The Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Chișinău, Farit Mukhametshin, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova due to the announced rotation of Russian peacekeepers in Transnistria.

“Moldovan authorities are outraged to learn of an official statement by the Russian Defense Ministry regarding the first round of a rotation of the so-called battalion of peacekeepers from the Russian Task Force in the Transnistrian region of Moldova,” …

The Polish Smolensk Crash Commission, which has been investigating the causes of the Tu-154M aircraft crash in Smolensk that killed former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, presented the results of its work that indicate that data about the crash was manipulated by Russia and previous Commissions, Polish Radio reported. The Minister of National Defense of Poland, Antoni Macierewicz, stated that Russians found the black box of the presidential aircraft a few minutes after the crash, listened to …

Russian leadership is interested in Ukraine being a peaceful and predictable country within its internationally recognized borders, as stated by the Russian President's Press Secretary, Dmitry Peskov, on Russian TV Channel 24, on Saturday. 

"Everybody has a common interest for the Minsk Agreements not to be an empty document. Russia is interested because, as President Putin has repeatedly stated, we want a stable, prosperous, friendly, predictable Ukraine because the people of our two …

Russia is working on creating a unified system of satellite communication for military use, the deputy chief of staff of the land forces on communications, Alexander Galgash, said.

He explained that development work is being conducted now on the third stage of the United System of Satellite Communication 3, with space complexes in geostationary and highly elliptical orbits and terrestrial satellite communications complexes of various positioning.

According to him, Russia is also working on a …

The U.S. State Department flatly disclaimed Russian statements that the U.S. uses Al-Nusra Front to overthrow Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. This interpretation was previously announced by the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov.

According to the Russian diplomat, Washington "has reasons to maintain Al-Nusra Front.” This grouping can ostensibly be used as "the most efficient force" for the "violent overthrow of the regime in Damascus." Lavrov stressed that in such a way, the UN Security …