MOSCOW, June 3 (Itar-Tass) - Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expressed condolences to the family and friends of a prominent man in Russia's cultural life Svyatoslav Belza, who died in Munich

BISHKEK, June 3 (Itar-Tass) - The United States is likely to complete its withdrawal from the military air transit centre in Kyrgyzstan’s Manas airport, near the country’s capital of Bishkek, by th

BEIJING, June 3 (Itar-Tass) -- Chinese companies are ready for transactions with Russia in rubles and yuans, the Finance Ministry quoted its head Anton Siluanov in its Twitter account.

MOSCOW, June 3 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian gas giant Gazprom will launch a German underground gas storage in September-November, Gazprom Export CEO Alexander Medvedev said Tuesday.

KIEV, June 3 (Itar-Tass) - The Ukrainian Rada has sanctioned the arrest of one of the leaders of the Ukrainian opposition Oleg Tsarev, who criticized the recent presidential election in Ukraine he

DAMASCUS, June 3 (Itar-Tass) - Syria is electing its president on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, June 3 (Itar-Tass) - Seven children have been injured in fighting in eastern Ukraine since May 9, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund /UNICEF/ reported.

MOSCOW, June 2 (Itar-Tass) - Another 56 refugees from the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk regional city of Slavyansk, including parents and their children, fled by foot from Donetsk Region to southern Ru

MOSCOW, June 2 (Itar-Tass) - Agreement has been reached with Ukrainian authorities to evacuate the wounded from the city of Slavyansk, said Yelizaveta Glinka, Russian Civic Platform member and head

MOSCOW, June 2 (Itar-Tass) - The West said violence would stop in Ukraine after the elections, Russia’s top diplomat has said.