Lead nuclear submarines of the modernized Borei-class project 995A and Yasen-class project 885M will be launched in 2017, Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vice Adm. Viktor Bursuk said Friday.
Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shaigo, held talks on the latest developments in the Middle East, Syria in particular.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran, Russia and Turkey have started the process of finding a political solution to the Syria crisis.
BANGKOK, April 6. /TASS/. Thailand is interested in the military and technical cooperation with Russia, the country's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said in an exclusive interview with TASS director general Mikhail Gusman dedicated to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's upcoming visit to Bangkok on April 7-8.
(dpa) - NATO calls on Moscow to cease its support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and abide by its international agreements following a deadly offensive on the city of Mariupol.
Paris (AFP) - The Iranian nuclear deal, which heralds a lifting of sanctions choking the country's economy, could offer an unparalleled opportunity for foreign oil companies, but may take time to tap.
MOSCOW, March 18, 2015 (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday condemned Ukraine for ratifying two bills on greater autonomy for the rebel-held east, saying they "grossly violated" a fragile peace deal to end almost a year of fighting.
SEOUL - Russian Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Timonin has expressed his country's opposition to the possible deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea, according to an interview with the Russian envoy published by a Seoul daily on Wednesday.
VLADIVOSTOK, March 15. /TASS/. Organisers of the coup in Kiev in 2014 planned assassination of Viktor Yanukovich, the then President of Ukraine, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
PYONGYANG, 11 March. /TASS/. North Korea and Russia have declared 2015 a "Year of Friendship", which will be give a boost to political, economic and cultural exchanges, the Korean Central News Agency reports on Wednesday.
BEIJING, March 2, 2015 (AFP) - A Chinese newspaper with close ties to the ruling Communist Party on Monday condemned the assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, saying it severely damaged the country's body politic.
ABU DHABI, February 22. /TASS/. Russia's T-90MS main battle tank has good prospects on the armaments markets of Middle Eastern countries, manufacturer Uralvagonzavod CEO Oleg Siyenko said at the IDEX-2015 arms exhibition on Sunday.
KIEV, Feb 22, 2015 (AFP) - Both sides in Ukraine's conflict have agreed to pull back their heavy weapons from the front line in accordance with a UN-backed truce, a Ukrainian military official told AFP on Sunday.
ABU DHABI, February 22. /TASS/. Russia and Italy expect to develop cooperation in the defense and industrial sector and other spheres, Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov said on Sunday.
(AFP) - The US has accused Russian forces and separatist rebels of violating the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, after fierce fighting around the strategic town of Debaltseve threatened the latest attempt to end the bloody 10-month conflict.