The deputy foreign minister of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ryabkov, said the article in the Washington Post regarding the existence of certain agreements between the United States and the Russian Federation (according to which the United States will fulfill its obligation to separate militants in exchange for lifting the blockade in Aleppo) was the “snow of yester-year.”

“Contact between our representatives from the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and our US colleagues …

The former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych, admitted that the decision on the referendum in the Crimea on the secession from Ukraine was influenced by servicemen from the Russian Black Sea Fleet, as he stated during his video deposition, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

"It was decided to immediately start the referendum on secession from Ukraine and to join Russia. And do you know that there were many servicemen of the Russian Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol? They also strongly influenced this …

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Government press-secretary Numan Kurtulmuş made a statement during a break during the meeting of the Council of Ministers where he noted that the Turkish government had received confirmation that Russia was not involved in the attack against the Turkish military that occured on November 24th in Syrian city of al-Bab.

According to Kurtulmuş, this was personally confirmed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, TRT reported.

"They have all the evidence and …

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow is ready to assist in the process of reaching a political solution to the situation in Libya, RIA Novosti reported.

Following a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the armed forces loyal to the elected, internationally backed Libyan government, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported in a statement that “the conversation focused on the development of a military-political solution in Libya, …

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that discussions about the situation in Aleppo are being carried out on different levels and mostly with the Syrian government.

“As far as Aleppo is concerned, obviously, there is an exchange of opinions on different levels and, mostly, these discussions are being carried out with the legitimate government of Syria,” Peskov stated while answering a question about whether there are any discussions with western partners about the future of Aleppo, reports …