Washington and Moscow are trying to make sense of the circumstances of the military operation in which dozens of Syrian servicemen were killed. A few days have passed since the U.S. Air Force’s botched air strike and there is still no clear understanding of who those targets were and why Russia didn’t warn the United States about the presence of Syrian soldiers in the strike area, information that only came to light after the operation was concluded.

U.S. representatives stated that they …

The Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel, will meet with the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow to discuss the deterioration of bilateral trade relations. Among other things, the negotiations will also concern the current sanctions.

Gabriel has repeatedly spoken out in favor of a gradual easing of the EU sanctions against Russia, if Moscow shows visible progress in the implementation of the Minsk Agreements and facilitates the conflict …

The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will join the country’s naval group operating in the eastern Mediterranean, the Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, announced.

According to him, “the Russian naval group in the eastern Mediterranean includes at least six warships and three or four support vessels from all fleets. To increase the combat capabilities of the group, [we] plan to include the cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov in its ranks,” Shoygu said.

According to Russian media, the Admiral …