Moscow (AFP) Sept 21, 2010 - Russia has in principal agreed to a deal to buy a Mistral helicopter carrier from France and the forthcoming tender will be a formality, a senior Navy official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
Moscow (Interfax) Nov. 18, 2000 - Russia said on Saturday that both Moscow and Washington hope a Russian-U.S. dialogue on strategic stability will not be interrupted.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 21, 2016 - Russia and the United States clashed at the United Nations over the carnage in Syria on Wednesday, as air strikes pounded Aleppo following the collapse of a ceasefire.
Moscow (Interfax) Feb. 16, 2001 - Specific Russian proposals on the development of a non-strategic missile defense system for Europe will be presented to NATO Secretary General George Robertson during his visit to Moscow on February 19-21, Col. Gen. Leonid Ivashov, head of the international defense cooperation department at the Russian Defense Ministry, announced at a Friday news conference in Moscow.
Moscow (Interfax) Nov. 1, 2000 - The Russian Strategic Rocket Forces on Wednesday carried out one more intercontinental ballistic missile training launch, RSRF spokesman Ilshat Baichurin has told Interfax.
Moscow (Interfax) Feb. 7, 2001 - The leader of the Russian Communist Party and of its faction in the Russian State Duma Gennady Zyuganov sent an open letter to President Vladimir Putin Wednesday, urging him to prevent the crashing of the orbital station Mir.
Vladivostok, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 13, 200 - Russia will scrap five nuclear submarines decommissioned from the Pacific Fleet by 2010 under a joint project with Japan, a Japanese deputy foreign minister said Tuesday. The Victor class vessels will be dismantled under the Star of Hope program for the dismantlement of decommissioned nuclear submarines in Russia's Far East, which was adopted in 2003 during a visit of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Russia.
Moscow (AFP) Feb, 5. 2001 - Russia is ready to dust off its Soviet-era star wars systems if the United States opts to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty by deploying a missile shield, Defence Minister Igor Sergeyev told Interfax Monday.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 13, 2011 - Russia and North Korea will stage their first joint military exercises next year after agreeing to expand their ties during Kim Jong-Il's visit to Russia last month, a general said on Tuesday.
Moscow (Interfax) Jan. 30, 2001 - The Russian government is set to discuss a program for reforming the country's military industrial complex in May of this year, Deputy Minister of Industry, Science and Technology Leonid Safronov reported.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2009 - Russia, which has the deepest relations with Iran of any big power, is to play a critical role in the Iranian nuclear crisis in the next months as the clock ticks on efforts to find a diplomatic solution.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 2, 2019 - Moscow and Tehran on Monday blamed US policies for tensions in the Middle East while Russia said it welcomed French efforts to save the Iran nuclear deal.
London (Interfax) Dec. 7, 2000 - Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev has thrown his weight behind President Vladimir Putin's idea for the creation of a European non-strategic missile defense system.
Paris (AFP) Sept 23, 2016 - Yahoo's claim that it is the victim of a gigantic state-sponsored hack raises the question of whether it is the latest target for hackers with the backing of Russia, China or even North Korea, experts say.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 10, 2024 - Russian and Chinese warships began joint drills in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, part of a major naval exercise that President Vladimir Putin said was the largest of its kind for three decades.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 19, 2019 - Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution backed by 12 of the 15 member states that called for a ceasefire in Syria's war-torn Idlib province.
