he Russian and French presidents, Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, discussed the situation around the coronavirus pandemic in a phone call on Thursday, the Kremlin press service reports.

Russia is ready to help the United States in the fight against a new coronavirus, if necessary, Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said in a statement that was released on Tuesday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, said that Moscow urges Washington to immediately lift its inhumane sanctions against Tehran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Oil prices collapsed as a result of actions by Arab countries, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov.

Russian scientists have completely decoded the genome of the novel Coronavirus virus, which causes Moscow-Covid infection. The Russian Ministry of Health responded that this was first done by scientists at the Smorodinstave Research Institute of Influenza.

Russia and Turkey may soon sign a contract for the delivery of a second batch of S-400 air defence missile systems, Russia’s state news agency TASS said, citing a top Russian defence official.

A Mexican citizen has been arrested on suspicion of working for a Russian government official to track down the vehicle of a “U.S.

A Dutch appeals court is ruling Tuesday on whether to reinstate an international arbitration panel’s order for Russia to pay $50 billion in compensation to shareholders of former Russian oil giant Yukos.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the Iran nuclear deal, as well as the situation in the Middle East, particularly in Syria, with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, the Russian Foreign Ministry informs.

Escalating tensions between Turkey and Russia over Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib have not shaken Ankara’s plans to deploy Russian S-400 missile defence systems despite a threat of U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported on Friday citing a senior U.S.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington would offer up to $1 billion in financing to Central and Eastern Europe to help the region avoid reliance on Russian energy.

The Taliban express readiness to enter direct talks with Kabul only after signing a peace deal with the US, the possibility of a temporary truce for the period of such negotiations is being discussed, the Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan and the head of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department said.

A photo was circulated on the Web that accidentally captured one of the most secret weapons, which was actively masked by the Russian Ministry of Defense in order to prevent leaks of information about its capabilities and characteristics, which the Russian army does not yet have, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting LentaRu and AviaPro.

Attempts by the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan to intimidate the Russian and Syrian military resulted in colossal losses for terrorists in the province of Idlib, which was caused by large-scale strikes by the Russian Air Force, resumed 36 hours after the military ultimatum of the Turkish leader, learned BulgarianMiltary.com, quoting news agency AviaPro.

Turkish and Russian officials held three hours of seemingly inconclusive talks over Syria’s Idlib, but they agreed to meet again next week.

The Turkish army attacked the positions of Russian troops in Syria, reports North Press Agancy on Twitter, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing RNS agency.