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 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 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 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.
United Nations (AFP) Sept 9, 2008 - Russia pressed Tuesday for a UN arms embargo against Georgia as a US team prepared to travel to Tbilisi to assess the needs of its military, which was routed in a Russian blitzkrieg for control of South Ossetia.
Orenburg, Russia (AFP) Sept 26, 2008 - Russia will boost its air and naval defences by building more modern warships, nuclear-powered submarines and a system of air-space defences, President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 28, 2023 - Russia is set to hike defence spending by almost 70 percent in 2024, a finance ministry document published Thursday showed, as Moscow pours resources into its full-scale offensive in Ukraine.
Chita, Russia (AFP) Sept 11, 2018 - Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops will take part in the country's largest ever military drills Tuesday, in a massive show of force featuring Chinese soldiers that has rattled the West.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 3, 2007 - Russia will grant Indonesia a billion-dollar credit line to enable it to buy Russian military hardware, a Russian presidential spokesman said Monday.
