Drone attacks near Khmeimim Air Base in Syria by militants have intensified in recent weeks, head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the opposing sides in Syria, Maj. Gen. Alexei Tsygankov said. According …
Russia’s Spartak Moscow FC ended its return UEFA Champions League qualifying stage match vs Greece’s PAOK football club in a scoreless draw to be knocked out of the Champions League. The match was played at Moscow’s …
Soviet writer Eduard Uspensky, who created the world-famous Cheburashka character, died in Moscow aged 80, his daughter Irina said. "Regretfully, Eduard Nikolayevich has passed away," TASS cited her as …
The United States is not going to respond to statements of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said. "We heard the statement, and …
Azerbaijani director Mirbala Salimli's Red Garden has entered the short list of the 17th Baikal International Film Festival 'Man and Nature.' The festival will be held in Russia's Irkutsk on …
One of the key topics of Chancellor Angela Merkel's forthcoming visit to Azerbaijan - a country leading in economic cooperation with the European Union in the South Caucasus - will be the prospects of economic …
Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, obtained a permit for laying the subsea segment of the gas line in the territorial sea of the Russian Federation. The permit was issued by the Russian …
Russia's ruble exchange rate rose today on the Moscow Exchange. At the moment of the opening of the stock exchange US currency traded at 67.11 rubles, in an hour it reached a low of 66.51 rubles, as of 11:10am (MSK). …
Moscow appreciates Turkey’s independent foreign policy and Ankara’s refusal to join anti-Russian sanctions, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Ankara after taking part in a session of …
Armenian activists protesting in Yerevan are collecting signatures under a petition they will send to the Supreme Judicial Council to demand that it fires Court of Appeals judge Aleksandr Azaryan, who ruled to free former …
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel plan to discuss a wide spectrum of current issues during the negotiations that will take place in Berlin on August 18. The agenda includes the …
Turkish Airlines will join a campaign circulating on social media and pull its ads from U.S. social media websites in protest, spokesman for the country's flag-carrier Yahya Ustun said. "We, as the Turkish …
With its newly-adopted national defense spending law Washington is trying to heat up politically the issue of new strategic weapons, but Moscow does not believe that this decision is directly geared to their restriction, Russia's Deputy …
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey will boycott electronic products from the U.S., which has imposed sanctions and raised tariffs against Ankara in a dispute about the detention of an American evangelical …
Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharyan, who was scheduled to convene a press conference today following his release from pre-trial detention, had to cancel it after a group of Armenians broke into the conference …
The process toward replacing the serving CSTO Secretary General is still in progress, acting press secretary of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Anna Naghdalyan said. "The rest of the steps will be …
The Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, signed by the five Caspian leaders in Aktau on August 12, creates an effective base for cooperation, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov …
Armenia’s former Defense Minister Mikayel Harutyunyan, wanted within the framework of the criminal case into the tragic events in Yerevan on March 1, 2008, is in Moscow, according to Hraparak newspaper. …
Deputy foreign ministers of the Caspian states plan to hold consultations in Azerbaijan this autumn to discuss the Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov …
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomes the signing of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea , the secretary general’s spokesman said in a statement. "The Secretary …
