MOSCOW: A top Kremlin aide on Wednesday dismissed as ridiculous claims that US President Donald Trump has acted as an agent for Russia amid mounting controversy over his alleged ties to Moscow. “Why comment on something stupid? How can the US president be an agent of another country?” ...

Geneva - US and Russian diplomats were meeting on Tuesday to discuss the fate of a major nuclear missile control treaty that Washington has threatened to ditch over alleged violations by Moscow. The discussions come amid widespread concern over the fate of the bilateral treaty, after US ...

MOSCOW - A Russian military base link may appear in the Central African Republic, the framework agreement envisions such a possibility, but the issue has not been discussed so far, CAR Defense Minister Marie-Noelle Koyara said in an interview with Sputnik. "We have not yet spoken about the ...

NEW DELHI (Sputnik) - India will receive S-400 air defense systems within the timeframe agreed under contract with Russia, without delays, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Wednesday. "Our commitments under the contract will be fulfilled. India will receive the systems on time, ...

MOSCOW - Fourteen people are confirmed dead from the New Year's Eve explosion at a high-rise in central Russia, local officials said Wednesday, as rescuers continued to pull bodies from the rubble. The local governor's office said 14 bodies had been found and that 27 people were unaccounted for ...

MOSCOW - Russia has detained a US citizen in Moscow accused of spying, the FSB security service said on Monday. It said in a statement that the American was detained on Friday "while carrying out an act of espionage" and that a criminal case had been opened. The statement identified the ...

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his US counterpart that the relations between Moscow and Washington were most important for international security. In a new year letter, Putin also expressed that Moscow was ready for dialogue on a ‘wide-ranging agenda’. “Vladimir ...

MOSCOW - A helicopter crashed and caught fire on Sunday in the Eastern Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, the regional emergencies agency said. "A helicopter has crashed in Ulan-Ude… At 10:38 a.m. the federal firefighting service in the Buryatia put out a burning helicopter," the statement read. The ...

Moscow: Russia and Turkey on Saturday agreed to coordinate ground operations in Syria after the shock announcement of a US military withdrawal, Moscow's top diplomat said. President Donald Trump's move has already hastened a shift in alliances with Syrian troops deployed Friday in support of ...

Moscow: Russia said Friday it will host a three-way summit with Turkey and Iran on the Syrian conflict early next year, after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced scepticism about an announced withdrawal of US forces. "It's our turn to host the summit... around the first week of the year. This ...