Russia

MOSCOW: Islamic State militants are building up their forces in northern Afghanistan as US and Nato troops leave the country and it's a worry for Moscow, the Interfax news agency cited Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on…

KYIV, UKRAINE: Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a much-anticipated judicial reform, a move long sought by the West. The Ukrainian parliament, Verkhovna Rada, voted to endorse a bill that sets up an independent panel to appoint…

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed on Monday to work together as they extended a 20-year-old bilateral agreement on friendship and cooperation to forge closer ties, amid the US and the…

MOSCOW: Russia recorded 20,538 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 21,665 the day before, while the total number reached 5,451,291, the federal response center said on Sunday. "Over the past day, 20,538 Covid-19 cases were…

MOSCOW: Russia reported 21,665 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including 8,457 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,430,753. The government coronavirus task force said 619 people had died of…

MOSCOW: Coronavirus infections continue to soar in Russia, with the authorities reporting 20,182 new cases on Thursday and 568 further deaths. Both tallies are the highest since late January. A surge in infections that hit Russia earlier…

BERLIN: The European Union should stand together against "provocations" from Russia, but should also seek direct talks with President Vladimir Putin, said Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday. "In my opinion, we as the European…

PARIS: France is adding Russia to its “red list” of countries from which travels are banned unless it is for urgent reasons as they are struggling with virus surges and worrisome variants. French government spokesperson Gabriel Attal…

MOSCOW: A Russian military ship fired warning shots at a British Royal Navy destroyer after it entered Russian waters in the Black Sea, and a Russian jet dropped bombs in its path as a warning, Interfax cited Russia's defence ministry as…

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday congratulated hardline Iranian judge Ebrahim Raisi on winning Iran's presidential election, RIA news agency cited a press officer at the Russian embassy in Tehran as saying. Putin also…