Izvestia reports that Russia has resumed its memorandum on preventing incidents in the sky over Syria, at the request of U.S. authorities. The newspaper referred to three sources in the Russian Foreign Ministry, saying that the memorandum went out on April 13.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told Izvestia while he was in Moscow that they had "appealed to the Russian leadership to extend the agreement." Tillerson visited Moscow on April 11-12. Following meetings with the Russian President …

The Estonian Police and Border Guard Board together with the Department of Waterways will begin marking the state border with Russia at the Chudskoe, Teploe and Pskov lakes in May, as reported by ERR.ee.

Border signs in the water will be installed along a 126-kilometer border stretch. It was noted that the work will cost 74 million euros.

The state border will be marked with milestones along the water, which will be installed at an interval of more than one and a half kilometers.

On each of …

Washington's allegations that Russia is supplying arms to the Taliban are unprofessional, and there are no grounds for such assertions. So says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, as reported by RIA Novosti.

“As for the allegations of supplying arms to the Taliban, which come from the military in Washington and from the military that is leading the US group in the region, including Afghanistan under the command of General Nicholson, they are unprofessional statements and have no basis in …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is ready to resume military-technical cooperation with Ukraine, reports Lenta.ru.

"We are ready to resume this relationship at the first opportunity. Our cooperation in these areas depends on our partners, not us. It will be taken seriously when the relevant conditions are created for this,” he said at a meeting of the Military Industrial Commission.

It should be noted that during the meeting, Putin also said that Ukraine helped Russia to create a new …

The United States is developing weapons which can be used for instantaneous preemptive global strikes, said Lt. General Viktor Poznihir, the First Deputy Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian General Staff, as quoted by Russia’s Interfax news agency.

"In implementing the concept of the joint use of offensive and defensive weapons, the Pentagon began to create forward-looking complexes for instantaneous global strikes," said Poznihir at the conference in Moscow on Wednesday. …

The Ukrainian State Design Bureau, Luch, reported another successful phase of the Vilha (Alder in Ukrainian) missile system tests. It was indicated that this system is superior to the Tochka-U missile system (with a maximum range of 120 km) in its technical and tactical characteristics.

All of the components for the production of Vilha are Ukrainian, including a new control system, new rocket fuel system, and a new warhead. One of its features is its missile control system, which provides for …

The German newspaper, Bild, announced their boycott of Russia, where the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will be held in the summer. The German newspaper refuses to send their journalists to the largest football tournament due to censorship by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Bild, media representatives’ freedom of speech was restricted.

"Putin imposed censorship on the precursor to the World Cup. Journalists were only allowed to report on Confederations Cup football matches. The …

Israel’s Channel 10 has reported on negotiations currently being conducted between Putin and Assad on the beginning of an extensive ground operation in Syria by the Russian army.

Channel 10 reports that it received this information from its sources in the UK, and they in turn refer to their agents in the Syrian general staff.

According to this information, Moscow expressed its readiness to formally enter its army into the territory of Syria, if requested by the "legitimate government of Syria" …