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Next Round of Astana Syria Talks Delayed
Russian-backed peace talks on Syria in Astana have been pushed back, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said Thursday, as...
Moscow Says Won’t Veto UN Resolution On N.Korea Sanctions
Moscow on Friday said it will not veto a UN resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea, despite Kremlin ire over...
New Russian Jet Takes To Air In Bid To Rival Airbus and Boeing
Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its...
Syria Condemns Attack By US-Led Coalition
Syria on Friday condemned a US-led coalition strike on pro-government forces as a "brazen attack" and said it would...
Moscow Says US Coalition Strikes On Syrian Forces ‘unacceptable’
Russia on Friday condemned strikes by the US-led coalition against Syrian forces as "unacceptable", state media...
Turbulence Injures 27 On Aeroflot Flight To Bangkok
Passengers on an Aeroflot flight from Moscow to Thailand were slammed into the ceiling after their aircraft hit a patch...
‘Assad Blames Ex Al-Qaeda Affiliate For Bombing Evacuees’
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad on Friday blamed the country's former Al-Qaeda affiliate for a deadly bombing against...
St Petersburg Metro Attack
A bomb on the city's metro left 14 people dead earlier this week An explosive device has been made safe in a flat in St...
Soviet-Era Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko Dies Aged 84
The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has died of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84. Yevtushenko was...
Russian Singer Samoilova Barred From Contest
Julia Samoilova was banned from entering Ukraine for three years because of her "illegal" visit , the Ukrainian SBU...
Russia Rates Disney’s ‘Beauty and Beast’ 16+ For ‘gay Moment’
Russia on Tuesday said the Disney film "Beauty and the Beast" will be released with an adults only rating after an...
Syrian Opposition Refuses To Add Terrorism To UN Talks Agenda
Syria's main opposition group will not allow terrorism to be added to the agenda of sputtering UN-sponsored peace talks...
Medvedev Re-Elected Chair of Russia’s Governing Party
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday was re-elected as the chairman of the country's ruling United Russia...
Russia Says Aleppo Escape Corridors Under Fire
12:30 a.m. The Russian military says that in the first day of the pause in fighting over the Syrian city of Aleppo, the...