BELGRADE, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - Russia and Serbia have confirmed their commitments to the construction of the South Stream natural gas pipeline and the necessity to implement the project, the Russi

KRAMATORSK, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - Ukrainian military forces continue a military operation in southeast of the country shelling massively and delivering missile and bomb strikes at suburbs in east U

ARKHANGELSK, June 17 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Navy has put into service the first Yasen K-560 nuclear attack submarine, produced by the country's largest shipyard.

UNITED NATIONS, June 6 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, on Monday said he was surprised by the absence any reaction on the part of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to an

MINSK, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - Belarus’ top diplomat has said there are no problems in relations with Russia.

MOSCOW, June 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia has become one of the top-three countries for the total amount of purchases from online store AliExpress, a part of Chinese Internet holding Alibaba, according

MINSK, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - Partners in the European Union (EU) should not fence themselves off "from the reality existing in the Eurasian space”, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on M

MINSK, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - President Alexander Lukashenko has said the visit to Belarus by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is timely due to the existing problems between the two countries.

MINSK, June 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscow expects explanations about Kiev's intention to close the border with Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

VIENNA, June 16 (Itar-Tass) - The European Commission may back Russia's South Stream gas project, European Commissioner for Energy Guenther Oettinger has said.