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Putin mocks Comey, says he is welcome to seek asylum in Russia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K], June 15 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a satire remark on fired FBI director saying he is following the footsteps of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and therefore James Comey is welcome to seek asylum in Russia.
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Pak welcomes Putin's mediation offer to ease tensions with India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 15 (ANI): Pakistan has welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin's reported offer to ease the ongoing tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. Although, Russia has not confirmed about it.
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Will respond to NATO's build-up at Russia's doorstep: Putin
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 14 (ANI) : Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow is concerned with NATO's activities at Russia's doorstep and would react to the Washington's missile defence systems to maintain the strategic balance.
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U.S. gamble of supporting Al-Qaeda backfired, says Putin
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] , June 13 (ANI) : Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the United States gamble of creating and nurturing Al -Qaeda and its late mastermind Osama bin Laden to fight Soviet troops in Afghanistan, has now backfired and "That is the trap in which the United Stat
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Putin critic Alexei Navalny jailed for 30 days
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June. 13 (ANI): Prominent Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been jailed for 30 days by a court in Russia, on charges of aiding in organising of mass public protests.
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Wish you success in building a 'powerful Russia': Kim Jong-un to
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June. 13 (ANI): On the occasion of Russia Day, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greeted Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian people on Monday.
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Amid Saudi row, Qatar thanks Russia for offering 'food supplies'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June. 12 (ANI): Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has thanked his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for Moscow's offer of food supplies, as the Saudi Arabia led move to blockade Qatar has led to food shortages and stockpiling.
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Sharapova pulls out of Wimbledon qualifying due to thigh injury
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 11 (ANI): Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the Wimbledon qualifying event after failing to recover from a thigh injury.
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Sen. Feinstein calls for investigation of matters related to obstruction o
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], June 11 (ANI): Sen. Dianne Feinstein has called on the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the issues related to obstruction of justice in the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 Presidential election
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Russia, Qatar to discuss Middle East crisis
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 10 (ANI): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will today hold talks with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
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Russian FM, UN envoy agree to strengthen cease-fire in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara[Turkey], June 9 (ANI): Russia has called for a strengthening of the cease-fire arrangement in Syria's de-escalation zones with the objective of accelerating peace talks during a meeting with a UN special envoy in Moscow on Thursday.
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Putin reveals his views on women, gays and Snowden
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], June 8 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have bad days because he is "not a woman", and would rather not shower next to a gay man because he wouldn't want to "provoke him".
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