Russia intends to step up the dialogue with the U.S. on the settlement of the situation in Donbas, as reported by the newspaper Izvestiya citing the by Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Ryabkov.

According to him, Russia expects that soon the U.S. will appoint someone in the State Department to care for this matter. First, a successor to Victoria Nuland – who was involved in the Ukraine issue under Barack Obama – needs to be appointed. Only then will there be possible a substantive …

Last week, fighters performing the mission of NATO are Baltic Air Patrol, six times took off into the sky to escort Russian military aircraft that flew in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea, as reported by Delfi news agency citing the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense, reported this.

The NATO planes escorted Russian fighters, a transport plane and one reconnaissance aircraft. Most of the Russian planes flew with transponders turned off.

Despite the fact that, after the annexation of …

NATO will not deploy its troops in the ports of Georgia. Instead, the Alliance plans to ensure security in the Black Sea by forming a multinational brigade in Romania composed of military forces solely from NATO member countries. NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller announced this development following the session results of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.

“At this stage, we do not plan to deploy NATO forces in Georgian ports. We really appreciate the relationship with Georgia in …

U.S. Republican Senator John McCain believes that the actions of Russian leadership are a greater threat to global security than the crimes of the Islamic State terrorist group.

In an interview with Australian ABC TV, released on Monday, May 29th, McCain acknowledged that the IS militants "can do terrible things." However, he said, "it is the Russians who … try to destroy the very fundamentals of democracy, and that is, to change the outcome of an American election." The senator added, "I’ve …

A representative of the US-led international coalition, Ryan Dillon, explained the situation regarding the interaction with Russia in Syria. Dialogue between Russia and the members of the coalition continues every day, said the colonel.

According to him, the Russian Federation will not participate in the offensive operation near Raqqa, which the coalition is planning. "As for the operation near Raqqa - no. But in other parts of Syria we have contact. We support the work of the hotline. Both we, …

The ban on the entry of a Deputy from the ruling Montenegrin party, Miodrag Vuković, into Russia, is connected with EU sanctions, as stated by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova, the press service of the ministry reports.

"It's not a secret that Montenegro joined the anti-Russian sanctions of the EU from the very beginning, including sanctions against individuals. We have always said that we reserve the right to take …

In Moscow and other Russian cities, initiative groups submitted applications for endorsement of rallies against corruption on June 12. At the moment, pro-active groups in 212 Russian cities have announced their planned participation in the protest rallies on June 12, oppositionist Alexey Navalny reports in his blog.

In many cities, the groups had stood waiting overnight in front of administrative offices in order to be the first to submit an application for holding a rally. The declared number …

French President Emmanuel Macron at a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to the Russian state television channel Russia Today and the news agency Sputnik as "tools of false propaganda."

On Election Day in France, Sputnik and Russia Today were not allowed into Macron’s headquarters despite several requests.

He responded to the question as to why employees of Russia Today and Sputnik were denied access to his election headquarters during the election campaign. " …