Russia

On Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about the situation in Belarus and made clear that the Belarusian government must avoid using force against peaceful protesters, her spokesman…

On Tuesday, Russia reported 4,748 new coronavirus cases, taking its nationwide tally to 932,493, the fourth largest in the world. The country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said 132 people had died of the disease in the last 24…

A Turkish military vehicle was hit by a blast on Monday during a joint Russian-Turkish patrol in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying. No Russian soldiers were hurt in the…

China welcomed on Monday to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposed summit of world leaders to avoid “confrontation” over a U.S. threat to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions on Iran. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian…

On Monday, Russia reported 4,892 new cases of the new coronavirus, bringing its tally so far to 927,745. Authorities said 55 people had died across the country in the last 24 hours, increasing Russia’s official coronavirus death toll to…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence on Saturday that all problems that have arisen in Belarus will soon be resolved, the Kremlin said. “These problems should not be…

Russia has started manufacturing its new vaccine for COVID-19, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing the health ministry. Russia has said the vaccine, developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute and the first for the…

On Saturday, Russia reported 5,061 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking its nationwide tally to 917,884. Russia’s coronavirus crisis response center said 119 people had also died over the last 24 hours, pushing its official death…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday proposed holding a seven-way online summit of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council together with Germany and Iran, to outline steps aimed at avoiding a confrontation over the…

Russia and Turkey have suspended joint military patrols carried out along the M4 highway in Syria’s northwestern region of Idlib over increasing militant attacks in the area, the Russian foreign ministry said. Recent attacks by…