Two frigates from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen, have set out from Sevastopol to join the Russian squadron in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry’s website reported.

“Making the transition by sea, the ships performed a range of ship combat exercises at the fleet’s combat training sites in the Black Sea,” the report states.

As part of the drills, Ka-27PL helicopters took off and landed from the frigates’ decks. The frigates also searched …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, commenting on the Bloomberg publication that if Syrian government troops would use chemical weapons, the United States is ready for a missile strike on Syria, warned Washington and their allies against "new reckless steps." The government official informed RIA Novosti.

Ryabkov remarked that in Moscow, "they hear Washington’s ultimatums, including public ones." However, the Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry assured that this "does not …

Russia has opened criminal proceedings against the members of the far-right Ukrainian nationalist political organization, Right Sector accusing them of “serious crimes”, reported the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee.

The Investigative Committee filed charges against Right Sector after the publication of a document named “the verdict of the Central National Court of the Right Sector”. According to the Investigative Committee, the members of the subdivision of Right Sector, …