Sources: RT
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announces that Russia will send additional military supplies and instructors to Burkina Faso to help the country increase its defense capabilities. 2024-06-5
Ukraine says that three Russian sabotage groups have been intercepted in Sumy Oblast. 2024-03-17
The Russian Federal Security Service arrests Ksenia Karelina, a dual Russian-American citizen, on suspicion of treason. 2024-02-20
McDonald's announces that it has begun the process of selling all of its restaurants in Russia citing the "humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine", as the reason for ending operations in the country after 32 years. It is later announced that these restaurants will reopen under a new brand in mid-June, and that their menus will be retained. 2022-05-16
Russia reports a record 895 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 211,696. 2021-10-5
Kyrgyzstan receives the second component of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine. 2021-05-10
After yesterday's downing of a Syrian Su-22 jet, Russia shuts down a deconfliction channel and says it will follow any aircraft west of the Euphrates as a target. 2017-06-19
A Russian Tu-154 military passenger airplane carrying 92 people including the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Sochi. The airplane was headed towards Khmeimim, Syria. The Russian Armed Forces are actively involved in the Syrian Civil War. 2016-12-25
A Spanish judge issues an arrest warrant for various individuals with links to organized crime from Russia. The list also includes former and current officials of the Russian government with close links to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prominent officials include former Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov and former Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov. The charges range from money laundering to assassination. 2016-05-3
China, Russia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Algeria are elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council. 2013-11-13