Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia Valery Gerasimov and his Turkish counterpart, Yasar Guler, discussed Syria and Libya on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Russia's partners understand the negative impact of the United States quitting the Open Skies Treaty but do not want to take responsibility for the deal, the Russian foreign Ministry said Wednesday

Czech Interior Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamacek on Wednesday declined to comment on the case of Ivan Safronov, an adviser to the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, who is accused, according to his lawyer, of passing classified information to the Czech security services

Democrats in the US House of Representatives have proposed a ban on spending the 2021 defense budget on the establishment by the US military of control over oil facilities in Syria and Iraq, according to the Fiscal Year 2021 Defense Funding Bill

Moscow understands Beijing's position that nuclear talks with Russia and the United States are possibly only if the US reduces its arsenal to China's level

The Canadian media are relying on tired clichés and dubious sources in its coverage of Russia's COVID-19 pandemic response, the press office of the Russian Embassy in Canada told Sputnik

Saudi Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has held a phone conversation with UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace to discuss efforts and cooperation between their countries in the field of defense to enhance regional and international security, the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Wednesday

Norilsk Nickel is contesting the Russian ecology watchdog's (Rosprirodnadzor) assessment of the damage from the fuel spill at one of the company's power stations but reiterated on Wednesday its readiness to clean up the consequences of the accident in northern Russia

Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, told Sputnik that reports of her future appointment as ambassador to some country were rumors that she had no time for