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MOSCOW: (Web Desk)- A Russian naval group, headed by Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier and the battle cruiser Peter the Great, arrived in the Mediterranean Sea, causing quite a stir in the West, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Moscow has been surprised by the countries that denied Russia’s warships entry to …

MOSCOW: (Web Desk)- Russia’s military and NATO forces are holding parallel military exercises in two neighboring Balkan countries. Russian troops will participate in war games in Serbia while NATO is conducting military drills in Montenegro, media reported on Monday. Russian forces’ 13-day military exercise in Serbia is named “The Slavic …

Russia says it is not considering any extension of a ceasefire in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, where Moscow and Damascus had introduced a “humanitarian pause.” “The question of renewing the humanitarian pause is not relevant now,” Sergei Ryabkov, the Russian deputy foreign minister, told Interfax news agency. The unilateral …

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with the leaders of Turkey and Iraq about battle for Mosul, where Iraqi forces are fighting to oust the ISIL Takfiri group, the Kremlin said Wednesday. Putin “wished the Iraqi army and its allies complete success in their objectives,” the Kremlin said in …

The United States is threatening Russia in an “unprecedented” manner, Moscow says, vowing to take “precautionary measures.” Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed Saturday the allegations by US authorities about Russia’s role in hacking attempts, targeting the US 2016 presidential election. Speaking to RIA Novosti, Peskov cited recent remarks by US …

[/caption]Dean believes that the war of words between the United States and Russia over the Syrian city of Aleppo and other issues of difference is not heading towards a confrontation “unless somebody does something really stupid.” A direct war between the Americans and the Russians in Syria may happen if …

Russia said Friday its security forces killed six extremists in the volatile North Caucausus including an envoy from the Islamic State group who had spent time in Syria. Special forces “neutralised” four fighters in Nazran, the largest city in the Ingushetia region, and two more in the village of Gazi-Yurt, …

The third Black Sea Fleet small missile ship, the Mirazh (Project 1234), has left Sevastopol for the Mediterranean Sea,” a source in the Crimean security agencies told RIA Novosti. The source noted that the vessel is equipped with the Malakhit anti-ship missile. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet confirmed that its third small missile …

MOSCOW: (Iblagh Desk)-  A high-ranking Russian military official underscored that his country’s warplanes and warships will continue to bomb positions of ISIL and Fatah al-Sham (formerly known as the al-Nusra Front) across Syria. “Russia and the US are setting up a joint center to designate terrorist targets in Syria,” Chief …

MOSCOW: (Iblagh Desk)- Putin’s favourite chauffeur has been killed in horror smash in Moscow. Russian media has revealed that a head-on crash in which a man was killed involved Vladimir Putin’s official black BMW. However the Russian President was not in the car at the time when it was struck …