Russia is developing new capacity to counter U.S. missile defense systems in Europe, a senior military officer said Tuesday.
An annual parade was held here Monday at the downtown Red Square to celebrate the 71th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War, Russia's term for World War II (WWII).
Although icy relations between Russia and Japan show signs of warming after Friday's fence-mending visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, territorial disputes will continue to cast a shadow over the rapprochement.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday (May 6) in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in a bid to bolster ties and seek to resolve a decades-long territorial dispute.
Myanmar's Defense Ministry has sought the approval from the Union Parliament for signing a defense cooperation pact with Russia, an official media reported Friday.
External forces should not interfere in the South China Sea issue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
Russia launched a rocket from the newly built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region in the early hours of Thursday, TASS news agency reported.
Russia launched a Soyuz-2.1a space rocket from the newly-built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region in the early hours of Thursday, TASS news agency reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday outlined the top national security tasks for the country's armed forces and security services.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday expressed Moscow's willingness to develop friendly relationship with other countries.
Russia has no urgent need to return to the Group of Seven (G7) as it has now become a club of U.S. friends, a Russian lawmaker said Tuesday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia-China ties are at an all-time high, and that their relationship is consistently deepened for the benefit of both countries and peoples.
While the Nagorno-Karabakh cease-fire agreement took effect Tuesday, major world powers and organizations, especially Russia, continued to urge a peaceful solution to the deep-seated conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Russia on Monday urged action from the United States for a joint mechanism to monitor the cease-fire in Syria, saying some militant groups are violating the truce.
Fugitive U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden said Saturday that he is craving to go back home after over two years in exile in Russia.
Russia submitted to the United Nations (UN)a list of settlements in Syria which require immediate humanitarian aid, the country's Defense Ministry said Monday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov Wednesday discussed over the phone strategic bilateral coordination on the passing of a new UN Security Council resolution regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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