RIA Novosty / Russia

The Cyprus Consular General in Russia has left for Rostov-on-Don to assist in the identification of a Cypriot citizen among the victims of the FlyDubai Boeing crash.

According to fleet spokesman, naval infantry and motorized troops with Russia’s Northern Fleet held amphibious assault training drills in the Far North.

Providing strategic deterrence will be the main goal of the upgraded Russian Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack supersonic strategic bomber, according to Dave Majumdar, the defense editor of The National Interest, a US political magazine.

Deputy prime minister of Russia's Republic of Crimea said that Turkish military instructors have gathered in Ukraine's southern region of Kherson, which borders Crimea.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Saturday that Moody's recent decision to place Russia’s government bond rating on review for downgrade reflects the need for the country's budget to be adapted to new, harsher market realities.

Moody’s has placed Russia’s Ba1 government and issuer ratings on review for downgrade, the rating agency said in a statement.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) commended Russia's part in the deliveries of humanitarian aid to besieged areas of war-torn Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

New ARD documentary film is dedicated to current statements by Russian sports officials and politicians, including Sports Minister Mr. Mutko that Russia is complying with demands put forward by WADA and IAAF, according to ARD journalist Hajo Zeppelt.

The results of a poll conducted by research company Populus have shown that Europe is not perceived by Europeans as a major force in the fight against terrorism and, in particular, against Daesh in Syria.

Moscow has rebutted NATO's accusation that Russia was "weaponizing" tmigrant crisis in Europe. Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov dismissed the allegations, stressing that the crisis began long before Russia started its operation in Syria.

Russian military have set up electronic systems, which allows monitoring violations of the ceasefire in Syria.

In an interview with German magazine Der Spiegel, Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer shared his impressions of the meeting with the Russian President that took place in early February.

A Chelyabinsk strongman, Elbrus Nigmatullin, has performed a unique stunt of restraining two horses. The amazing 'horse pull' could be a new world record, RIA Novosti news agency reported.

Over ten winter sports, including ice-hockey, skiing race, biathlon and winter windsurfing, are on the program of the 2016 International Festival of the North, which opens in Murmansk on March 19, the Sports Committee of the Murmansk Region reported.

Savchenko, 34, is facing charges of complicity in the killing of two Russian reporters during armed conflict in eastern Ukraine in June 2014. Prosecutor demands 23-year prison term for her.

The United States has returned 28 significant historic documents stolen from Russian archives in the early 1990s.

Russia is building the world’s most powerful fast-neutron reactor for scientific research, estimated to cost some $34 million this year alone, the Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors said Thursday.

Jailed Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko revealed in an interview with Sputnik that US authorities have been covering up serious human rights violations from the international community.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on claims of a nanny suspected of beheading a child in Moscow in revenge for Russian President Vladimir Putin's "Syria bombings."

The overwhelming majority of Russian citizens intend to vote for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential election, a recent poll revealed on Thursday.