The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin presented the servicemen and specialists of the Military Industrial Complex, who had distinguished themselves during the performance of special tasks in Syria, with state orders, the Russian Federation Defence Ministry reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia should not politicize the doping scandal involving Russian athletes but should react promptly to the World-Anti-Doping Agency's recommendations. Moreover, Putin blamed Russian sports officials for failing to warn athletes that meldonium was being banned by WADA.

France's interior minister said on Wednesday that French anti-terrorism police arrested a small group of people with Islamist militant ties, suspecting one of them may have been planning an attack in Paris, Independent reports.

Another group of Russian aircraft departed from the Hmeymim airbase and headed to the permanent bases in the territory of the Russian Federation on March16,Russian Federation Defence Ministry reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in an expanded meeting of the Interior Ministry Board on March 15. As Kremlin reports the meeting reviewed the Ministry’s performance in 2015 and set targets for 2016.

The Russian Defense Ministry has announced on Tuesday that the first groups of Russian warplanes flew home from Syria as Moscow started to withdraw forces that have tipped the war President Bashar al-Assad's way, and the U.N. envoy said he hoped the move would help peace talks in Geneva.

Belgian police killed a gunman on Tuesday in a raid on a Brussels apartment linked to Islamist militants involved in November's Paris attacks, and two others were on the run, Belgian media reports.

On Monday, the foreign ministers of 28 EU member-countries have reached an agreement at a meeting in Brussels on five principles in relations with Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to start the withdrawal of forces from Syria starting on March 15.

The private car exploded close to a mosque in the Russian town of Nazran, the capital of Russia’s republic of Ingushetia in the Caucasus, shortly after Friday prayers. According to RT, has injured at least four people and damaged several cars. The bomb may have been targeting the mosque’s imam.

According to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin has read US President Barack Obama’s interview in which he mentions Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council on March 11.