• The gas talks were further clouded by a new diplomatic row that exploded after Ukraine's acting foreign minister called Putin "a prick" while trying to restrain protesters who attacked Moscow's embassy compound in Kiev on Saturday. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited Serbia as part of a two-day visit to the Balkans for talks on a natural gas pipeline project. (rferl.org)
  • Putin met with Serbian President Boris Tadic for talks on the South Stream pipeline, which would carry natural gas from southern Russia across the Black Sea to the Balkans and then on to Hungary and Austria. (rferl.org)
  • The Russian " special military operation " in Ukraine was launched on February 24, with Putin stating a goal of " demilitarizing " the country and protecting the security of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as of Russia itself. (rt.com)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia and Turkey are working towards a new round of peace talks in Kazakhstan between the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the official Syrian opposition. (newsweek.com)
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement in Ukraine but the West must accept Moscow's demands, the Kremlin said on Friday, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said he would be willing to speak with Putin on ending the war. (zawya.com)
  • President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of trying to cancel Russia and the Russian people. (theepochtimes.com)
  • I am talking about the progressing discrimination of everything connected with Russia," Putin said. (theepochtimes.com)
  • The meeting is part of "Strategic Security Dialogue" talks launched by Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin during a June summit. (koaa.com)
  • MOSCOW (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's first trip to Russia is scheduled to start Tuesday in Black Sea coastal city of Sochi, where he and Russian Foreign Minister are sitting down for talks and then having a joint meeting with President Vladimir Putin. (ksl.com)
  • Pompeo's sit-down with Putin and Lavrov will be the highest-level, face-to-face talks between Washington and Moscow since the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. (ksl.com)
  • While Putin has repeatedly denied Russia played any role in other countries' elections, U.S. officials say Pompeo will raise the subject of election meddling in Sochi. (ksl.com)
  • MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has told French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow is ready for talks with Ukraine. (wcpo.com)
  • The strikes came a day before Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan are scheduled to meet in Sochi, Russia. (yahoo.com)
  • Turkey's leader is expected to attempt to persuade Putin to rejoin the Black Sea grain deal that Russia abandoned in July. (yahoo.com)
  • Ukraine and the West accuse Russia of supplying rocket launchers and even tanks to the insurgents in a bid to break up its western neighbour following the February ouster of a pro-Kremlin regime. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • It seems that there are other decision-makers for this matter in Russia," Kuleba said, in an apparent reference to the Kremlin. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Talks between Paris and Moscow have been mired by disputes for months, with the Kremlin throwing open the contract to an international tender last month. (military-quotes.com)
  • Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov later confirmed to Russian media that bilateral talks had taken place in Ankara, adding that they were held at the initiative of the US. (rt.com)
  • The West has imposed an array of sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, but one month into the war, the Kremlin says it will continue the assault until it accomplishes its goals of Ukraine's "demilitarization and denazification. (theepochtimes.com)
  • Russia is in talks on the Turkish Stream and other gas pipeline projects with European partners, keeping in mind the feasibility and mutual political trust in its decision-making, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters July 27, Sputnik reported. (trend.az)
  • NATO said last month Russia had funnelled in at least 1000 elite troops and heavy weapons to support a rebel counter-surge that led to the quick surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers and dramatically reversed their earlier gains. (smh.com.au)
  • MOSCOW - Russian and Ukrainian officials say they are standing by to resume talks about their war, though the time and place for negotiations was unknown and hopes for a breakthrough remain low. (abc15.com)
  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Ukrainian officials are ready for new talks but said the venue is undecided and Kyiv won't accept any Russian ultimatums. (abc15.com)
  • The talks also come a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told news outlets that he wasn't sure if speaking with Russia regarding peace would be a "waste of time. (abc15.com)
  • Ukraine is under no pressure from its partners to open peace negotiations with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a joint press conference with visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Nov. 4. (yahoo.com)
  • We will not sit down with Russia, talk and give them something,' the Ukrainian leader said. (yahoo.com)
  • Earlier, NBC News reported that U.S. and European officials had begun discussing privately with the Ukrainian government the possibility of peace talks with Russia. (yahoo.com)
  • Separately, senior Ukrainian officials indicated their forces were ready to launch a long-promised counteroffensive to recapture territory taken by Russia since the start of the war. (yahoo.com)
  • The Russian and Ukrainian delegations have met for their preliminary talks today. (kjrh.com)
  • High-level talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials at the Belarus border reportedly ended after five hours. (kjrh.com)
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed to the high-level talks "without preconditions. (kjrh.com)
  • Sunday's announcement of peace talks was reportedly made by the office of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the fourth day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (theblaze.com)
  • The peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow will occur on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River, according to Sky News . (theblaze.com)
  • Alexander Lukashenko has taken responsibility for ensuring that all planes, helicopters, and missiles stationed on Belarus territory remain on the ground during the Ukrainian delegation's travel, talks and return," said the statement from Zelenskyy's office, according to the Financial Times . (theblaze.com)
  • Of the peace talks, Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba said it 'is already a victory for Ukraine' that there are no preconditions for the meeting, according to Deborah Haynes - security and defense editor at Sky News. (theblaze.com)
  • The Ukrainian president argued that Belarus was not a neutral territory since Russia has a large contingent of troops in the country and it was one of the launch places for the Russian invasion. (theblaze.com)
  • As Russian munitions pounded Ukraine for a 19th day, a new round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials raised hopes for progress in evacuating civilians from besieged Ukrainian cities and getting emergency supplies to areas without enough food, water and medicine. (wtvr.com)
  • Ukraine's armed forces have lost somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 soldiers so far in the war against Russia, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told a Ukrainian television network. (zawya.com)
  • According to Ukrainian media, he told President Vladimir Zelensky that Western nations would not support the proposed security pact that was discussed with Russia. (rt.com)
  • The European Union and United States are not attempting to compel Ukraine to enter ceasefire talks with Russia, an unnamed high-ranking European diplomat told Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine on Nov. 6. (yahoo.com)
  • On Oct. 21, Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) secretary, Oleksiy Danilov, once again stated that there will be no negotiations with Russia as long as it continues the occupation of Ukrainian territories. (yahoo.com)
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again appealed to Russia to negotiate an end to the war, but says Ukraine would not agree to give up any of its territory for the sake of peace. (theepochtimes.com)
  • KYIV: Russia on Saturday admitted using advanced hypersonic missiles for the first time in the Ukraine conflict as Kyiv's embattled leader Volodymyr Zelensky called for urgent peace talks a day after the Ukrainian authorities claimed to have killed a Russian general by a strike on an airfield. (dawn.com)
  • Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials claimed that a column of armored vehicles, bearing symbols of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, crossed over from Russia on Monday, triggering clashes between rebels and Ukrainian forces near the southeastern town of Novoazovsk, six miles from the Russian border, BBC reported . (ibtimes.com)
  • Russia said it downed a drone over the Belgorod region north of the Ukrainian border. (yahoo.com)
  • The third "gas war" between Russia and Ukraine since 2006 flared when Moscow nearly doubled its rates in the wake of a deadly winter uprising that pulled Kiev out of the Kremlin's historic orbit for the first time. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Kiev said it was ready to make a $1.95 billion (1.45 billion euro) payment demanded by Moscow if Russia agreed to cut its ongoing rate to $326 from $485.50 for 1,000 cubic metres of gas. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • But Deshchytsya's comments became headline news in Russia and the anger among senior Moscow figures was palpable. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Kuleba and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held face-to-face talks in southern Turkey on March 10 in the first high-level contact between Kiev and Moscow since Russia invaded its neighbor two weeks ago. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
  • Still, recent statements made by senior Russian military officials Moscow have confirmed that France and Russia are in exclusive talks for the purchase of Mistral-class ships. (military-quotes.com)
  • AGI) Brussels, Sept 29 - Brussels, Kiev and Moscow energyofficials are likely to meet again as early as this week forfollow-up gas dispute talks, a European Commission spokesmansaid on Monday. (agi.it)
  • A leading Moscow newspaper claimed, on Monday, that secret US-Russian talks are being hosted by Türkiye. (rt.com)
  • British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss accused Moscow of using the talks as a "smokescreen" as it carried out "appalling atrocities", saying she was "very sceptical" they would produce a breakthrough. (dawn.com)
  • Russia wants Ukraine to disarm and disavow all Western alliances, in particular by joining Nato or seeking closer integration with the European Union - steps that Kyiv says would turn it into a vassal state of Moscow. (dawn.com)
  • The discussions are part of a U.S.-Russia Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Roundtable and bilateral talks with Russia's Ministry of Communications in Moscow, the State Department said. (washingtontechnology.com)
  • Russia has invited the Taliban to attend negotiations on Afghanistan in Moscow later this month, the Kremlin's envoy to Afghanistan said Thursday. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • Kabulov did not specify who exactly will represent the Taliban at the so-called "Moscow format" talks. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • RIA Novosti reported last month that Russia was in talks with the Taliban on sending their delegation to Moscow sometime in the future. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • Moscow has in recent years hosted Taliban delegations for a series of talks attempting to mediate peace with the Afghan government, which crumbled with the militant group's offensive. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • Rudskoi's statement also was a suggestion that Russia may be backing away from trying to take Kyiv and other major cities where its offensive has stalled. (theepochtimes.com)
  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The United States announced Monday it has suspended bilateral talks with Russia on a cease-fire in Syria, claiming the Russians have not "lived up to their commitments. (upi.com)
  • Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov led a delegation arriving by Swiss police escort at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Geneva for the latest round of face-to-face talks with Wendy Sherman, the U.S. deputy secretary of state, and her team. (koaa.com)
  • The talks cover a very broad outline of what Ukraine might have to give up to reach an agreement with Russia, said the news outlet, citing unnamed current and former U.S. officials familiar with the discussions. (yahoo.com)
  • Officials have also privately stated that Ukraine probably has until about the end of the year or a little longer before discussions about peace talks may have to start. (yahoo.com)
  • The U.S. State Department claims Russia is not living up to its commitments, while Russia says American officials are not being clear about their intentions. (upi.com)
  • The official IRNA news agency, quoting the ministry, said the discussions with US officials would be held in Geneva and that similar talks with Russia would follow on Wednesday and Thursday in Rome. (straitstimes.com)
  • The sources provided no further details, such as the exact agenda, who the Pakistani officials would meet in Russia or when the talks will take place. (dawn.com)
  • Administration officials have said that the willingness to discuss the arms control agreement, even as Russia carries out its war in Ukraine, demonstrate the US commitment to diplomacy and mitigating the risk of nuclear catastrophe. (cnn.com)
  • GENEVA - Senior U.S. and Russian officials have formally launched special talks aimed at defusing tensions over a Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine. (koaa.com)
  • The New York Times reports that talks are expected to take most of the day Monday, with officials briefing reporters in the early evening. (koaa.com)
  • U.S. officials have suggested that's possible only if aid starts to flow to cities under siege and if Russia stops bombing the more moderate rebels - those who Secretary of State John Kerry wants to be part of negotiations on Syria's future. (kbia.org)
  • Officials from the United States and Russia meet this week on a range of information technology-related topics. (washingtontechnology.com)
  • U.S. officials acknowledge Russia inserted itself in the 2016 campaign and think it will try to do so again in the United States and elsewhere. (ksl.com)
  • But U.S. officials appear concerned that Russia could be laying the groundwork for a full-on offensive by Syrian government forces. (ksl.com)
  • Previously, Zelenskyy had refused to attend peace talks in Belarus. (theblaze.com)
  • TEHERAN (AFP) - Iran will hold two days of nuclear talks with the United States starting Monday, and then conduct two further days of negotiations with Russia, the foreign ministry in Teheran announced. (straitstimes.com)
  • Russia has officially expressed a desire to begin negotiations within the framework of Azerbaijan's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the head of the negotiating group, Azerbaijani deputy foreign minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev told Trend May 4. (trend.az)
  • A few days ago Russia officially approached us with a desire to start negotiations within the framework of Azerbaijan's accession to the WTO,' he said. (trend.az)
  • Questions come late, so it is too early to talk about the next round of negotiations. (trend.az)
  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Monday that negotiations with Russia are to continue on Tuesday. (sabcnews.com)
  • The Geneva peace talks on Syria, also known as Geneva III, were intended peace negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition in Geneva under the auspices of the UN. (wikipedia.org)
  • US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, left, and Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov attend security talks at the United States Mission in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (koaa.com)
  • When Stadshallen in Lund re-opens (December 2022), the talks will be held in front of a live audience. (lu.se)
  • The official added that 52 of the 67 members of the task group for Russia's admission to the WTO had expressed their willingness to hold talks on tariffs with Russia. (pravda.ru)
  • Mr Yakovenko said that several significant and positive steps have been taken in recent years in terms of Russia's relations with Japan, the basis for which has been the realisation of democratic and market reform in Russia and Japan's consistent support for this development as well as Tokyo's aspiration for a more independent and enterprising role in world affairs. (pravda.ru)
  • Russia's ally China told US President Joe Biden on Friday that the war was "in no one's interest," but showed no sign of giving in to US pressure to join Western condemnation of Russia. (dawn.com)
  • Russia's presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, told journalists that a Taliban delegation has been invited for Afghan talks in the Russian capital on Oct. 20, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • Late Monday night, President Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned following reports he had misled the administration about his talks with Russia's ambassador. (marieclaire.com)
  • The announcement came hours after Russia announced that its delegation had flown to Belarus to await talks,' the Associated Press reported. (theblaze.com)
  • Earlier, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, commenting on the improvement of relations between Turkey and Russia, thanked Azerbaijan for its contribution to normalization of the relations. (trend.az)
  • Russia and Turkey struck a cease-fire deal for Idlib in September, averting what was then seen as an inevitable offensive on the rebel stronghold. (ksl.com)
  • Turkey but also the HNC objected to the participation of the main Syrian Kurdish party, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in the talks. (wikipedia.org)
  • which explored transnational encounters in feminist and LGBTI+ activism across Scandinavia, Russia and Turkey (together with Olga Sasunkevich, University of Gothenburg, Selin Çağatay, Central European University and Hülya Arik, University of Toronto). (lu.se)
  • Feminist and LGBTI+ Activism across Russia, Scandinavia and Turkey. (lu.se)
  • Exhorting both Ukraine and Russia to stop holding up the peace process, Steinmeier said, referring to the ceasefire agreement - called Minsk II - what was needed was "not just a clear pledge from the conflict parties tomorrow [Wednesday] in Berlin but above all success in the implementation. (ibtimes.com)
  • On 28 January, the Saudi-backed HNC still refused to come to the Geneva talks, alleging the Assad government had failed to stop air strikes and have supported them and sieges of rebel-held towns, and refused to release detainees before the talks would start such ceasefire being part of the understanding of the ISSG peace plan of 14 November 2015. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 12 February 2016, the ISSG powers established an ISSG ceasefire task force, under the auspices of the UN, co-chaired by Russia and the United States, and issued a joint communique saying inter alia: ″An ISSG task force will within one week elaborate modalities for a nationwide cessation of hostilities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The sources said the Biden administration is concerned that Ukraine is running out of forces, while Russia has seemingly endless supplies. (yahoo.com)
  • The Biden administration is blaming Russia for postponing meetings to discuss a key nuclear arms control agreement between the two countries that were scheduled to begin in Egypt on Tuesday, with a State Department spokesperson saying the decision was made "unilaterally" by Russia. (cnn.com)
  • Biden warned his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping of "consequences" for any financial or military aid for Russia, a move that could turn the standoff into a global confrontation. (dawn.com)
  • The Russian Foreign Ministry told Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti that the talks had been postponed, but did not give a reason for the delay. (cnn.com)
  • Andrei Purgin, the number two in the separatist leadership of Donetsk, said the vital industrial hub would seek outright independence in what promised to be arduous peace talks aimed at putting a durable end to a conflict that had frayed East-West ties. (smh.com.au)
  • Russia seizes the initiative: Has the Ukraine conflict entered its endgame? (rt.com)
  • Palin comes out of the gate with guns blazing, rewriting history about the Georgia-Russia conflict and considering the possibility of a U.S. war with Russia in the first episode, airing Thursday. (truthdig.com)
  • After Mark's talk, we will be joined by Sally Longworth , for a deeper discussion about the interaction between human rights and international humanitarian law in armed conflict.Event: Raoul Wallenberg Talk #2 - What is a war crime? (lu.se)
  • Also, the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine complicated requests for archive material from Russia. (lu.se)
  • Ukraine has agreed to hold peace talks with Russia 'without preconditions,' according to multiple reports. (theblaze.com)
  • The U.S. State Department announced today it was halting talks with Russia over extending a cease-fire in Syria. (upi.com)
  • The United States spared no effort in negotiating and attempting to implement an arrangement with Russia aimed at reducing violence, providing unhindered humanitarian access, and degrading terrorist organizations operating in Syria, including Daesh and al Qaeda in Syria. (upi.com)
  • Tensions have been high between the United States and Russia since a humanitarian convoy near Aleppo, Syria, was attacked on Sept. 19. (upi.com)
  • The US announced Monday it is 'suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia' that had come about as part of the short-lived cessation of hostilities in Syria. (debka.com)
  • We're going to begin the program in Munich today, where Secretary of State John Kerry has been working with Russia and other countries on plans to jumpstart peace talks over Syria and to get desperately needed aid to people there. (kbia.org)
  • It's a reminder that Russia may have been isolated over its actions in Ukraine, but now it's right back to the center of international diplomacy - at least when it comes to Syria. (kbia.org)
  • Though, he says, so far, the U.S. has been reluctant to cooperate with Russia in the fight against terrorists in Syria. (kbia.org)
  • KELEMEN: Russia has some conflicting goals in Syria. (kbia.org)
  • ANGELA STENT: If Russia could be called a partner with the United States and its allies in working together in Syria, I think that's one of the goals they have to be part - recognized as part of an international coalition, which really means the complete end of their isolation post-Ukraine. (kbia.org)
  • KELEMEN: Russia certainly didn't look isolated this week as it took center stage in the talks on Syria. (kbia.org)
  • The talks, prepared by the International Syria Support Group (ISSG), were intended to resolve the Syrian Civil War. (wikipedia.org)
  • After preparations by the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) and the UN Security Council, the initial targeted date for the start of the talks was 1 January 2016. (wikipedia.org)
  • That same 12 February, the Syrian President Assad vowed to regain whole Syria, and Russia continued its bombing support of Assad. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 22 February 2016, in Munich, foreign ministers of Russia and the U.S., as co-chairs of the ISSG, announced that they had concluded a deal to seek a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria to begin a week later. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 23 February 2016, Russia announced the establishment of a coordination center to reconcile the warring parties in Syria its Khmeimim airbase in Latakia Governorate. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some 18 oil-producing countries, including non-OPEC Russia, had gathered in the Qatari capital for what was expected to be a mere formality to sign the deal to freeze output at January levels until October 2016. (presstv.ir)
  • On 1 February 2016, the UN announced the formal start of the talks. (wikipedia.org)
  • Russia and the U.S. proposed that the cessation of hostilities commence at 00:00 (Damascus time) on February 27, 2016. (wikipedia.org)
  • We go there to listen to what Russia wants to say,' Kuleba said, according to Haynes. (theblaze.com)
  • Kuleba reportedly declared, 'There is nothing bad in talking, and if the outcome is peace that is to be welcomed. (theblaze.com)
  • Serdyukov accompanied Lavrov during the Paris talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (military-quotes.com)
  • Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov brushes aside that talk. (kbia.org)
  • Russia is one of the remaining signatories, and Lavrov is likely to stress to Pompeo the deal's importance for international security. (ksl.com)
  • Dushanbe, 13 December 1996 (RFE/RL) - Senior Russian envoy Yuri Baturin has been holding talks in Dushanbe with Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov. (rferl.org)
  • Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein joins Stephanie Ruhle to talk about Russian meddling, and what role Congress should play in the investigation. (msnbc.com)
  • This gives us a constructive basis for renewing talks on a Russian-Japanese peace treaty,' he added. (pravda.ru)
  • Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has held Saudi Arabia and some of its regional allies responsible for the failure of recent talks in Qatar aimed at reducing a global crude supply glut. (presstv.ir)
  • In all, Russia has expressed interest in buying four Mistral ships with the prospect also of eventually building such vessels on Russian soil. (military-quotes.com)
  • The Russian side informed the United States that Russia has unilaterally postponed the meeting and stated that it would propose new dates," the spokesperson said. (cnn.com)
  • The nonbinding agreements inked by Chinese and Russian firms have laid the groundwork for the creation of new energy corridors stretching from Russia to China . (brookings.edu)
  • Indeed, Xi spoke of oil and natural gas pipelines functioning as an artery connecting China and Russia in the 21st century like the tea road over which traders exchanged Chinese tea for Russian furs did in centuries past. (brookings.edu)
  • Russian space corporation Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveyev and Sergey Korsakov blasted off successfully from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan in their Soyuz MS-21 spacecraft on Friday night and smoothly docked at the station just over three hours later, joining two Russians, four Americans and a German on the orbiting outpost. (dawn.com)
  • U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates will travel to Russia next week for a new round of missile defense talks, Russian news agencies reported Thursday. (worldbulletin.net)
  • Russia suspended the South Stream project, designed to supply Russian gas to Europe bypassing Ukraine, in December 2014. (trend.az)
  • Russia, on Monday, announced plans to send a second aid convoy into strife-torn eastern Ukraine, just two days after its first convoy of 280 trucks returned to Russian territory. (ibtimes.com)
  • A UN official said anonymously that de Mistura had probably suspended the talks because the UN did not want to be associated with the Syrian government's military advance against rebels north of Aleppo, backed by Russian airstrikes. (wikipedia.org)
  • The pro-Western leader's comments on Wednesday were soon followed by a European Union decision to extend by another day a heated debate on unleashing new sanctions aimed at punishing Russia over what the West says is Moscow's military aggression in Ukraine. (smh.com.au)
  • The West has accused Russia of supporting the separatists in Ukraine, and the European Union has imposed sanctions on Russia that expire at the end of July. (ibtimes.com)
  • Russia argues the sanctions hamper the much-needed reconstruction efforts for the war-battered country. (ksl.com)
  • Russia said it used the Kinzhal (Dagger) high-precision hypersonic missile, which can elude most defence systems, to destroy an arms depot in Deliatyn, a village near the border with Romania, on Friday. (dawn.com)
  • The U.S. unilaterally pulled out of a 1987 nuclear missile pact this year, accusing Russia of violations. (ksl.com)
  • ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's junior oil minister and the petroleum secretary have flown to Russia for talks on issues including oil and gas supplies, two people close to the matter told Reuters on condition of anonymity. (dawn.com)
  • The talks came amid a renewed threat of nuclear war. (kjrh.com)
  • The delegation's mission complements and supports the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission with the goal of beginning a dialogue on a range of topics including broadband, Internet governance, cybersecurity, spectrum management, the analog to digital TV transition and coordination of positions for upcoming meetings at the International Telecommunication Union," State said. (washingtontechnology.com)
  • The Western-backed Syrian opposition has not signalled that it would be willing to meet in the Kazakh capital, Astana, for the proposed talks. (newsweek.com)
  • The U.S. State Department said it came to the conclusion that breaking off talks was necessary as Russia and the Syrian government continue to pursue a military course that has included attacking civilian areas, targeting critical infrastructure and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching people in need. (upi.com)
  • Russia entered the Syrian Civil War in September 2015 with airstrikes in support of the government of President Bashar al-Assad . (upi.com)
  • The United States has urged Russia to end escalating airstrikes in the last Syrian province under rebel control. (ksl.com)
  • On 29 January, the Saudi-backed HNC changed their minds and decided to travel to Geneva, not to negotiate with the Syrian government but to talk with UN representative Staffan de Mistura and press their humanitarian case to the public. (wikipedia.org)
  • On 2 February, the coalition of opposition groups HNC warned that the offensive military operations conducted by Syrian government forces north of the city of Aleppo could put the intended peace talks at risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • These outbreaks occur globally, including recently documented outbreaks in Italy, Russia, Spain, South Africa, and just a few weeks ago in Namibia. (cdc.gov)
  • The New START Treaty puts limits on the number of deployed intercontinental-range nuclear weapons that both the US and Russia can have. (cnn.com)
  • Both the US and Russia have expressed a desire to have a nuclear arms control agreement beyond 2026, when New START is slated to expire. (cnn.com)
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine to create a protection zone at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by the end of the year, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog was quoted as saying. (zawya.com)
  • Breaking this morning: Ukraine has agreed to peace talks with Russia, per President Zelenskyy's office. (theblaze.com)
  • The statement from Zelenskyy's office noted that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is involved with the peace talks. (theblaze.com)
  • First, Rosneft pledged to triple its oil deliveries to China from 300,000 barrels per day (b/d) to as much as one million b/d, which is double the amount of oil Russia exported to China in 2012 and equal to the amount of oil Saudi Arabia, China's top crude oil supplier, delivered to China last year. (brookings.edu)
  • Both also proclaim "iTunes Store Russia" and list April 21st as the launch date for the store. (appleinsider.com)
  • Iran did not participate in the Doha talks. (presstv.ir)
  • Russia and Iran deem Mohammad Alloush a terrorist. (wikipedia.org)
  • When Gibson said if under the NATO treaty, the United States would have to go to war if Russia again invaded Georgia, Palin responded: "Perhaps so. (truthdig.com)
  • Still, if clinched -- along with rights to construct several other vessels of the same class in Russia -- the deal would mark the most important transfer of military equipment to Russia by a NATO member country. (military-quotes.com)
  • KELEMEN: Russia came under fierce criticism here at the Munich Security Conference for a bombing campaign in Aleppo that has driven tens of thousands of Syrians to flee for their lives and for propping up Bashar al-Assad's regime. (kbia.org)
  • At a meeting of foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Berlin Wednesday, Germany is expected to tell both sides to stop delaying the peace process, as well as push Ukraine to hold local elections in its troubled eastern provinces. (ibtimes.com)
  • During the talks between the four countries - called the "Normandy Four" - Germany is also expected to push Ukraine to hold local elections in eastern Ukraine, specifically in the separatist-held regions, which was one of the provisions of Minsk II designed to provide higher autonomy to those regions. (ibtimes.com)
  • The latest China-Russia summit set the stage for dramatically increasing the flows of oil, coal and natural gas from Russia to China. (brookings.edu)
  • The talks will follow a G20 summit on Afghanistan on Oct. 12 that will seek to help the country avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in the wake of the Taliban takeover. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • The first round of talks on resolving the Russia-Ukraine war were held near the Belarus-Ukraine border Monday . (abc15.com)
  • The key to substantially expanding energy trade between Russia (one of the world's largest exporters of oil, natural gas and coal) and China (one of the world's largest importers of oil and coal and a growing importer of natural gas) is likely to be CDB. (brookings.edu)
  • He called on Russia to " stop all strikes and attacks against civilians and places of residence ," " preserve civil infrastructure ," and " secure the main routes ," including the southern route to Kiev. (rt.com)
  • On 3 February, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura suspended the peace talks, until 25 February. (wikipedia.org)
  • Berlin last week hosted trilateral talks inwhich the EU submitted proposals to settle the dispute betweenthe neighbouring countries. (agi.it)
  • Now, top Democrats in Congress are demanding to know how long Trump and his team knew about Flynn's communication with Russia. (marieclaire.com)
  • Peskov said Putin's culture adviser Vladimir Medinsky remains the main negotiator for Russia. (abc15.com)
  • Stent says, the challenge going ahead is to make sure Russia follows through on its agreement to push for a pause in fighting and more humanitarian access. (kbia.org)
  • Kabulov was also asked whether Russia would deliver aid to Afghanistan, where the humanitarian crisis is growing worse, a top UN official warned Wednesday. (themoscowtimes.com)
  • I think everybody's patience with Russia has run out," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today during his daily press briefing . (upi.com)
  • Everybody's patience with Russia has run out,' White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters while addressing the decision. (debka.com)