Russia and OPEC: convenience but no marriage
AFP | Two years after they teamed up to take back control of oil markets, the alliance between Russia and OPEC continues to be effective....
India signs $3 bn submarine deal with Russia: reports
AFP | India has signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a boost in the...
Russia’s Arctic plans add to polar bears’ climate woes
AFP | Last month's visit by roaming polar bears that put a Russian village on lockdown may be just the beginning. For as Moscow steps...
Russians to help search Pakistan peak for missing Italian, Brit
AFP | The search for a missing Italian climber and his British partner in Pakistan will resume Friday with the help of a team from...
Turkey to buy anti-ballistic missile systems from both US and Russia
News Analysis | Turkey is currently caught in the quagmire to opting between Russian S400 and the U.S made PATRIOT Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Systems. While...
Russia ready for a brisk nuclear response to any U.S adventure: Putin
News Analysis | Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is going to mirror any U.S move regarding the deployment of nuclear-powered missiles. He...
Putin to give annual address as popularity slides
AFP | Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual state of the nation address on Wednesday as he faces an unprecedented fall in his...
Russian arrests of foreign businessmen shocks Western investors
AFP | The arrest in Russia of prominent US and French investors on suspicion of fraud has sent shockwaves through Western business circles and sparked...
Russia’s RT fumes after Facebook blocks ‘wildly popular’ page
AFP | Facebook has blocked a popular page run by Russian state TV channel RT, the channel's editor said Monday, criticizing the move as an...
Russia, Turkey, Iran hail US Syria withdrawal
AFP | The leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Iran hailed the planned US withdrawal from Syria as they met for talks Thursday on how to...
Afghan ex-mujahideen remember Soviet defeat in ‘graveyard of empires’
AFP | The last time Abdul Karim saw Soviet forces he was a teenage mujahideen fighter shivering on an Afghan mountainside, clutching his Kalashnikov and...
‘Tired of fighting’: 30 years ago, Soviets withdraw from Afghanistan
AFP | On February 15, 1989, crowds of stunned onlookers watched the last Soviet troops leave Afghanistan over the Friendship Bridge -- defeated after a...