Russia says Syrian aid convoy caught fire, was not shot up
The Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday rejected assertions that an aid convoy near Aleppo had been shelled or struck from the air the previous day,...
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Putin firms control with big win for Russia’s ruling party
Vladimir Putin won even greater supremacy over Russia’s political system after the ruling United Russia party took three quarters of the seats in parliament in...
Pro-Putin party seen winning even greater sway in Russia’s parliament
By Andrew Osborn The ruling United Russia party is expected to win even greater dominance over Russia’s lower house in a parliamentary election on Sunday,...
Russia and rebels cast doubt over Syria ceasefire
Russia and Syrian rebels cast doubt over the prospects for an increasingly shaky five-day-old ceasefire on Saturday, with Moscow saying the situation was worsening and...
Putin says WADA leaks raise a lot of questions
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) records leaked by hackers raised a lot of questions with healthy athletes seemingly taking...
German Economy Minister Gabriel to visit Russia next week for trade talks
German Vice Chancellor and Economic Affairs Minister Sigmar Gabriel will visit Russia next week to hold talks with Russian government officials about the state of...
Kerry defends Syria deal with Russia, says Obama backs plan
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday sought to diffuse criticism of a US-Russian ceasefire agreement on Syria arguing that without it violence would...
Russian hackers leak Olympic stars’ data
Confidential athlete medical data relating to last month’s Rio Olympics has been hacked and published by a Russian cyber espionage group with the threat of...
China, Russia naval drill in S.China Sea to begin Monday
China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China’s Guangdong province starting from Monday, China’s navy...
US-Russian Syria peace deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages
The United States and Russia reached a breakthrough deal early on Saturday to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later added...
U.S., Russia clinch Syria deal, aim for truce from Monday
By David Brunnstrom and Tom Miles The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria’s peace process back on track,...
Palestinian leader Abbas ‘was KGB spy in 1980s’
Soviet-era documents show that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas worked in the 1980s for the KGB, the now-defunct intelligence agency where Russian leader Vladimir Putin once...
Russian jet came within 10 feet of U.S. spy plane – U.S. officials
By Idrees Ali and Andrea Shalal A Russian fighter jet carried out an “unsafe and unprofessional” intercept of a U.S. spy plane over the Black...
US warns Russia against interfering with Western politics
US Defence Secretary Ash Carter on Wednesday warned Russia against interfering with Western “democratic processes” and accused Moscow of aggressive behaviour aimed at eroding the...
Syrian opposition says to reject any US/Russia deal unlike own plan
Syria’s main opposition negotiating group would reject any deal struck by Russia and the United States on Syria’s fate that was very different from its...
Syrian rebel wants ‘safe zone’, says it needs deal with Russia
Turkey-backed Syrian rebels would like to see a ‘safe zone’ set up in areas of the border they are capturing from Islamic State, but this...
Putin urges Karimov’s successors to continue his tough style of rule
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged the successors to Uzbekistan’s Islam Karimov to continue his policies – apparent encouragement for them to follow his...
Syria ceasefire deal with Russia close, but Obama says ‘not there yet’ (Update 1)
President Barack Obama said the United States and Russia were working on Sunday to try to finalise a ceasefire in Syria that would allow more...
Russia says it killed Islamic State leader Adnani in Syria
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that Russian air strikes in Syria had killed one of Islamic State’s most prominent leaders, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani. The...
Russia lifts ban on charter flights to Turkey
Russia on Sunday lifted its ban on charter flights to Turkey, the government said on its website. Russia banned charter flights to Turkey, which was...
