TEHRAN, May 22 - The UK has pledged to get rid of Russian “dirty money,” as well as to tighten sanctions against Russian businesses in the country. But why is that an issue for a country that is, as George Galloway puts it, “dirty money central”?
TEHRAN, May 21 -Foreign investors who are expected to participate at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum this week will discuss with President Vladimir Putin the “unjustified” assumptions about isolating Russia.
TEHRAN, May 20 - The real goal behind recent US sanctions is to isolate Russia economically from Europe and Asia, according to an analyst interviewed by RT.
TEHRAN, May 19 -A militant attack on a church in the mainly Muslim southern Russian region of Chechnya has left seven people dead, including four assailants, officials say.
TEHRAN, May 18 - A close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a stark warning to the United States about the risks of placing "America First", accusing Washington of seeking to block a planned Russia-Germany gas pipeline to shore up its own exports.
TEHRAN, May 18 - Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree to enact the recently adopted decision to expand sanctions on Russian companies and entities, according to information published on the presidential website on Friday.
TEHRAN, May 18 - American lawmakers have introduced a new bipartisan bill seeking to ban F-35 deliveries to an "increasingly hostile and authoritarian" Turkey, partly because of Ankara's decision to purchase Russia's missile defense systems.
TEHRAN, May 18 - Russian strategic nuclear forces are expanding their global reach and paying special attention to patrolling the Arctic with supersonic bombers, according to the long-range strategic air force commander Sergey Kobylash.
TEHRAN, May 18 - Washington and its allies are trying to force the OPCW to level accusations against Damascus even though there is no solid evidence of its culpability in alleged chemical incidents in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
TEHRAN, May 17 -Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has delayed further debates on a bill that would criminalize compliance with Western sanctions.
TEHRAN, May 17 - The growing exports of Russian grain to China have reached historic levels this agricultural year, according to Russia’s food safety regulator Rosselkhoznadzor.
TEHRAN, May 16 -Political consulting group Cambridge Analytica used Russian researchers and shared data with companies linked to Russian intelligence, a whistleblower told a congressional hearing on interference in the 2016 US election Wednesday.
TEHRAN, May 16 - Russia's emergency officials said they are evacuating residents from a village in central Russia after a nearby ammunition depot caught fire.
TEHRAN, May 16 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military commanders to prepare the S-500 missile system for mass production and boost the country's strategic nuclear forces.
TEHRAN, May 15 - The main purpose of United States sanctions is to slow the progress of rapidly developing nations, Russian State Duma speaker has said before the parliament gave its first nod to bills on Russia’s response to the restrictions.
TEHRAN, May 15 - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, have confirmed their commitment to preserving the 2015 multinational nuclear deal with Iran despite the US withdrawal.
TEHRAN, May 14 -The Russian government is looking at ways of connecting Sakhalin Island in the Far East to the mainland. One of the options is building a railroad bridge on a monumental scale.
TEHRAN, May 14 - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Russia has confirmed its preparedness to respect the seven-party nuclear agreement reached in 2015 despite the US pullout.