Tag: Russia

The president's naivete about Vladimir Putin is the root cause of his failure. As violent mobs shouting Islamist slogans rampaged against U.S. diplomats across the Middle East and Southeast Asia ...

TNK-BP (TNBP.MM), the Russian oil company at the center of a wrangle over ownership, on Tuesday lost a battle to prevent a former employee from releasing documents he says are ...

Russia's foreign minister suggested on Sunday that Turkey's grounding of a Syrian jet en route from Moscow to Damascus last week will not harm ties between Moscow and Ankara, state-run ...

President Vladimir Putin’s loyalists swept to victory in most local election races held across Russia, early results showed Monday, while independent observers said the vote was marred by widespread fraud. ...

Watchdog claims video evidence shows government forces dropped Soviet-era cluster bombs in bid to halt rebel advances. Syrian government forces have used Russian-made cluster bombs on populated areas in their ...

The two members of feminist punk band Pussy Riot sentenced to two-year terms in a Russian prison camp accused the husband of one of them of falsely acting as their spokesman, in ...

Moscow says it is waiting for an official explanation from Ankara about its refusal to let Russian diplomats in Turkey meet the Russian passengers aboard a plane intercepted and forced ...

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday a Syrian passenger plane forced to land in Ankara was carrying Russian-made munitions destined for Syria's armed forces, ratcheting up tension with ...

Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Sources Taner Yildiz has said, "Our politics with Russia, Iran and Syria may be different however cooperation in the energy field continues" Turkish Minister ...

Russian Ambassador has been informed Syrian passenger plane committed violation by carrying army materials. Russian Ambassador in Ankara Vladimir Ivanovsky, who was summoned to Turkish Foreign Ministry, has been informed that the ...