Moscow is about to toughen economic restrictions against Ukraine by banning food imports from the neighbor starting from next year, when Kiev's free trade regime with the European Union (EU) becomes effective.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the global political landscape in 2015 was shaped by two civil conflicts in two not-too-big countries -- Ukraine in East Europe and Syria in the Middle East.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday criticized Europe for lack of independent foreign policy, saying it has partially transferred its sovereignty to the United States.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Turkey's downing of the Russian Su-24 warplane is a hostile action and reaffirmed Russia's support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree to suspend Russia's free trade deal with Ukraine from Jan. 1, 2016, the same day when Kiev's free trade regime with the European Union (EU) becomes effective.
Russia and the United States pledged Tuesday joint efforts to push forward Syrian political process at the Friday peace talks held in New York.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that he hoped China-Russia ties would make further progress in the coming year to bring more benefit to the two peoples.
Turkey has considered possible measures against Russia and will impose sanctions if necessary, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday, but added that Ankara remains open to dialogue with Moscow.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed here on Monday to enhance cooperation on fight against terrorism.
Russian and French presidents on Thursday agreed to step up cooperation in fight against terrorism, while promising that the incident like the recent downing of Russian fighter jet near the Turkey-Syria border should never happen again.
Relations between Moscow and Ankara would go into a nosedive following the downing of the Russian Su-24 warplane and no rapid recuperation of the relationship is seen on the horizon, Russian experts said.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday announced new measures to step up protection of the country's military personnel and aircraft stationed at Hmeimim airbase in Syria.t
Russian President Vladimir Putin condemns Turkey for shooting down a Russian Su-24 warplane near the Syrian border on Tuesday, while Turkish military attributes the incident to the jet's repeated violation of Turkey's airspace.
Putin's absence of APEC out of optimization of schedules: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday informed his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's surprise visit to Moscow, Turkish presidential sources said.
E-commerce has facilitated cross-border trade between China and Russia, bringing cheaper Russian goods, especially food, to Chinese doorsteps, quicker than ever before.
Russia has rejected demands from Western governments to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in July last year.
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