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Putin explains why Russia resumed strategic aviation drills several years
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia resumed strategic aviation drills several years ago because the United States continued such flights, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
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Russia welcomes COP26 adoption of rules of how to implement Paris deal: En
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 14 (ANI/Sputnik): Adoption of Article 6 of the 2015 Paris agreement by COP26 member countries is the main achievement of the 26th UN Conference on Climate Change, Ruslan Edelgeriyev, the Russian president's special envoy for climate, said on Sunday.
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Putin says West failed to react properly to drone use in Eastern Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the US basically supported the use of Bayraktar drones in Ukraine, although it is banned under the Minsk agreements, while Europe's reaction was noncommittal.
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Russian aerospace forces escort 4 surveillance NATO jets over Black Sea
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian Aerospace Forces and the Black Sea Fleet detected and escorted four surveillance flights of NATO above the Black Sea Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
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Russia-developed COVID-19 drug to start production in December- Firm to Sp
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The production of the Favipiravir antiviral drug that will be used in COVID-19 vaccines will commence in December, the press service of the Russian pharmaceutical company Promomed told Sputnik.
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Russia does not see any progress on prisoners exchange with US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia does not see any progress on the prisoners exchange with the United States after the July summit held by Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, in Geneva; the Russian Foreign Ministry's Commissioner for Human Rig
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UK fighters escorted Russia's Tu-160 strategic fighters during planned fli
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers have made a flight over the Barents Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea, and were escorted by UK fighters at some part of their flight, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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France urges Russia to use ties with Minsk to resolve migrants border cris
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Defense Minister Florence Parly urged their Russian counterparts, Sergey Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting in Paris to use their close ties with Minsk to resolve the crisis on the Belarusian-Polish
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Poland sees Russian Paratroopers' exercises in Belarus as threat
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland sees exercises in Belarus by Russian paratroopers as a threat, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz said on Friday.
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Russian diplomat qualifies US 'democracy summit' as 'chimerical'
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The so-called Summit for Democracy proposed by the United States will be "another chimerical instrument" meant to show that the West has a constructive and consolidating agenda, a Russian diplomat has said.
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Russian Paratroopers complete Airborne assault drills in Belarus
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A subdivision of the Russian Airborne Forces has worked out a practical landing in Belarus, the tasks of the exercise have been completed in full, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
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Russia detects increased NATO reconnaissance activities near borders
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The Russian Defense Ministry detected six NATO reconnaissance aircraft near the country's borders in the Black Sea over the past 24 hours, the ministry's Zvezda broadcaster said Friday.
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