So far, the coronavirus epidemic has left 170 people dead and over 7,700 more infected in China. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said he had signed a decree to close Russia’s border in the Far East as part of the effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus from China. “The Russian Transport Ministry, the Russian Federal Security Service’s Border Service, the Russian... 

Russia will not be the first to abolish restrictive measures that were imposed in response to the sanctions against Moscow’s current policy, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a news conference following his talks with Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne. “If we discuss first steps on the part of Russia, the abolition of some of our restrictive measures, retaliatory restrictive... 

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has approved the construction of a new tolled motorway across Russia designed to significantly shorten cargo routes, local media reported. The project is expected to cost around $9.5 billion. The massive infrastructure project, the Meridian highway, has won the support of the Russian government, Vedomosti business daily said, citing government officials. The highway... 

The Russian prime minister has warned that the involvement of foreign troops in Syria could result in a “new world war” amid plans by Saudi Arabia and its allies to potentially deploy ground troops there. Dmitry Medvedev made the remarks in an interview with the German Handelsblatt business daily, due to be published on Friday. He said all powers must sit at the negotiating table to forge... 

A stunning new Ministry of Defense (MoD) report circulating in the Kremlin states that President Putin, this morning, issued an order to the 58th Army Headquarters of the North-Caucasian Military District to immediately deploy “selected” regiments and brigades of Federation military electronic warfare, anti-aircraft, multiple rocket launcher, anti-tank, motorized rifle, and artillery forces to... 

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday delivered ​​a report to the deputies of the State Duma on the work of the government in 2013. The report from the head of the cabinet lasted for one hour, ten minutes and was interrupted by applause eight times. In his speech, the Prime Minister spoke about the achievements and challenges in the activities of the government, announced the plans... 

A shocking report prepared by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev privately explaining his decision today to postpone the introduction of certifying genetically-modified seeds (GMO) for another three years in the Russian Federation warns that these “artificial” organisms are now showing “compelling evidence” of their being related to “bio-warfare agents” due to their “catastrophic effect”... 

Russia will not start certifying GM seeds for at least three more years due to delays in creating the necessary infrastructure, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told MPs. Earlier Russia had expected to allow planting such seeds from June. The delay comes amid the general GMO-skeptic mood that the Russian government adopted recently. The country may even ban the cultivation and import of genetically... 

The Ukrainian army has been put on a combat alert as the interim president says any Russia’s military intervention will lead to a war in the crisis-hit country. Ukraine’s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov made the announcement on Saturday after meeting with the country’s security and defense chiefs. Turchynov warned Russia against military intervention, saying such a move could lead to a... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered an urgent drill to test the combat readiness of the country’s armed forces across western Russia, including the border area towards Ukraine, as if what Russia did to Ukraine in the 30’s during the Holodomor, plus Soviet occupation until 1991 wasn’t enough for the poor Ukrainians. Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Putin ordered... 

Russia is going to write off 90 percent of Cuba’s $32 billion Soviet-era debt as part of a deal to end a 20-year dispute, according to diplomatic sources cited by Reuters. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev agreed to write off the island’s debt during a visit to Havana in February 2013, stressing details would be finalized by the end of the year. In October, the two sides announced a refinancing... 

Iskander high-precision missile system Russia cannot see NATO expansion towards its borders as positive, as under certain circumstances the possibility of military confrontation remains, the Russian PM has said at the Euro-Arctic Council’s forum. When a reporter asked Dmitry Medvedev how the balance of forces in Europe will change if Sweden and Finland decide to enter NATO, the Russian Prime Minister... 

A stunning Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) report on Prime Minister Medvedev’s [photo top right] agenda at the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week states that Russia will warn President Obama that the “time has come” for the world to know the truth about aliens, and if the United States won’t participate in the announcement, the Kremlin will do so on its own. The WEF (The Forum) is a Swiss... 

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned the West against launching ‘hasty wars’, which may increase regional tensions and even trigger a nuclear war. “Sometimes these [military] actions — which undermine state sovereignty — could result in a fully-fledged regional war, and even — although I do not want to scare anyone —... 

Former Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and his successor Vladimir Putin walk downstairs at the Ivanovskaya Square in Moscow’s Kremlin, on May 7, 2012. Russia’s newly sworn-in President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill to the State Duma, nominating Dmitry Medvedev as the new prime minister under a job swap agreement announced last year. The lower house of parliament’s speaker...