Ukrainian officials have warned against escalations due to Russian military deployment in Crimea region, while Russian authorities have said Moscow would protect its interests in Ukraine.
The upper house of the Russian parliament has unanimously approved President Vladimir Putin’s request to deploy troops to ensure security in Ukraine’s semi-autonomous region of Crimea in a bid to settle the turmoil in the split country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized the European Union for sending high-level delegations to Ukraine during its anti-government protests, saying that could be interpreted as political interference.
At least 14 people have been killed and 20 others were injured when a bomb ripped apart a trolleybus in the Russian city of Volgograd, investigators said.
Russia has launched three military satellites into orbit as part of its space program, a Defense Ministry spokesman says.
The inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died at the age of 94, Russian officials say.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned against "excessive demands" by world powers at nuclear talks due to resume in Geneva in two days.
There is a "real chance" to resolve the international standoff over Iran’s nuclear program, Russian President Vladimir Putin tells Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Russia and India have supported Iran’s rights to peaceful nuclear energy, calling for a comprehensive and permanent settlement to the Western-made dispute over Iranian nuclear energy program.
As Syria’s rebels refuse to take part in Geneva-2, Saudi Arabia has emerged as the primary state-backer of rebel groups now trying to escalate the Syrian conflict and topple President Bashar al-Assad by force.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has said that world powers are ‘on the right track’ with a plan to place Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles under international supervision.
The Russian Ground Forces will receive over 750 units of military hardware in 2014, including Iskander-M missile systems and Tornado-G multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), the Defense Ministry says.
US officials familiar with the disclosure to the Office for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) say the list of Syria’s chemical weapons is surprisingly complete.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned ex-Soviet allies that foreign backed militancy fuelling the war in Syria could reach their countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cautioned against attempts to reanimate the model of a unified and unipolar world, adding that such a system would not need sovereign states, but would need vassals instead.
Top US republican senators have harshly condemned the Obama administration for deciding not to bomb Syria following its deal with Russia on Syria's chemical weapons.
Syria’s cooperation with the United Nations over its chemical weapons has turned attention of some Western and Arab diplomats on Israel's WMDs considering regime's history and role in regional wars and tensions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin backs Iran's nuclear energy program, saying the Islamic Republic has the right to peaceful use of nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has welcomed the entry of Syria to a global anti-chemical weapons treaty, saying it showed that Damascus is serious in its intention to resolve the conflict.
Syria President Bashar Assad says Israel should be the first to disarm from weapons of mass destructions, since it has nuclear, biological and chemical arms.