Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the American intelligence agency has been wiretapping Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in Washington.

“In relation to the scandal that was built up regarding Flynn, who only worked as Trump’s adviser for several weeks, the US intelligence told reporters absolutely officially, but anonymously, that, for example, the communications, as they put it, of our ambassador Kislyak were being routinely wiretapped, including his reports to Moscow on what …

Russia’s recognition of passports to separate areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions (ORDLO) contradicts the Minsk agreements and such documents will not be recognized in the European Union.

"The decree is not consistent with the spirit of the Minsk agreements," said the EU Delegation to Ukraine in response to a request made by Interfax-Ukraine to comment on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the documents as legitimate.

The Delegation noted that the EU remains …

Dozhd news agency, alluding to a broadcasted study, reported that Russian government-run channels have sharply reduced references to U.S. president Donald Trump.

During the first week of February, Trump was referred to 61 times a day, and beginning from February 14, the number dropped to 12 times daily.

Bloomberg reported last week that the Kremlin has instructed the state media to stop praising Trump. The administration of the Russian president said to Dozhd that the Kremlin is not concerned …

The Russian Ministry of Defense is carrying out tests of new military equipment in the Arctic region, TASS reported.

“Today, the specialists of the Main Directorate of motorized military forces along with representatives of the military industry began to conduct research and tests of new and prospective weapons and military equipment in Arctic conditions,” Deputy Defense Minister Dmitri Bulgakov told reporters.

Military personnel will take the snow-and-swamp equipment from the village of …

The United States and Russia remain the world’s largest exporters of weapons. Their joint share in world exports amounted to 5% during the period from 2012 to 2016, RIA Novosti reported, citing a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

According to SIPRI’s rating, the United States was ranked first among the five largest arms suppliers. Its share made up 33% of the total volume of global arms export. SIPRI’s analysts indicated that Saudi Arabia, the United Arab …

Turkey is pursuing development of its relationship with Russia, but disagreement on several issues, including the Crimea, remain between the countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said at the Munich conference.

He remarked that the relationship between the two countries had been good before Turkey fighter jets shot down a Russian bomber in November 2015.

“And none of us asked why we had such good relations. After the incident, many countries in NATO and the EU …

The new intercontinental ballistic missiles which are being developed in Russia can overcome any US missile defense, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in an interview on the program “Voskresny Vecher” on TV channel “Rossiya-1”.According to Rogozin, Russian nuclear deterrent forces are made up of various missiles, including “old Soviet classic ‘Voyevoda’ missiles”, which are called “Satan” in the west, but new missiles are also being developed.“They are very afraid of them (the ‘ …

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė announced during the Munich Security Conference that her country expects even broader military assistance from the United States to further strengthen NATO's eastern flank. The President made the statement on Saturday, February 18 during a meeting of the leaders of the three Baltic States with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.

Grybauskaitė stressed at the end of the meeting, in an interview to Agence France-Presse (AFP), that it is important to bear in …