Russia

Trump Says Russia Should Be Allowed Into G-7; Moscow Wants Talks To Continue

2:19pm August 21, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

"I think it's much more appropriate to have Russia in," President Trump told reporters. In Russia, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said discussions should move from the media "to the expert level."

This photo released by the U.S. Defense Department shows the launch of a conventionally configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, Calif., on Sunday.

U.S. Tests Missile With A Range Prohibited By Now-Abandoned Treaty

7:36am August 20, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The Pentagon says it tested a modified cruise missile that flew "more than 500 kilometers" — a distance prohibited under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty scrapped earlier this month.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Bangkok on Friday, said the U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is now in effect. "Russia is solely responsible for the treaty's demise," he said.

Historic Arms Control Treaty Ends With Washington And Moscow Blaming Each Other

2:34pm August 02, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The U.S. has long accused Russia of refusing to comply with its terms.

An aerial view of a forest fire in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory.

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Russia Says Trump Offered To Help Putin Fight Forest Fires In Siberia

11:06am August 01, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The two leaders spoke by phone Wednesday. The Kremlin said Putin "regards the US President's offer as a sign that it is possible that full-scale bilateral relations will be restored in the future."

Residents of Pereslavl-Zalessky gathered for a protest against planned garbage dumps earlier this month. As Russian President Vladimir Putin approaches his 20th year in power, anger over bread-and-butter issues is sparking protests.

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'The Rot Starts From The Top': Russians Protest Over Problems Big And Small

11:38pm July 25, 2019

by Lucian Kim

As President Vladimir Putin approaches his 20th year in power, anger over bread-and-butter issues is sparking demonstrations across the country.

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South Korea says a Russian A-50 AWACS command and control aircraft entered its territorial airspace twice, prompting South Korea to fire hundreds of warning shots toward the plane.

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South Korea Has Run-In With Russian Jet During Its Patrol With China

3:16pm July 24, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

The skirmish occurred over disputed islands in the East China Sea during a joint China-Russia air patrol Tuesday morning.

Yelena Grigoryeva was found near her home in St. Petersburg on Sunday, with multiple stab wounds and signs of strangulation, activists said on social media.

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Russian LGBT Activist Is Found Dead; Friends Say She Was Threatened

5:46pm July 23, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Yelena Grigoryeva was found near her home in St. Petersburg on Sunday, with multiple stab wounds and signs of strangulation, activists said on social media.

A Russian cargo plane carrying parts of Russia's S-400 missile defense system landed at a military air base near Ankara, Turkey, on Friday.

Turkey Accepts Russian S-400 Missile System, Rankling U.S. And NATO

2:26pm July 12, 2019

by Bill Chappell

In response, the Pentagon is expected to announce that Turkey will be barred from receiving the new F-35 fighter.

People hold portraits of Soviet leader Josef Stalin in December 2018 as they line up in Moscow to lay flowers at his grave.

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Amid 'Quiet Rehabilitation Of Stalin,' Some Russians Honor The Memory Of His Victims

4:46pm July 08, 2019

by Lucian Kim

A civic initiative is commemorating those who were murdered under the rule of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, whom many Russians now admire for defeating Nazi Germany and making his nation a superpower.

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Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu delivers a speech in Moscow last month. Shoigu is leading an investigation into an explosion on board a Russian navy research vessel.

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A Fire Kills 14 Crew Members Onboard Russian Navy Sub

4:21pm July 02, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Russia's Defense Ministry said the submariners were poisoned by fumes from the fire, which broke out on a navy deep water research vessel.