A potential U.S. invasion of Iran or missile strikes on the country would lead directly to World War III, first deputy chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov said.
Russian lawmakers were denied visas for participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA), the first deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, …
First deputy head of the International Committee of the Federation Council commented on president's upcoming trip to Israel
The 50th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum is being held in the Swiss resort village of Davos on January 21-24. The WEF has brought together an estimated 3,000 people from 117 countries, including 53 heads of state and …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Moscow, scheduled for January 11, will be a one-day trip, a spokesperson for the German embassy in Russia said. "The chancellor will arrive in Moscow for a one-day …
Topical issues on the international agenda: the view of MPs
Several Russian senators have been denied U.S. visas and won’t be able to attend the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Chairman of the Federation Council’s Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev …
French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia should be invited to the G7 conference in 2020, according to a senior administration official. A senior …
The United States is expected to officially withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty today, bringing an end to more than three decades of strategic stability amid calls to continue cooperating with Russia on arms control …
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an order to impose the second package of sanctions against Russia under the 2018 case of using of the nerve agent, Novichok, in Salisbury (the United Kingdom), Politico reported quoting two …
Head of the international affairs committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev said he would meet with Georgian opposition lawmakers in Moscow on July 15 to discuss the current situation in bilateral relations and ways …
Vladimir Dzhabarov and Irina Hecht on what happened in Luxembourg
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump at the meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit expressed the opinion that an improvement in bilateral relations would be beneficial not …
Russia’s State Duma has passed a bill suspending the country’s compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The bill was submitted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 30. …
Vladimir Zelensky took the oath as President of Ukraine at the Verkhovna Rada meeting today. "I pledge to defend the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine with all my deeds, to take care of the welfare of the …
Russian President Vladimir Putin received U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi yesterday. Prior to the meeting, Pompeo held talks with Russian Foreign Minister …
Ukraine’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the official results of the presidential election in the country today. They were won by candidate from the Servant of the People party Vladimir Zelensky who garnered …
U.S. Republican and Democratic senators will introduce legislation today seeking to deter Russia from possible meddling in U.S. elections by threatening stiff sanctions on its banking, energy and defense industries and sovereign debt, Reuters …
The peninsula's reunification is Russia's greatest achievement in the postwar period
The United States remained far and above the rest of the world as the globe’s leading arms exporter, with Russia a distant second, according to a report of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). SIPRI said …
