Russia's foreign ministry has requested President Vladimir Putin to expel 35 American diplomats from the country in a tit-for-tat response to a similar move by Washington, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
The Kremlin said Wednesday it was too early to conclude who was behind the murder of Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov in Ankara, after Turkey's foreign minister put the blame on exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen.
Russia can help the US fight ISIS (ISIL, IS, Daesh) , President-elect Donald Trump told Time magazine in an interview published Wednesday, APA reports.
President Vladimir Putin has ordered a 10 hours truce on Friday in the conflict zone of Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russian defence ministry said.
The Russian General Staff Sergei Rudskoi has said on Friday that Russian defense ministry has asked President Vladimir Putin to allow renewed airstrikes on militants in eastern Aleppo, Syria.
Russian Defense Ministry has announced that Russia's flagship aircraft carrier has set off Saturday for the Mediterranean Sea, to boost the country's naval forces in the area.
Russia's ruling United Russia party has cruised to an easy victory in parliamentary polls that could pave the way for President Vladimir Putin to glide to a fourth term in 2018 elections, partial results showed.
Russian Army units as well as the Air Force, Airborne Troops and the Navy’s Northern Fleet have been put on high alert as part of a large-scale snap exercise which the Defense Ministry says will check troops’ readiness to tackle emerging crises.
The threat has come when Russia and the US are talking of military cooperation to combat Isis in Syria, IBTimes report.
Russia has paraded its modern military equipment on Moscow's Red Square on Monday, displaying the advanced S-400 air defense missile system at a ceremony on Russian Victory Day.
President Vladimir Putin issued his strongest message yet to Russian troops in Syria, saying any targets threatening his country's forces must be immediately destroyed.
The Kremlin has confirmed “some secret data” has accidentally leaked when Russian TV stations broadcast material apparently showing blueprints from a nuclear torpedo, designed to be used against enemy coastal installations.
Russian defense Ministry spokesman has announced that over the past 24 hours Russian jets hit 40 ISIL infrastructures in Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama and Deir Ezzor.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense has described the country’s first air raids against the Takfiri ISIS terrorists in Syria as successful.
On a triumphant visit Friday to Crimea, President Vladimir Putin hailed Russia's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula as he celebrated Victory Day, the most important day in the Russian calendar.
WikiLeaks has revealed that US whistleblower Edward Snowden is seeking asylum in 20 countries.