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Salisbury attack: Moscow hits back at UK, stands by suspects
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian foreign ministry hit back at the United Kingdom, saying that its accusations that the two suspects in the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal poisoning case, Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov lied, are unacceptable.
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Yaroshenko's wife urges Putin, Trump to discuss extradition of jailed pilo
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 13 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his United States counterpart Donald Trump should discuss the issue of extraditing Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who is serving a 20-year prison term in the US, at their possible talks in the future,
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We are entrepreneurs, not military agents, say Skripals poisoning accused
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], September 13 (Sputnik/ANI): In an exclusive interview with Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the RT broadcaster and Sputnik news agency, the two accused in the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter's poisoning in Salisbury, Russian citizens Alexander Pe
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Salisbury attack: Suspects identified as civilians
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], Sep 12 (ANI): Russian authorities have identified the two suspects in the Salisbury chemical attack as its civilians.
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Air Force chief defends Rafale, S-400 missile deals
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal Birendra Singh Dhanoa on Wednesday defended the central government's decision to purchase Rafale fighter aircraft from France and the Russian S-400 missile defence system.
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Putin, Xi turn chefs, flip pancakes in Russia
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 11 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping took a break from their busy schedule and were seen flipping pancakes together on the sidelines of an international forum in Russia.
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India, Russia hold discussions on saving the tiger, water cooperation
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Vladivostok [Russia], Sept 11 (ANI): India's Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu held a meeting with Dmitry Kobylkin, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Russian Federation on Tuesday during which they discussed issues of cooperation in area
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Venice jury demands Ukrainian film director's release
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] Sep 10 (ANI): The Venice film festival jury chair including Naomi Watts, actor-director Christoph Waltz, and director Guillermo Del Toro, has pleaded the Russian government to free jailed Ukranian director, Oleg Sentsov, who has been on a hunger strike.
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US conducts military exercise in Syria
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 8 (ANI): A United States defence official has said that over 100 American troops have begun an unannounced military exercise in southern Syria, in response to a possible attack by the Russian forces.
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Salisbury attack: France, Germany, USA, Canada back UK's findings
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept. 07 (ANI): The leaders of France, Germany, Unites States of America (USA) and Canada expressed "full confidence" in United Kingdom's assessment that the two suspects in the Novichok attack of March 4 were officers from the Russian military intelligence service.
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World leaders support UK's claims of poisoning against Russia
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Sep 06 (ANI): In a joint statement released on Thursday, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany and the United States supported the claims made by the United Kingdom that two suspected accused involved in the poisoning of the former Russian spy and his daughter were Russian mili
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Russian warplanes hit Nusra front positions, confirms Defence Ministry
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sep 5 (ANI): Russian Defence Ministry spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov has confirmed that their warplanes have hit two terrorist drones, belonging to Nusra Front, in Syria's Idlib Province.
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