Tag: Russia
Ahead of meeting, Turkey expects Russia to help rein in Syrian...
ISTANBUL: Erdogan, who is making a one-day visit to Russia, told Putin last week that attacks by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces were causing...
Norway nuclear monitor backtracks on theory of second Russia blast
OSLO: Reports of a second blast from a deadly Russian rocket engine test may be wrong, and the signals could stem from unrelated mining...
Russia says US missile test ‘escalation of military tensions’
MOSCOW: Moscow on Tuesday said the United States was ramping up military tensions by testing a medium-range cruise missile weeks after tearing up a pact with...
Britain fines Russia’s RT for breaking broadcast rules over Skripal and...
LONDON: Britain's media regulator fined Russia's RT 200,000 pounds for breaching broadcasting impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning of former spy Sergei...
Russia wants probe on alleged South Korea airspace violation
SEOUL: Russia wants an investigation into South Korea’s allegation that a Russian military plane violated South Korean airspace, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday, citing...
Trump declines to criticise Turkey’s Russia missile purchase
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump declined Tuesday to criticize Turkey's acquisition of a Russian missile system assailed by the Pentagon and NATO, making no mention...
Russian-led assault in Syria leaves over 500 civilians dead
AMMAN: At least 544 civilians have been killed and over 2,000 people injured since a Russian-led assault on the last rebel bastion in northwestern...
Russia to help beef up Venezuela’s armed forces: RIA cites official
MOSCOW: Russia plans to take steps to strengthen Venezuela’s armed forces, RIA news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on...
No breakthrough with Russia on INF treaty dispute: NATO’s Stoltenberg
BRUSSELS: NATO and Russia did not make significant progress on saving the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) after a meeting at the alliance headquarters...
Putin signs bill suspending participation in nuclear treaty
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill suspending Russia’s participation in a pivotal nuclear arms treaty.
Putin’s decree released on Wednesday formalizes Russia’s departure...
Russia accused of cover-up over lethal submarine fire
MOSCOW: Russian commentators have challenged officials for not releasing full details about an accident on board a military submarine that killed 14 sailors.
The incident...
Oil jumps on Riyadh-Moscow output deal, as OPEC gathers
VIENNA: Oil prices jumped Monday after OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia and non-member Russia agreed to keep daily oil output caps, but Iran warned the move...
Putin says liberalism ‘eating itself,’ migrant influx wrong
OSAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin fired a new broadside against Western liberalism at the Group of 20 summit in Japan, saying that policies such...
Erdogan says Russian defense missiles on track
OSAKA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he expects the scheduled delivery of Russian air defense missiles under a contract that has vexed the...
Putin uses G-20 to strengthen alliances, soothe tensions
OSAKA, Japan: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin used a series of talks with global leaders at the Group of 20 summit on Friday to strengthen...
With a smile, Trump tells Putin ‘don’t meddle in the election’
MOSCOW: Much of Donald Trump's time in office has been overshadowed by allegations Moscow helped get him elected, but when it came to confronting Vladimir Putin...
NATO calls on Russia to destroy new missile, warns of response
BRUSSELS: NATO urged Russia on Tuesday to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear warheads...
