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Turkey’s defense minister says the delivery of the second batch of Russian S-400 missile defense systems is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The state-run Anadolu news agency quoted Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar as saying on Monday that Moscow would resume transporting parts of the advanced defense missile systems to …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to prepare a “symmetrical response” to a recent US test of a cruise missile, the Kremlin said in a statement Friday. During a meeting of his security council, Putin said he instructed his government to “analyze the level of threat posed by …

Flattened cornstalks and a dented nose cone make up the bulk of the damage in the aftermath of an emergency landing near Moscow. Footage shows the wreckage of the largely intact aircraft up close. Russia’s Investigative Committee rushed to the scene of Thursday’s accident, near Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport, but what …

Russian authorities have told people in a village near the site of a deadly missile explosion involving a nuclear power test to “leave the territory” after the accident triggered a spike in radiation. The country’s state weather service said radiation levels spiked in the Russian city of Severodvinsk by up …

Qassem Qadim, an Iraqi boy who made headlines after a photo of him took first prize in the “Sports” category of the 2018 Stenin photo contest, has taken his first steps with the help of the prosthetic leg he received from Russian doctors. We decided to install an advanced hydraulic …

A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet has intercepted a US spy plane that was approaching Russia’s border over the Black Sea. “A Su-27 fighter jet, as part of the Southern Military District’s air defenses, was scrambled to intercept the target,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday, adding, “The crew …

US President Donald Trump says he would be willing to accept damaging information from a foreign government on his opponent in the 2020 presidential election, after years of denying allegations that Russia helped him get elected in 2016. “I think you might want to listen… there’s nothing wrong with listening,” …

Hundreds of people have been detained at a Moscow rally demanding punishment for police who detained an anti-corruption journalist. Officers in riot gear clashed with protesters during the unauthorized march in support of Ivan Golunov. Among those detained at the rally were fellow journalists as well as opposition leader Alexei …

Embattled Chinese tech company Huawei has struck a deal to build Russia’s first 5G wireless network. The agreement with Russia’s largest carrier, MTS, was signed on the sidelines of talks in Moscow between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. It comes at a critical time for the …

Russia has expelled some Swedish diplomats from Moscow as part of a reciprocal move against Stockholm, TASS news agency cited Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Wednesday. Zakharova made the comment when asked at a weekly briefing whether Moscow had expelled two Swedish diplomats. She did not …

Donald Trump has called on the US, Russia, and China to reduce their nuclear arsenals amid reports that his administration is planning to propose a landmark arms control deal with Beijing and Moscow. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, the US president said that he welcomed Russia’s …

Moscow will start shipping its S-400 air defense missile systems to Turkey this summer, the chief of Russia’s state arms trade agency said. The deal is going through as Ankara ignores pressure from its ally, the US. Aleksandr Mikheyev of Rosoboronexport told Russian media on Wednesday that all issues pertaining …

The Ukrainian government has banned all unscheduled direct flights to Russia following a recent visit to Moscow by two opposition politicians. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced the ban on Wednesday and said opposition presidential candidate Yuriy Boyko and chairman of the political council of the ‘Opposition Platform – For Life’ …