Friday, 02 October 2020_Russia says its foreign minister and his Turkish counterpart have addressed the ongoing flare-up between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh, agreeing coordination of their efforts towards stabilization of the situation in the region.
Friday, 25 September 2020_Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an agreement between Russia and the United States to expand their cooperation in the field of cybersecurity and prevent interference in one another’s elections.
Thursday, 24 September 2020_Russia has placed a number of European Union (EU) officials on a blacklist of individuals banned from entering the country in response to sanctions by the bloc.
Tuesday, 22 September 2020_Russia has played down the US threat of sanctions over any arms trade with Iran following the expiry of a UN arms embargo that Washington failed to keep in place, saying such bans cannot stop the growth of Moscow-Tehran defense cooperation.
Monday, 21 September 2020_Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Moscow sees ‘minimal’ chances of extending the New START nuclear treaty with the United States as the Kremlin does not accept conditions laid down by Washington.
Sunday, 20 September 2020_Iran’s foreign minister says the country will meet its strategic needs by purchasing weapons from Russia and China, and has no need for European weapons once the UN embargo is lifted in October.
Friday, 18 September 2020_Russia has censured the United States for leveling “futile” accusations against Iran in a bid to demonize the Islamic Republic, saying the sanctions that Washington has imposed on Tehran in the past to strangle it “did not work before and will not work now.”
Friday, 18 September 2020_Russia has criticized Turkey for its failure to fulfill its obligations under a bilateral ceasefire agreement on Syria's northwestern Idlib province, where the two countries back opposing sides.
Monday, 14 September 2020_The situation remains tense in Belarus, which has been the scene of protest rallies by supporters of opposition, who refuse to accept the official results of last month’s presidential election in the East European country.
Friday, 11 September 2020_Moscow has prepared an additional request to demand legal assistance from Germany in the case of Alexei Navalny, amid groundless accusations about Russia's involvement in purported poisoning of the opposition figure.
Wednesday, 09 September 2020_Belarus’ opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who left the country for Lithuania after losing the presidential election to Alexander Lukashenko, says the protests in Belarus have never been directed against Russia.
Monday, 07 September 2020_Russia has lambasted as “absurd” the attempts made to blame Moscow for the purported poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who has been hospitalized in Germany for due treatment.
Friday, 04 September 2020_The United States has accused Russia of trying to undercut America’s confidence in the security and validity of mail-in voting which Republican President Donald Trump has also criticized.
Monday, 31 August 2020_The Kremlin says the situation in Belarus is under control, stressing that Russia sees no need to send forces to calm the post-election unrest in the neighboring country.
Saturday, 29 August 2020_Russia has released previously classified footage of the world’s largest nuclear explosion, caused when the Soviet Union detonated the so-called Tsar Bomba almost 60 years ago.
Thursday, 27 August 2020_The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a serviceman in the province of Siberia for passing state secrets to Ukraine.
Thursday, 27 August 2020_Moscow has blamed Washington for a tense confrontation in Syria after the US reported injuries among its troops in a “collision” with a Russian vehicle, saying the incident happened when the US military tried to hinder a Russian patrol there.
Wednesday, 26 August 2020_Russia says there are still no grounds for a probe of the alleged poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who is in a medically-induced coma at a German hospital.