Russia, India to create joint investment fund
Russia and India signed an agreement on creating a joint investment fund on the sidelines of the eighth annual summit of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Russia will be...
View ArticleRussia, India sign major defense, energy deals
16 agreements signed at 17th annual bilateral summitIndia and Russia, on October 15, signed a total of 16 agreements at the 17th annual bilateral summit in the western Indian state of Goa. The deals...
View ArticleRussia to supply S-400 missile systems, Project 11356 frigates to India
Russia and India signed a range of agreements in the military and technical area on Oct. 15. Among them are deals on supplies of S-400 Triumf missile systems, manufacturing frigates of Project 11356...
View ArticleNo document agreed at Syria talks in Lausanne
No agreements have been reached at the ministerial meeting in SwitzerlandNo agreements have been reached or set out in a final document at the ministerial meeting on Syria held in the Swiss lakeside...
View Article1st Stand up paddle surfing festival in St. Petersburg
About 200 surfers took part in "Fontanka-SUP"About 200 surfers took part in the 1st Stand up paddle surfing festival "Fontanka-SUP" in St. Petersburg on Oct. 15
View ArticleBRICS countries do not accept the policy of forceful pressure - Putin
Putin to take part in BRICS summit in India Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit scheduled for Sunday in India’s Goa. The...
View ArticleNorth Korean fishermen injured during detention to be taken to Russian port
North Korean sailors that were injured during detention will be taken to ports in the Russian Far Eastern Primorye, the press service of Federal Security Service’s (FSB) border control department in...
View ArticleSoutheast Asian countries welcome BRICS invite
BIMSTEC leaders to hold bilateral talks with Putin, XiIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to invite the leaders of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic...
View ArticleChina hopes to expand cooperation with Russia in space
China hopes to expand cooperation with Russia in the program of constructing its own orbital station, Wu Ping, representative of China's Manned Space Agency, said on Oct. 16 in response to a TASS...
View ArticleItalian delegation to visit Crimea again in 2017 for economic forum
The delegation of Italian businessmen is due to visit Russia’s Crimean Republic again in April 2017 to attend the third Yalta International Economic Forum (YIEF), the press service of the forum said on...
View ArticleCan BRICS-2016 help Russia dismiss claims of global isolation?
Experts remain divided on the extent of Russia’s gains from the Goa summitA few days after tensions over Syria forced Vladimir Putin to cancel a planned trip to Paris for the inauguration of a Russian...
View ArticleU.S. won’t be able to contain Russia by using sanctions - Putin
The sanctions only have the goal of containing Russia rather than to solve real problems, but this policy won’t bring any results, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Answering a question on the...
View ArticlePatriarch Kirill leads ceremony at London’s Russian Orthodox Church
Patriarch Kirill to make first visit to UKFrom Oct. 15 to 18 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will visit the Diocese of Sourozh on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the...
View Article16th Russian Resurrection Film Festival in Australia
From contemporary comedies and psychological thrillers to love stories set in the picturesque mountains of Armenia and against the backdrop of the Tsar’s last days, the Russian Resurrection Film...
View ArticleOperation in Syria boosts interest in ships carrying Kalibr missiles
Foreign customers show interest in Russian submarinesThe Russian Navy’s participation in the operation in Syria has boosted foreign customers’ interest towards Russian ships armed with the missile...
View ArticleSteinmeier: Berlin skeptical about slapping sanctions on Russia over Syria
'I am not the only one who is skeptical about sanctions in this regard'Berlin is uncertain about imposing sanctions against Russia over Syria, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told...
View ArticleNo EU member state proposed sanctions on Russia over Syria, says Mogherini
'In none of our meetings this issue was raised by any member states'None of the European Union’s member states has proposed introducing sanctions against Russia because of the Syrian crisis, High...
View ArticleRussia plans to spend $2.7 bln on space program in 2017
$333 million expected to be allocated for the spaceport development programRussia’s draft budget for 2017 envisages allocating about 173.24 billion rubles ($2.7 billion) on space activities, according...
View ArticleAlmost half of Russian users shop on smartphones
Number is higher than the global averageNearly half of Russian online shoppers — 44 percent — make purchases via their smartphones, but an almost equal amount distrust online payment systems, according...
View ArticleDolgopolov reelected as vice president of International Fair Play Committee
Russian journalist is the deputy editor-in-chief of Rossiiskaya GazetaRussian journalist Nikolai Dolgopolov has been reelected for the post of the vice president of the International Fair Play...
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