Tag Archives: Russia

Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russia on Wednesday confirmed its readiness to continue negotiations with the United States on the extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). “This topic is of strategic nature and global significance. It is in the interests of not only our two countries …

Washington, US | Xinhua | The United States is prepared to meet immediately with Russia to finalize a verifiable nuclear arms control agreement, the State Department said in a statement on Tuesday. “We appreciate the Russian Federation’s willingness to make progress on the issue of nuclear arms control,” the statement …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin appealed on Friday to the United States to improve cooperation on international information security. “One of the main strategic challenges today is the risk of a large-scale confrontation in the digital sphere. A special responsibility for its prevention lies with the …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticized the U.S. policy of forming alliances against third countries, including China. Responding to a question about Washington’s attempt to pitting other countries against China, Lavrov said “the policy is alien to us.” “Neither Russia, nor China, nor our …

Tehran, Iran | XINHUA | Iran and Russia will cooperate to produce a COVID-19 vaccine in the Islamic republic, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali was quoted as saying by semi-official FARS news agency on Saturday. The announcement was made on Friday at the online meeting between Jalali and Kirill Dmitriev, …

Washington, US | XINHUA | U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released the final volume of its bipartisan investigation report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The nearly 1,000 pages report confirmed former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s findings that the Russian government engaged in “an aggressive, multi-faceted effort …

Geneva, Switzerland | XINHUA | A senior expert of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it is currently in conversation with Russia to get additional information about the COVID-19 vaccine that Russia will start production soon. Dr. Bruce Aylward, senior adviser to WHO’s director-general, told a press conference …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russia has registered the world’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. “As far as I know, this morning, for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the new coronavirus infection has been registered,” Putin said during an …

  Washington, US | XINHUA | As global warming has made navigating Arctic waters more feasible, tensions in the region between the United States and Russia could escalate, analysts have said. “Arctic activity will increase with global warming, so frictions are likely to follow naturally,” Douglas Paal, vice president for …

Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday instructing the government to implement a set of national development goals by 2030. The decree published by the Kremlin said the country aims to achieve breakthrough developments, increase its population and raise living standards. Other goals include …