Russia considers the existence of EU and US sanctions against Syria to be an abnormal situation, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following negotiations with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini.

"We have already discussed with our colleagues this, in my opinion, abnormal situation. Sanctions in many respects hamper the development of manufacturing of basic necessities in the Syrian Arab Republic, including the pharmaceutical industry, which was …

According to Russia’s Interfax news agency, the Command of Russia’s Southern Military District has begun the combat readiness check of the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea.  

Coastal and naval units of the Black Sea Fleet were put into the high readiness state, Interfax reports citing the press service of the Southern Military District.

Anti-submarine ships and minesweepers sailed to the Black as part of the exercise. In addition, the coastal units of the fleet were put into combat state.

The …

According to estimates by British scientists, more than half of the world’s greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere in the past 28 years were produced by 25 large companies. And the largest producers were Saudi Aramco and Gazprom, Russia's RBC news agency reports.

“In the 28 years since 1988, when the influence of greenhouse gases on the Earth’s climate was recognized, about 833 billion tons of carbon dioxide, methane and other gases (equivalent to CO2) were put into the atmosphere as a …