US thinking in the field of nuclear weapons has moved back some 50 years ago, when nuclear weapons use was an acceptable option, and this is a matter of serious concern, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday

Researchers from the Laboratory of X-Ray Astronomy of the Sun at the Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have recorded the largest solar flare on the far side of the Sun in the past three years, the institute said in a statement on Monday

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and his Moldovan counterpart Ion Chicu discussed over the phone expanding trade between Russia and Moldova, the press service of the Moldovan cabinet said Monday

Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains contact with all deputy prime ministers and is briefed on all the developments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, when asked about Putin's potential meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak ahead of the OPEC+ ministerial

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on Monday on reported plans of US projected President-elect Joe Biden to appoint Jen Psaki as the White House press secretary, noting that the person in this office does not shape the foreign policy and that this is a US domestic affair anyway

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held phone talks with his Armenian counterpart, Ara Aivazian, to discuss the latter's upcoming visit to Moscow, as well as the Nagorno-Karabakh accord, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a press release on Saturday

French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed its commitment to promote protection of the heritage sites in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, the secretary of state at the French Foreign Ministry, said at a press conference on Saturday

The US Department of Defense has refused a Sputnik request to comment on the murder of leading Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Iran earlier on Friday