Russia ready to work with EU to prevent problems in energy markets — Putin

"It is true that we recently held military drills, the Zapad-2021 [strategic military exercise], and it was a large-scale military exercise. I reiterate that we are holding our [military] exercises on the territory of our own country," the Russian President stressed

The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was terminated on June 13, 2002, following the unilateral US withdrawal

The Russian President noted that US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland is currently in Moscow. "She and her Russian colleagues are discussing our further contacts with President Biden," Putin said

The Russian president explained that the wear of the Ukrainian gas transit system is above 80%

the Russian president stressed that part of the amount of gas Europe needed had been kept in Ukrainian underground storage reservoirs and a considerable amount of it belonged not to Ukrainian operators, but to European and private ones

On Wednesday, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs held talks with Russian President’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov and Russian Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Dmitry Kozak

Sergey Naryshkin pointed out that Russia was safeguarding its values, general human principles and was ready to protect them using all legitimate means and instruments

The statement specifies that the vaccine will be tested on the base of the Eco-Safety scientific research center in St. Petersburg with 500 adult volunteers participating

Natalya Poklonskaya served as Deputy Chairperson of the 7th State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs

"There have not been any of our military units in Ukraine’s southeast," Dmitry Peskov stressed

Russia's top diplomat warned that in the global scene the West was trying to ruin the UN-centric architecture and replace international legal norms by a rules-based order

Dmitry Peskov noted that these contacts were the continuation and development of the June 16 Geneva summit of Russia and the US

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Under the scenario of the drills, the pirates captured a tanker whose crew managed to hide in the vessel’s machinery compartment and send a distress signal

Ambassador of France to Armenia Ann Luyo pointed out that the meeting of foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan in New York demonstrates that intermediaries have started working actively

Yury Borisov and Miguel Diaz-Canel also discussed ways for boosting trade and economic cooperation between Russia and Cuba and further development of joint projects on Cuban territory

The S-500 will replace the S-400 Triumph air defense system

Earlier, Medvedchuk described charges against him as unfounded and legally null

At the same time, the diplomat noted that Russia is also facing major cyber attacks on its web resources

They are suspected of creating "pseudo bodies of state power, as well as directorates and missions of the Republic of Belarus abroad"

The bids to host the championship must be submitted before March 23, 2022

At the same time, the forecast’s authors believe that in the long term, there will be a situation when prices will decline

"It is a high efficacy, at least against the Delta variant, which was proved by laboratory tests," director of the clinical research department at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases Andrea Antinori stressed

At the meeting with the US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stressed that Washington's policy of further confrontation was capable of causing further degradation of Russian-US relations

The crews of the Russian ground support aircraft will practice eliminating a notional enemy targets

Sergey Ryabkov said that similar consultations would be on other segments of the bilateral agenda, adding that it was too early to speak about them