RIA Novosty / Russia

Top officials from the International Society of Air Safety Investigators (ISASI) have noted high transparency and efficiency of procedures involving the opening and data decoding of the flight recorder from a Russian warplane downed by Turkey over Syria, the Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC or MAK) said Friday.

While Russia only recently revealed evidence of Turkey’s involvement in terrorist oil smuggling, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow has long known about the issue, but until recently did not want to believe that Ankara was as deeply involved as it seems to be.

Although Russia offers plenty of opportunities to take a break from traditional Islamic customs, the country's federal tourism body launched a "halal-friendly" tour of the Russian winter to visitors of Gulf Arab states more used to the surrounding desert.

Former head of the now defunct Yukos energy company Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Wednesday that he is considering seeking asylum in the United Kingdom among other scenarios in light of the new charges he may face in Russia.

Memorial services for the victims of the Russian A321 airliner crash in Egypt will be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Wednesday, which is the 40th day since the tragedy, an important date for Orthodox Christians.

The Russian government hopes to shrink inflation to 6.4 percent in 2016, believes in economic growth, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.

Investigations of the flight recorders of the Russian Su-24 Fencer bomber jet downed by Turkish forces will be conducted with foreign experts that the Russian Defense Ministry will determine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

State trials of the new Russian short-range Sosna missile defense system will begin in early 2016 so that the Russian Defense Ministry can deliver the complex by the middle of the year, a deputy head of the system’s designers said Wedesday.

A unit armed with S-300 missile defense systems has started operating in the Russian Arctic, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russian Aerospace Forces have launched some 2,000 aerial bombs in Syria, destroying numerous extremist infrastructure targets over four days, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The data from the black box of the downed Russian Su-24 bomber will prove that the aircraft was in Syrian airspace when it was attacked by Turkish forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

Russia's Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA next-generation multirole jet is nearing completion in its flight tests, the Deputy Defense Minister said on Monday.

Moody’s Investors Service said that outlook on long-term debt and deposit ratings of Russia’s largest bank Sberbank has been changed from negative to stable to reflect the stabilization of the country’s economy.

The T-90MS, a new, fully modernized version of the Russian T-90 main battle tank, has displayed its capabilities at a testing range in the city of Nizhny Tagil in the Ural Mountains.

According to the Russian Transport Ministry's decree, "security zones with a minimum width of 50 meters are being created near terminals and other airport buildings (a recommendation for airports serving domestic flights)."

If Mikhail Khodorkovsky evades questioning as a defendant, a request about his arrest in absentia is likely to follow, according to a source in the law enforcement.

The Kremlin does not have information concerning the alleged presence of a Russian submarine in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, near the Syrian coast, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin had no information about Mikhail Khodorkovsky's possible involvement in the 1998 murder of Nefteyugansk mayor Vladimir Petukhov when the President pardoned ex-Yukos CEO in 2013, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.

A detachment of Russian Navy missile ships has completed exercises in the Caspian Sea

Seven of Russia’s advanced Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters and Mi-8MT Hip transport helicopters have been deployed to a Russian air base in Armenia, the Southern Military District (SMD) said Tuesday.