Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will do everything possible to be the best host for the matches of the European football championship, which will be held in St. Petersburg in 2020, reports TASS.

"We will do everything not to let you, the fans, and the players down," said Putin to the President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Aleksander Čeferin.

Putin noted that this year, the championship will celebrate its 60th anniversary. According to him, this has " …

During a test launch of the Russian Topol Intercontinental ballistic missile, the missile flew only 2 thousand kilometers, instead of the declared 12 thousand kilometers of maximum range. The launch was carried out from the territory of the Kapustin Yar rocket launch site to the Sary Shagan testing range in Kazakhstan.

It is unknown why the Intercontinental ballistic missile that was launched from the territory of the Kapustin Yar test site was tested at a relatively short flight distance. …

Despite the cooperation agreements between Russia and Turkey, a Turkish surveillance drone was destroyed over the Russian military airbase near the city of Qamishli. The drone collected information about the military airfield, where the combat aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Syrian Air Force are located.

According to the Syrian news agency SANA, a Turkish reconnaissance drone was destroyed by Syrian Armed Forces stationed in the Hamo village area. Initially, it was assumed …

Russia and Ukraine conducted bilateral gas negotiations in Vienna on November 28, the Russian media reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Energy.

The consultations were reportedly attended by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, Ukrainian Minister of Energy and Environmental Protection Oleksiy Orzhel, and the directors of Naftogaz of Ukraine and the Operator of the Gas Transport System of Ukraine.

“The parties discussed Russian-Ukrainian collaboration in the …

Russia has deployed regular troops and mercenaries in Libya, thereby threatening the stability of the country and destabilizing the situation there, said US Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs David Shenker, as cited by the Department of State’s press service.

The US official said that Russian military interference is destabilizing the situation in Libya. When asked by journalists what Washington understands this “interference” to be, Shenker explained that Russia has deployed regular …

Naftogaz executive director Yuriy Vitrenko said that the company has already received a warning from Gazprom that, without a new gas transit contract, it will stop supplying gas to Ukraine’s gas transportation system (GTS).

“In a letter which Gazprom sent to Naftogaz it is written in black and white that on January 1 at 10:00 Moscow time (09:00 Kyiv time) Gazprom will have no reason send gas to Ukraine,” Vitrenko told Deutsche Welle in an interview. He explained that, in saying this, Gazprom …

Russia has given Kyrgyzstan a batch of weapons and equipment upgraded in Russia, free of charge. At a handover ceremony at the Kant Airbase, members of the Russian Defense Ministry gave their Kyrgyz colleagues two Mi-8MT helicopters and two radar systems, Russia’s military department announced.

On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry gave the Kyrgyz Defense Ministry two Mi-8MT helicopters and two P-18-2 radar stations. All of the equipment originally belonged to the Kyrgyz republic, but was …

The billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who became one of the 10 wealthiest people in Russia in the early 2010s and came under personal US sanctions last year, has been stripped of his Cypriot citizenship.

After auditing its “citizenship for investment” program, in which one can “buy” a passport by investing €2 million in the island’s economy, the government of Cyprus has revised its decision regarding 26 individuals.

As reported by Vedomosti, citing the Cypriot mass media, in addition to Deripaska, …