Russia & CIS

A proposal, made by Russia, may undermine the unity of the EU position on climate issues. The Russian proposal is less strict and meets expectations of the eastern Europeans.

On Saturday, a planned correction of the ISS orbit could not be carried out after the Progress M-26M's engines failed to start on time. In an unrelated incident just hours later, an emergency situation occurred with the Proton-M rocket carrying a Mexican satellite shortly after its launch. The satellite did not detach and was declared lost.

Russia needs to toughen punishment for space failures if it wants to keep its leading position in this industry, Russia’s deputy prime minister in charge of the space industry said Monday.

The EU is increasingly becoming weaker and unable to control processes taking place on its soil. The European continent is becoming a playground for two major powers – the US and Russia – which seek to expand their influence in the region.

As Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sets off to attend the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CMCE), the Chairman of the State Duma has spoken of a warming of relations between Russia and Europe.

Another seven 24 Russian MIL-171SH military transport helicopters will be delivered to Peru later this month, the deputy head of Russia’s main arms exporter said on Monday.

As Sergei Polonsky returns to Russia to face fraud charges, we look at the spectacular rise and fall of one of Russia's most eccentric billionaires.

Mikhail Ulyanov, the Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at the Russian Foreign Ministry, warned that US measures undermining global strategic stability may force Russia to grow its nuclear arsenal instead of carrying out further disarmament.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has opened his country's first-ever tank park, or tankodrome, on the territory of the village of Prokhorovka in southwestern Russia, the site of an iconic tank battle in World War II.

Former real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky is being transferred to Russia from Cambodia, the Russian Interior Ministry said Sunday.

Russia opened a new border crossing facility on the border with Ukraine, which officials called an signal of Russia's peaceful intentions.

The feline residents of the zoo in Altay region of Russia's Siberia are being given the opportunity to try living like humans for a while: scientists from the biological faculty of the regional university have a special treat planned for the cats to ease their habitation in captivity, including the opportunity to sleep on feather-filled pillows.

Russia has never violated the borders of any country while conducting "military maneuvers", former NATO General Harald Kujat told the German news website Web.de.

The appearance of Russia's state-of-the-art Armata tank at Victory Parade on May 9 in Moscow produced a bombshell effect. Indeed, the T-14 Armata has no analogue in the world. Moreover, Armata is the only tank to date that corresponds to the military principle of six zones. Why did the new tank get so much attention?

It is now thirty years after the launch of his notorious anti-alcohol campaign, and the first and only President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev admits that it was a mistake the way it was implemented: you can’t make a person give up the bottle "in one fell swoop," they must be taken off it gradually.

Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its alleged role in the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict only served as an impetus for Moscow to take more efficient steps to develop its own economy, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko told Sputnik Serbia on Thursday.

The Russian economy must reach average global growth rates by 2018, according to a major outline of the government's activities until 2018 adopted on Thursday.

In the past visitors could leave the Kremlin only via Kutafya Tower and had to walk around the entire Kremlin to get to Red Square.

Battle robots capable of destroying both tanks and human soldiers have successfully passed military trials in southern Russia.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has accused Russia of increasing its military presence in his country, something Moscow firmly denies, and said that Ukraine would fight “Russian aggression” “until the last drop of blood."