The American military should not use "tough measures" against the Syrian Army. Russia will analyze the situation in the de-escalation zones in the south-west of the country and draw appropriate conclusions, RBC news agency reports, quoting the Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Federation Council, Vladimir Jabarov.

According to Jabarov, the use of "tough measures" against the Syrian military by the U.S. "is absolutely unacceptable".

"Americans have resorted to …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel does not believe that the ruling coalition in Germany will fall apart due to disagreements between the parties (the Christian Democratic and Christian Social Unions and the Social Democratic Party of Germany) on the issue of combating illegal immigration. She stated this on Thursday after a meeting in Berlin with the prime ministers of the federal states of Germany.

The Chancellor stressed that even more effort should be concentrated on the implementation of the …

Russia believes that it is too early to begin the nuclear disarmament process, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday.

Movement towards the abandoning of nuclear weapons “must be weighed and in stages”, and at present it is hindered by the aggressive policy of the US, the diplomat stated at a conference titled: “50 years since the signing of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: achievements, challenges and prospects”.

According to Ryabkov, nuclear …