• Turkish Deputy PM: Russia denied its involvement in attack against Turkish military

    Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Government press-secretary Numan Kurtulmuş made a statement during a break during the meeting of the Council of Ministers where he noted that the Turkish government had received confirmation that Russia was not involved in the attack against the Turkish military that occured on November 24th in Syrian city of al-Bab.

    According to Kurtulmuş, this was personally confirmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, TRT reported.

    "They have all the evidence and …

  • Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the Washington Post article about lifting the blockade in Aleppo

    The deputy foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ryabkov, said the article in the Washington Post regarding the existence of certain agreements between the United States and the Russian Federation (according to which the United States will fulfill its obligation to separate militants in exchange for lifting the blockade in Aleppo) was the “snow of yester-year.”

    “Contact between our representatives from the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our US colleagues …

  • Russian MFA: Moscow is ready to assist in reaching political solution in Libya

    According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow is ready to assist in the process of reaching a political solution to the situation in Libya, RIA Novosti reported.

    Following a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected, internationally backed Libyan government, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported in a statement that “the conversation focused on the development of a military-political solution in Libya, …

  • Peskov: Russia and Syrian government are discussing the future of Aleppo

    Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that discussions about the situation in Aleppo are being carried out on different levels and mostly with the Syrian government.

    “As far as Aleppo is concerned, obviously, there is an exchange of opinions on different levels and, mostly, these discussions are being carried out with the legitimate government of Syria,” Peskov stated while answering a question about whether there are any discussions with western partners about the future of Aleppo, reports …

  • Canada puts more Russian officials on its sanctions list

    Canada has imposed sanctions against 15 Russian officials, including six deputies of Russia’s State Duma (Russian Parliament) from the Crimea. This was reported in a press release published on the Canadian Government website.

    “In order to maintain the necessary pressure on Russia until it fully complies with its international obligations with respect to Ukraine, the Special Economic Measures (Ukraine) Regulations have been amended to list 15 additional separatist individuals, including six …

  • Russia warns Kyiv that there will be a military response if Ukraine carries out scheduled missile tests

    The Head of the Russian Federal Agency for CIS Countries and International Humanitarian Cooperation, Konstanin Kosachev, warned Ukraine over conducting the missile tests in “Russian airspace”.

    “If it comes to the point  that we have to use military response, this will, of course, be a most horrible and unpleasant scenario, which all of us have to prevent,“ Kosachev stated at the International Conference of Scientific Research Centers entitled “Crisis of world order, not only a Russian problem . …

  • Danish intelligence: Expansion of Arctic shelf could lead to worsening relations with Russia

    The expansion of the Russian continental shelf in the Arctic, among other issues, may lead to the worsening of relations between the Russian Federation and Denmark, whose claim to an arctic shelf overlaps with a Russian one, as reported by the newspaper Berlingske, based on a report by the Scandinavian Kingdom’s military intelligence devoted to the analysis of threats to the country until 2030.

    "The Kingdom may face a new challenge if Russia, as it is expected, receives an answer to its claim …

  • Opposition leader: The Belarusian Army is a branch of Russia’s Army

    The Belarusian regime became a pig before the slaughter, says the country's opposition leader Mikola Statkevich. He suggested his fellow citizens take responsibility for their country, which was "practically sold out by the narrow-minded dictator.""I’ve read an interview of a Russian politologist, Valery Solovey with Euroradio recently,” Alexander Lukashenko’s rival in the 2010 election wrote in his blog. In particular, he said, "I have no doubt that Belarus has a lot of followers of Russia, …

  • Latvian historian: The Holodomor and the current aggression of Russia in the Donbas have similar goals

    The goal of the current Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine is similar to the goal of the Holodomor: to exterminate the Ukrainians as a people because of their desire to be independent and because of their opposition to Russian occupation.

    This was said by Latvian historian, Edvīns Šnore, during an interview with Radio Liberty. Šnore is also a member of the Saeima of Latvia, and director of the film, ‘The Soviet Story’.

    “The current Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine has a similar goal. …

  • Japan believes Putin’s visit is the last chance for Abe to solve Kuril Islands dispute

    A deputy of the lower house of Japan's ruling parliament, the Liberal Democratic Party, who is also the former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Hakubun Shimomura, believes that the upcoming December visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Japan is the last chance for Prime Minister Shinzō Abe to resolve the territorial dispute, TASS reported.

    According to Kyodo News, he expressed this opinion on Sunday while on Fuji TV.

    “This visit is the last chance. It is …