TEHRAN, March 13, YJC - Iranian Communications Minister Mahmoud Vaezi said at the start of a meeting with Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak on Monday that the two men would discuss a deal to supply Moscow with 100,000 barrels of Iranian oil per day.
Russia on Tuesday rejected allegations that it sponsors terrorism by funneling arms and money to separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine and is also responsible for discriminating against ethnic groups in Crimea.
Britain's foreign secretary will soon travel to Russia on a visit his office says will be consistent with the country's "engage but beware" policy toward Moscow.
Russia has accused Britain, France, and the United States of having attempted to “poison” the atmosphere of the latest round of the intra-Syrian negotiations.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described the scandal over contacts between Russia and members of US President Donald Trump’s administration as “a witch hunt.”
President Donald Trump's senior aide Jared Kushner and ousted adviser Michael Flynn met with the Russian ambassador to the United States at a time when the Trump administration's relationship with the Russians was under close scrutiny.
Russia's Foreign Ministry has angrily rejected allegations that its top diplomat in Washington is a spy amid controversy over meetings he held with US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will step aside from a US Justice Department inquiry into alleged contacts between aides in President Donald Trump’s election campaign and the Russian government.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has underlined the need for the Syria peace talks underway in the Swiss city of Geneva to focus on warring sides reaching a consensus on how the war-torn country will be governed during the transition period.
The US House Intelligence Committee did not find any evidence so far proving that Donald Trump’s advisers had any contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 US presidential campaign, Committee Chair Devin Nunes said in a press conference on Monday.
Russia says it will veto a UN Security Council resolution drafted by the US, Britain and France to impose sanctions on Syria over allegations of chemical weapons use.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) rejected a request by the White House to publicly dispute media reports that President Donald Trump’s campaign advisers kept regular contacts with Russian intelligence agents during the 2016 presidential election, according to a report.
A memorial service for Vitaly Churkin, the late Russian ambassador to the United Nations, is taking place in Moscow's Central Clinic Hospital on Friday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country has no plans to interfere in Syria's internal affairs and its aim is to stabilize the legitimate government in the Arab country which is battling terrorists.