Russia & CIS

Russian Deputy Defense Minister announced that the layout of Russia's Leader-class nuclear-powered icebreaker will be presented by the end of 2015.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday ordered to double construction rates at military facilities on the disputed Kuril Islands.

The man began eating the tablet after he was apprehended by police for causing a disturbance.

Russian Prime Minister has confirmed a plan for the Northern Sea Route project development.

According to United Shipbuilding Corporation spokesman, new Russian Navy destroyers, originally intended to be equipped with Ukrainian gas turbine engines (GTE), will receive Russian-made engines exceeding the Ukrainian analogues.

The number of Russians vacationing abroad between January and March has declined by 1.3 million, or -40.3 percent, in the first quarter of 2015, compared with the same time last year, according to figures from the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) published on the Federal Tourism Agency.

Law enforcement agencies were able to quickly detain defendants in the Nemtsov case due to information obtained from an undercover agent, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant.

The "oil-for-goods" program between Moscow and Tehran includes deliveries of building materials and equipment in exchange for Iranian crude oil.

Final rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the first European Games was held at the Baku Olympic Stadium, AzerTag reports.

Turkey witnessed dramatic changes in its political landscape on June 7 after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its parliamentary majority and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) crossed the notorious 10 percent threshold needed to enter parliament as a party.

The Baku 2015 Flame has arrived in the capital of Azerbaijan after completing a journey around 60 regions of the country and legendary Oil Rocks.

A light plane has crashed in the Stavropol Territory in southern Russia, killing its pilot.

A pilot in the remote Siberian town of Turukhansk blew off some steam by stealing a helicopter and using it to terrorize a nearby village after arguing with his wife and drinking.

Japanese citizens who previously lived in the southern Kuril Islands, as well as their relatives traveled to Iturup Island on Saturday for an annual visit under the framework of visa-free exchange between Russia and Japan.

Russia finalized the project of a new Combat Railway Missile Complex (BZhRK) that will multiply its nuclear potential and counter the US Conventional Prompt Global Strike, RG.ru reported.

The armor of Russia’s all-new Armata tank can effectively withstand all existing means of antitank warfare, an expert in steel alloys said on Saturday.

A Russian naval flotilla docked at the Mediterranean port of Alexandria on Saturday for the first time since a Pacific Fleet missile cruiser visited Egypt in 2013.

"Agreement was reached on the development of human potential."

A Russian defence ministry satellite launched by a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from the Plesetsk spaceport has been successfully put into designated orbit, Dmitry Zenin, a spokesman for the Russian space defence forces, said on Friday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday blasts in Diyarbakir were aimed at overshadowing Sunday's Turkish parliamentary elections.