Putin, Trump may meet next week at APEC summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump may meet next week at an Asian economic summit amid strains over sanctions against Moscow, the...
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Russia wants $2 bln from Turkey for S-400 air defence missiles
Russia has sold its advanced S-400 air defence missile system to Turkey for over $2 billion, Sergei Chemezov, the head of state conglomerate Rostec, said...
Two ex-Trump aides charged in Russia probe, 3rd pleads guilty
Federal investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 US election charged President Donald Trump‘s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and another aide, Rick Gates, with money...
Russia undermining action against chemical weapons, says UK
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Friday accused Russia of trying to hide the use of sarin gas by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s government, and...
Russian sunken helicopter wreckage may have been located (Update)
Norwegian rescuers believe they may have located the sunken wreckage of a Russian helicopter that went missing on Thursday with eight people aboard off the...
Twitter bans ads from RT and Sputnik
Twitter on Thursday banned advertisements from accounts owned by Russian media outlets Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, citing allegations by US intelligence agencies that the two...
Washington ‘trying to squeeze Russian gas out of Europe’: Putin
President Vladimir Putin accused the United States on Thursday of trying to squeeze Russia out of European energy markets, saying the latest round of US...
‘Russia’s version of Paris Hilton’ announces presidential bid
Russian TV personality Ksenia Sobchak said on Wednesday she planned to run in next year’s presidential election, offering liberal voters unhappy with President Vladimir Putin’s...
Turkey to proceed with Russian S-400 purchases – Erdogan
President Tayyip Erdogan said there was no problem with Turkey’s planned purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and talks have also been held on...
Google uncovered Russia-backed ads on YouTube, Gmail -source
Google has discovered Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on its YouTube, Gmail and Google Search products in an effort to...
Nato to launch Black Sea force as latest counter to Russia
Nato launches a new multinational force in Romania on Monday in its latest step to counter Russia along its eastern flank and to check a...
Russian opposition calls for Putin to quit at Moscow rally
Supporters of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gathered in Moscow on Saturday, calling for President Vladimir Putin to quit and let Navalny run in...
Russia: Greek ruling on Russian bitcoin fraud suspect is illegal
Russia said on Friday a decision by a Greek court to clear the way for a suspected Russian money launderer to be extradited to the...
Train hits bus near Moscow, sixteen people die (Updated)
Sixteen people were killed on Friday when a train slammed into a bus that had broken down at a level crossing near Moscow, Russia’s investigative...
Russia, Saudi Arabia cement new friendship with king’s visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Saudi Arabia’s King Salman for talks at the Kremlin on Thursday, cementing a relationship that is pivotal for world oil...
Russia accuses US of ‘deadly provocations’ against its troops
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday accused the United States and its allies of orchestrating “deadly provocations” against Russian troops in Syria. Moscow has complained...
Greece clears extradition of Russian cybercrime suspect to US
A Greek court cleared the way on Wednesday for the extradition to the United States of a Russian man suspected of using a bitcoin exchange...
Russia threatens retaliation over US ‘break-in’ at San Francisco consulate
US officials broke into residences at Russia‘s consulate in San Francisco, the foreign ministry in Moscow said, threatening retaliation over what it called a hostile and...
Putin critic Navalny detained by police before pre-election rally
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained by police as he left his Moscow home on Friday to attend a pre-election rally in a provincial...
Russia tells Facebook to localise user data or be blocked
Russia will block access to Facebook next year unless the social network complies with a law that requires websites which store the personal data of...
