms pact - as it does not accept conditions set out by Washington, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Monday, Reuters reported.
He spoke after Marshall Billingslea,...
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has described the dialogue between the Russian and Belarusian presidents, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, as rather trust-based, TASS reported.
"This dialogue is rather trust-based and at the same time it is very substantive. That’s because both know well the details of bilateral relations," Peskov said...
The United States' claim that the UN sanctions on Iran were restored is misleading as the UN Security Council (UNSC) took no steps leading to the restoration of restrictions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
"The U.S. continues to mislead the international community by speculating that...
Earlier in the day, OPCW said that its team of experts had independently collected samples from Navalny. It added that the results are forthcoming and will be shared with Berlin.
The Technical Secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) turned collection of samples from Russian opposition...
The idea of naming the European Union’s new human rights sanctions after Alexey Navalny is aimed at directing the restrictions against Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday, commenting on EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell’s initiative on...
The European Parliament (EP) called the so-called Coordination Council of the Belarusian opposition an "interim representation of the people" of the republic, and called on the institutions of the European Union to assist it, according to the EP resolution on Belarus adopted Thursday, TASS reported.
The European Parliament’s resolutions are...
Belarusian border services have tightened border security, spokesman for the country’s State Border Committee, Anton Bychkovsky told TASS on Friday.
"Border security has been tightened, the necessary measures are being taken depending on the situation in specific regions," he said.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the country would...
U.S. Congressmen from the state of Texas, Michael McCaul and Mike Conaway, also demanded that Russia release Reed, Sputnik News reported.
Former Marine Trevor Reed, sentenced to a nine-year prison term on assault charges in Russia in July, should be released at once, U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and...
