Bodoe Airbase, Norway (AFP) Sept 1, 2008 - In scenes reminiscent of the Cold War, Russian bombers have returned to the skies in Europe's far north after years of absence, putting NATO's jet fighters on alert once again.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 3, 2023 - Russia's former president and Security Council chairman Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that Moscow had recruited some 280,000 people into the army since the start of the year.
Beirut (AFP) Sept 7, 2018 - Russian air strikes killed two people in Syria's Idlib Friday, a monitor said, as President Vladimir Putin was in Tehran for a summit on the fate of the last major rebel bastion.
Geneva (AFP) Sept 4, 2018 - The UN urged Russia and Turkey Tuesday to help avert a bloodbath in Idlib, as renewed Russian airstrikes on the Syria's last major rebel stronghold killed least nine civilians, according to a monitor.
Prague (AFP) Sept 25, 2008 - Russian agents are working to build opposition among the Czech public to the deployment of a US missile defence radar in the ex-Soviet bloc nation, a Czech intelligence report said Thursday.
Beirut (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 - Separate Russian and US-led coalition air strikes on Tuesday killed 28 civilians in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province, where rival offensives against the Islamic State group are under way, a monitor said.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008 - Russia said Monday it was dispatching a nuclear cruiser and other warships and planes to the Caribbean for joint exercises with Venezuela, the first such manoeuvres in the US vicinity since the Cold War.
Moscow (Interfax) Nov. 20, 2000 - Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev will visit Great Britain on December 6-8. During this visit he will discuss the main military and political issues relating to ballistic missile defense, strategic offensive weapons, and global and regional security, Colonel General Leonid Ivashov, the head of the main department for international military cooperation, told the press on Monday.
Moscow (Interfax) Feb. 16, 2001 - Training launches of air, ground, and sea-based ballistic missiles carried out in Russia on Friday show that Russian strategic forces are capable of overcoming any anti-missile defense, be it a currently existing or potential one, First Deputy Russian Chief of General Staff Col. Gen. Valery Manilov has said.
Moscow (Interfax) Feb. 8, 2001 - Russia and the United States remain nuclear adversaries, just as during the Cold War, a senior Russian analyst said on Thursday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 12, 2013 - Russia on Thursday warned of a potential man-made catastrophe if North Korea restarts an ageing plutonium reactor to boost its stockpile of nuclear weapons, after US experts spotted steam rising from the Yongbyon facility.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 06, 2013 - Russia on Friday warned the United States against targeting Syria's chemical arsenal as Washington considered the use of force against President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 18, 2007 - Russia expressed apprehension Tuesday over the possibility of a war with Iran evoked by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, who again urged tougher sanctions to halt Tehran's nuclear programme.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 30, 2022 - Russia on Friday vetoed a Western bid at the UN Security Council to condemn its annexations of Ukrainian territory but found no support, with China and India abstaining.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 28, 2023 - Russia said Thursday that it plans to raise defence spending by almost 70 percent next year, funnelling massive resources into its Ukraine offensive to fight what it calls a hybrid war unleashed by the West.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 11, 2020 - Russia said on Friday it would stage massive military drills in the Caucasus in late September with troops from countries including China, Iran and Pakistan invited to participate.
