Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting citizenship to actor Steven Seagal, who in turn said he was “tremendously grateful for this opportunity,” TASS reported.

"I always felt that USA and Russia should be best friends and allies,” Seagal said. “Despite the unfortunate propaganda going on I remain fully committed to work tirelessly towards this end and I am tremendously grateful for this opportunity.”

"My father was pure Russian, my father’s family is primarily from …

 Commenting on media reports about the alleged replacement of foreign software with domestic counterparts, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said, “We can talk about a total replacement of software, in particular, Microsoft, in Russian state structures only after domestic analogues of comparable efficiency are developed."

“It’s impossible,” he said when replying to the question about whether a total replacement of foreign software is happening. “It is possible if domestic software …

When conducting the West 2017 strategic exercises scheduled for September of next year, Russia and Belarus will take into account the increase in activity by NATO near the borders of the Union states [Belarus and Russia].

As Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, who was in Minsk on a visit, specified, maneuvers will be carried out at several training sites in Russia and Belarus. “In developing scenarios and planning exercises, the situation related to increasing activities of NATO near the …