Vladimir Putin's press secretary said on Thursday that Russian President rejected Barack Obama’s request that he free captured Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko.
Putin tells Obama not to intervene in Savchenko case
EU foreign ministers to stand firm against Russia
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.
Obama: Saudi Arabia and Iran must shape "cold peace"
According to U.S. President's Barack Obama magazine interview released on Thursday, wars and chaos in the Middle East will not end until Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way to "share the neighborhood" and make some kind of peace.
EU prolongs sanctions against Russia
The European Union has decided to extend sanctions against 146 Russian individuals and 37 companies for another six months. According to TASS, the asset freeze and travel ban have been extended until 15 September 2016
Russian embassy in Kiev: no more incidents
The situation around the Russian embassy in Kiev remains quiet, no more provocations have been fixed, the embassy’s press secretary Oleg Grishin told TASS on Monday.
Churov removed from Russia's Central Election Commission
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a new list of the Central Election Commission (CEC) members which did not include the commission's current chairman Vladimir Churov, The Moscow Times informs.
Sergey Lavrov spoke over the telephone with US Secretary of State John Kerry
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the telephone with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the initiative of the US side on March 1.
TripAdvisor depicted Crimea as a subject of Ukraine
RussianPM Oleg Mikheyev of A Just Russia Party social democratic party has asked the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate TripAdvisor after the travel company defined Crimea on a map as a subject of Ukraine, rather than Russia.
Lavrov-to-Kerry conversation
On February 24, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke over the telephone with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the initiative of the US side, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reports.
The New York Times: Russia’s goals
In Syria, Russia achieved its main goal of shoring up the government of President Bashar al-Assad, long the Kremlin’s foremost Arab ally.
Dmitri Tarasov provokes Turkey with pro-Putin T-shirt
Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Dmitri Tarasov sported a pro-Vladimir Putin t-shirt to risk the wrath of football fans in Istanbul amid political tensions between Turkey and Russia.
Hungary: «Russia is not a threat»
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a meeting at Novo-Ogaryovo residence in the Moscow Region with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on February 17.
The risk of Saudi and Turkish intervention into Syria
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in an exclusive interview with the AFP news agency on Friday said there was a risk of Turkish and Saudi Arabian military intervention into Syria, informs TASS. The statement comes as Riyadh has reiterated its goal of ousting the leader from office.
