Senior Russian officials urged the government Monday to promptly draft plans to downsize the nation's dependence on imports and high oil prices in order to avert possible recession.
Eight Russian military planes including four Tupolev-95 bombers were seen flying on Wednesday over the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea close to Norwegian airspace, reported the Norwegian news agency NTB.
Russian companies will modernize railway network and build new railroads in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the next 20 years, a senior Russian official said Tuesday.
Kaliningrad auto manufacturer Avtotor announced Tuesday the beginning of production of TATA Daewoo trucks for the Russian market, the company's CEO Alexander Sorokin confirmed to local media.
An increasing number of Russian tourists tend to stay shorter and spend less money in Finland, due to the economic downturn in Russia, said the Finnish Commerce Federation (FCF) in a research published on Monday.
Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov on Wednesday has confirmed that the hi-tech Voronezh-DM radar system will begin military operations in Kaliningrad in December.
Russia would not unilaterally quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, unless its security is under threat, Russian Presidential Administration chief Sergei Ivanov said Sunday.
Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare has announced the return of health and safety inspectors to two McDonald's restaurants in the Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad on Monday.
Russia has handed over a total of 63 Ukrainian soldiers who crossed the border into Russian last week in exchange for all the Russian paratroopers detained in Ukraine, a paratroop commander said Sunday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday that the European Union will discuss further sanctions against Russia on its special summit in Brussels on Saturday, according to a statement of the German government.
Political tension around Russia and Ukraine would not affect the national space programs, a senior space official said Tuesday.
Russia is sending a humanitarian convoy to Ukraine in collaboration with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, President Vladimir Putin told on Monday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine's conflict zone as well as negotiations between the conflicting parties, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Russia might take tit-for-tat actions for London's refusal to issue entry visas to some members of a delegation heading for an aerospace exhibition, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.
The Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), an intergovernmental military alliance, on Wednesday condemned Ukraine for continuing punitive operation in its southeastern regions and killings of Russian journalists.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation Saturday with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to cast influence on Ukraine and help halt the violence there.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that the Ukrainians should have their own choices freely without interference from the outside.
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