Russia, Iran, Syria Warns US Against Another Syria Strike
Russia, Syria and Iran have warned the United States against launching new strikes on Syria and called for an international investigation into the chemical weapons Read more
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US-Russia Relations at ‘Low Point’ – Tillerson
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says U.S.-Russia relations are “at a low point,” pointing to a lack of trust between the two countries. His comments Read more
Russia blocks U.N. Security Council condemnation of Syria attack
Russia blocked a Western-led effort at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to condemn last week’s deadly gas attack in Syria and push Moscow’s ally Read more
Trump planning to launch new Missile strikes and to fake Chemical Weapon attack in Syria – Putin
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russia had information that the United States was planning to launch new missile strikes on Syria, and that Read more
Russia angry at Syria missile strike, Putin won’t meet Tillerson – Kremlin
The Kremlin said on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will not meet President Vladimir Putin when he visits Moscow on Wednesday, a Read more
Russia responsible by proxy for Syria chemical deaths – UK defence minister
Britain said on Sunday Russia bore responsibility by proxy for civilian deaths in Syria last week caused by a poison gas attack that Washington says Read more
U.S ‘disappointed’ at Russia’s position on Syria attack
The United States is “disappointed but not surprised” at Russia’s response to its strikes on a Syrian air base suspected of storing chemical weapons. At Read more
Syria Strikes: Russia calls for emergency UN meeting
Russia on Friday demanded an emergency meeting of the United Nations ceasefire task force in Geneva to discuss U.S. missile strikes on Syria, the RIA Read more
Putin angry with Trump over attack on Syria
Russia President Vladimir Putin of Russia believes US strike on a Syrian air base is an aggression against a sovereign state and a violation of Read more
Russia lists sins of Jehovah’s Witnesses
By prohibiting its members from taking blood transfusion, the Jehovah’s Witnesses as a group violates the law on resistance to extremism, the spokeswoman for Russia’s Read more
North Korea hackers target Nigerian banks
A new report from a Russian online cyber security firm, Kaspersky, has observed that North Korean hackers are attacking banks in 18 countries, including Nigeria. Read more
Russia moves to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia’s Supreme Court will continue hearing on Thursday a request by the government to ban Jehovah’s Witnesses and declare the Christian group an extremist organisation. Hearing in Read more
Suspect in St.Petersburg blast named
The likely suspect in Monday’s deadly blast in the Russian city of St. Petersburg is a Kyrgyz-born Russian citizen, Kyrgyzstan’s security service said on Tuesday. Read more
Suicide Bombing: Eleven killed in Russian metro train explosion
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A blast in a St Petersburg train carriage on Monday that killed 11 people and wounded 45 was carried out by a Read more
Breaking: St Petersburg metro blast leaves many injured
An explosion has hit an underground station in the city of St Petersburg, Russian media report. The Tass and Interfax agencies reported a blast at Read more
Putin Wants to Meet with Trump in Finland
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he would be willing to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Speaking at an Arctic forum, Putin and Finland’s Read more
Russian Court Jails, Fines Opposition Leader Over Mass Protests
MOSCOW — A court in Russia sentenced opposition leader and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny on Monday to 15 days in jail for resisting police and Read more
Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, arrested in Moscow
Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised in the capital, Moscow. Thousands of people have joined rallies Read more
Russian, Turkish Tensions Reopen Over Syria
ISTANBUL — The Turkish foreign ministry says it has summoned Russia’s top diplomat in Turkey over the killing of one of its soldiers that has been Read more
Trump ex-aide Paul Manafort ‘offered to help Putin’
US President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to assist President Vladimir Putin, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reports. Read more
Russia seeks to declare Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist group
Russia’s justice ministry has filed a lawsuit with its supreme court to declare the national headquarters of the country’s Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist organization. The legal filing is noted Read more
Trump to Ask Merkel’s Advice on Putin, Ukraine
President Donald Trump will ask Chancellor Angela Merkel for advice on how to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. officials said on Friday, as Read more
FIFA council rules out Russian World Cup chief
Russia’s World Cup chief Vitaly Mutko can no longer stand for a seat in the council of football governing body FIFA. FIFA’s review committee has Read more
Sessions, US attorney-general lied on Russian links
U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi has called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after the Washington Post reported he failed to disclose two Read more
Trump-Russia spy exposed FIFA
Christopher Steele, the spy who wrote reports on compromising material Russian operatives allegedly had collected on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, also produced the stunning dossier Read more
U.S. military vows more complex training in Europe to deter Russia
BREMERHAVEN, Germany (Reuters) – The U.S. military on Sunday vowed to increase the scope and complexity of its European training exercises to deter Russian aggression, Read more
U.S. intel report identifies Russians who gave emails to WikiLeaks -officials
The CIA has identified Russian officials who fed material hacked from the Democratic National Committee and party leaders to WikiLeaks at the direction of Russian Read more
Trump aide says U.S. sanctions on Russia may be disproportionate
By David Shepardson and Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that the Read more
‘No doubt’ Russia behind hacks on U.S. election system: senior Democrat
By Dustin Volz | WASHINGTON A senior Democratic lawmaker said Sunday he had “no doubt” that Russia was behind recent hacking attempts targeting state election Read more
UN Security Council meets after US-coalition air strike accidentally kills dozens of Syrian soldiers
The United Nations Security Council has convened at the behest of the Russians after dozens of Syrian soldiers were accidentally killed in a US coalition Read more