Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club that Moscow would act in kind in the case of the oppression of Russian media in the US, reports Interfax.

"In this case, we would only act symmetrically, and fairly quickly," the Russian leader said.

"As soon as we see concrete steps restricting the activities of our media, a mirror answer will immediately follow," he stressed.

Putin also pointed out that the situation surrounding the Russian media in the US is …

The capabilities of the Iskander-M ballistic missile system make it possible to repel even a nuclear threat, which is relevant in light the worsening situation around North Korea, RIA Novosti reported, citing the head of the Defense Committee of the Federation Council and former Commander of the VKS (Russian Space Forces) Viktor Bondarev.

Earlier this week, the chief of the Kapustin Yar rocket launch and development site, Major General Oleg Kislov, announced the completion of tests for a new …

At the final plenary session of the Valdai Club in Sochi, Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the “referendums” in annexed Crimea and Catalonia.  

“In the situation with Catalonia we saw the unanimous condemnation of independence supporters by the European Union and a whole range of other states. In this connection, I have to point out: You should have thought earlier. What, was no one aware of such disagreements lasting for centuries within Europe itself? They were aware. However, at …

Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski has denied a request from Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó to sign a joint letter to the authorities of Ukraine regarding the law "On Education" as stated by Waszczykowski in an interview with the Hungarian publication Heti Valasz, reports Rzeczpospolita.

Waszczykowski drew attention to the new Ukrainian law On Education, in connection with which Hungary announced an initiative to revise the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.

"I …

The head of the Kremlin-controlled Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, believes that the decision by Turkish leadership to ban the reception of ships from the closed ports of the Russian-annexed Crimea will not affect the economy of the peninsula in any way. He told journalists about this in Simferopol, RIA Krym reports.

"By and large, this [the ban on receiving ships in Crimea] doesn't affect us in any way. Even before that, we did not particularly have a freight flow with them [Turkey] …

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his regret over the lack of respect that his American counterpart Donald Trump receives in his own country, the United States.

According to Putin, Trump is worthy of respect. "Mr. Trump was chosen by the American people and, at least for this reason, he should be respected, even if they do not agree with some of his positions. He is disrespected in his country. This is a regrettable negative component of the American political system," TASS quoted …

The Economic Court of the City of Kyiv satisfied the petition of the Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) and the State Executive Service of the Ministry of Justice by changing the procedure of the execution of the court decision regarding the recovery of a 172 billion UAH ($6.48 billion) fine from Russia's Gazprom.

"To put it simply, until now, only the funds on Gazprom’s bank accounts could be recovered. Now, the recovery extends to all the debtor’s property,” posted Minister of Justice …

President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed the new Constitution of Georgia, the final version of which was adopted by the parliament a few days ago.

"Unfortunately, the parliament adopted a one-party Constitution, so it is extremely difficult for me to sign it, however, taking into account the internal and external challenges the country is facing, the responsibility to avoid possible destabilization, I, as the Head of State, Supreme Commander-in-Chief and guarantor of the Constitution, sign this …