BEIJING, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - Sanctions against Russia on the part of the Group of Seven will unlikely help resolve the Ukrainian problem and may whip up tensions instead, Qin Gang, an official s

KIEV, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - Governor of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region Sergei Taruta, who was appointed to the position by the Kiev authorities, and Donetsk Mayor Alexander Lukyanchenko have com

MOSCOW, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Cuba on April 28-29 as part of a Latin American tour, ministry sources said on Tuesday.

PYONGYANG, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - The North Korean deputy minister of people’s security thanked Russia for 50 modern fire trucks handed over to that country.

KIEV, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - Ukrainian Interior Ministry’s Main Department for the northeast Kharkov region has opened a criminal case in connection with a clash between opponents and supporters of

MOSCOW, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov “praised highly South Africa’s constructive position on current Ukrainian crisis and international efforts being take to de-esc

HANGZHOU, China, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - Russia is a special guest at the China International Cartoon and Animation Festival (CICAF) opening here on Monday.

PYONGYANG, April 28 (Itar-Tass) - A wide range of matters, connected with the development of political, trade-and-economic cooperation will be discussed in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

MOSCOW, April 25 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Kyrgyz counterpart Dhoomart Otorbayev in Moscow on April 29 to discuss economic cooperation between the two

MOSCOW, April 25 (Itar-Tass) - The U.S. destroyer Donald Cook with the Aegis missile defence system had left the Black Sea, a Russian Defence Ministry source told Itar-Tass on Friday.