MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow calls on Kiev to discuss humanitarian aid deliveries to Ukrainian residents, who badly need it, the Russian Foreign Ministry says.

MINSK, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev came to the Belarusian capital of Minsk to participate in a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Pri

MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says the national payment system may be made similar to those in Japan and China, which have agreements with foreign counterparts.

SUKHUM, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - Abkhazia’s temporary People’s Council considers President’s Ankvab’s refusal to resign, on what the parliament has insisted, as a demonstration of “lack of responsibili

MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - Discussion with the RF on missile defence through political and military channels is factually blocked, and now contacts of industrial and expert circles are also halte

MOSCOW, May 30 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will visit Minsk on Friday to attend a session of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of the Heads of State.

MOSCOW, May 29 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry insists the world community step up efforts aimed at complying with the agreements on Ukraine.

MOSCOW, May 29 (Itar-Tass) - Russian language classes will be compulsory at all secondary schools in Syria, Sergei Stepashin, the president of the Russian Association of International Cooperation,

VLADIVOSTOK, May 29 (Itar-Tass) - The Turgoyak rowboat of famous Russian traveller Fyodor Konyukhov is nearing the finishing point with only about 60 miles (about 110 kilometers) left to the Austra

MOSCOW, May 29 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow favours a national dialogue in Venezuela without interference from outside, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.