Russia & CIS

The US does not have the popularity it used to have. Russia's policy in the Middle East is very subtle, because we have our bitter experience. Therefore, Russia is acting strictly within the framework of international law. The Americans are planning to plunge the Middle East into bigger chaos to aim this wave of instability at China

Russia's Federation Council gave its consent to President Putin for the use of the Russian Armed Forces outside the territory of the Russian Federation - in Syria. Russia will be the only country that will be conducting the operation on a legitimate basis - at the request from the legitimate president of Syria

The USA was planning to strike the first blow on the USSR by launching 250 nuclear warheads. Eight of them were for Moscow, seven were for Leningrad. The second wave of the nuclear attack consisted of 120 warheads and so on. The Americans shelved those plans because of our air defense system and because of our own nuclear weapons

In his landmark speech at the 70th meeting of the UN General Assembly, Putin said that during the post-Cold War period, the only "center of domination" had been formed in the world. Putin said that Russia was ready for further development of the UN, but added that any attempts to shatter the legitimacy of the organization were extremely dangerous

Russia could respond to the deployment of US nuclear bombs in Germany by erecting an impregnable chain of missile defense installations, nuclear-tipped Iskander missiles and cruise missiles, a prominent Russian military analyst warned on Wednesday.

Russian humanitarian aid convoy for the residents of Donbass has departed for Ukraine.

Three military satellites launched from the Plesetsk space center have been successfully put into orbit.

The Rokot carrier rocket has been successfully launched from the Plesetsk space center in northwestern Russia.

Secretary General of the IRA claims that Russia's tolerance of various religions should be an example for Europe, which is facing a rise in Islamophobic sentiment amid the ongoing migrant crisis.

While many supporters of Bashar al-Assad consider Vladimir Putin a possible savior of Syria, the West has a different point of view. Some Germans, however, do not share the Western position on the issue.

A number of representatives of the financial institution were earlier accused of money laundering activities amounting to $6 billion.

The Investigative Committee of Russia decided to renew a criminal investigation on the case of the Romanov family’s execution, said Vladimir Markin, an official spokesman of the committee.

The presentation of a new biographical book about former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder took place in Berlin, on September 22. Schroeder’s close relationship with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin became one of the major issues in the publication.

Russia will preserve its strategic cooperation with Europe while boosting the country's cooperation efforts in the "eastern direction."

For almost ten years, a Russian-Ukrainian company has been managing the logistics of NATO countries and carrying out heavy air cargo transports. The SALIS project stood up to the Ukrainian crisis, however, its future is uncertain, Deutsche Welle reported.

Positive changes are being seen in the relations between the West and Russia, former Indian ambassador and columnist for Asia Times Melkulangara Bhadrakumar said.

Tank crews in Russia’s central Chelyabinsk region are testing an advanced “stealth” paint that ensures low visibility against electronic surveillance systems, a military spokesman said earlier this month.

Moscow could drop out of a Soviet-era nuclear treaty with Washington if the United States moves new B61-12 guided nuclear bombs to Germany, the chairman of Russia's upper chamber defense and security committee said Wednesday.

Modern automatic aircraft cannons are a combination of artillery guns and rates of fire usually found on conventional machine guns. Some types of Russian-made canons can fire even faster than that.

WHO has published a report.