MOSCOW, March 20 (Itar-Tass) - The West is trying to prove its pre-eminence instead of sticking to the international law, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the meeting of the ministry’s r

BELGOROD, March 20 (Itar-Tass) - Agents of the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained two citizens of Ukraine and Sweden taking pictures of local facilities where Russian military hardware was dep

MOSCOW, March 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin might hold an annual televised question and answer session in April, his spokesman has confirmed to the newspaper Kommersant.

MINSK, March 20 (Itar-Tass) - Belarus cannot remain indifferent to the situation in Ukraine, Crimea's referendum on March 16 and its decision to join Russia, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said i

BEIJING, March 20 (Itar-Tass) - The eminent teacher of China's scholars specializing in Russian Studies, Yelizaveta Kishkina, known in the People's Republic of China as Li Sha, turns 100 on Thursd

MOSCOW, March 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine,

UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION, March 19 (Itar-Tass) - UN Secretary-General will visit Moscow and Kiev on March 20-21.

MOSCOW, March 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russian and Tunisian business circles will hold a forum on May 19-20 to discuss prospects for stronger investment cooperation, says Ali Gutali, Tunisian ambassador in

MOSCOW, March 19 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s permanent representative to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva Aleksei Borodavkin said plans to impose the illegitimate Ukrainian governm

MOSCOW, March 19 (Itar-Tass) - The number of Russian tourists holidaying in Turkey will grow to 4.5 million, says Ozgur Ozaslan, Turkish Deputy Minister of Tourism.