Moscow has written off more than $20 billion in debt accumulated by African countries during the Soviet era, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday. “It was not only an act of generosity, but also a manifestation of pragmatism, because many of the African states were not able to pay interest on these loans,” Putin told TASS on the eve of the summit. While addressing the Russia-Africa... 

The Russian former ambassador to the US shared his opinion on the situation around RT broadcaster that had been hit with a barrage of accusations by the West in recent months. The United States’ demand to list the RT broadcaster as a foreign agent is ultimately a crackdown on media and “shameful,” given that Washington has been promoting freedom of the press for centuries, Russia’s... 

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel is prepared to intervene in Syria to counteract the Iranian influence in the conflict. Moscow, which views Iran as key to resolving the crisis, said it will note Israeli interests. When the two leaders met in Sochi on Wednesday, Netanyahu told Putin that any peace deal in Syria must entail the full withdrawal of... 

The US should stop brazenly blaming Russia for the situation in Syria as it may face an equally harsh response, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned at the Valdai forum in Sochi, also addressing American exceptionalism, Trump and other issues. Does anyone seriously think that Russia can somehow influence the choice of the American people? Is America some sort of a banana republic? America is a... 

In August of 2008, Russian President Vladimir Putin was attending the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China…within hours of his arriving, and without any warning, the Western-backed nation of Georgia launched an unprovoked attack against the Russian Federation protected districts of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In February of 2014, while President Putin was attending the Winter Olympic Games in... 

A new Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) report prepared for the planned ‘Normandy Four’ meeting that may be held in the Belarus capital of Minsk as early as Wednesday, with President Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, warns that should this effort fail, “total war” remains the Federations only option... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin as he speaks during a press conference in Moscow on December 18, 2014. Russian president says his country will never accept a world order which is headed by one single government. Vladimir Putin on Saturday said Moscow will oppose a unipolar world order where an undisputed leader imposes his own will on the world. “There’s an attempt to disguise the current... 

The Americans have recently been discrediting the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia as a side act of propaganda. The US has been relentlessly demonizing Russia and its President. Putin’s Financial support and the reaction of rioting protesters in Ukraine by Washington and Berlin is not a collateral act of propaganda, but proof of basic U.S. strategic thinking. Spokesperson for the United States... 

The USS Mount Whitney supports maritime security operations with the Georgian coast guard in the Black Sea. The US military will have warships and aircraft available for evacuating American officials and athletes from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in case of an attack. If necessary, the evacuation of Americans from the Olympics would be coordinated by the US State Department, the Pentagon said... 

Russia will spend over 600 billion rubles on the World Cup. The funds will be allocated by the federal budget, regions and private investors. In June, the government adopted a program to prepare for the World Cup FIFA 2018, and is now discussing the allocation of resources and responsibilities between federal entities. The Director of the Department for Relations with the Regions of the organizing... 

A grim “urgent action memorandum” issued today from the office of President Putin to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is ordering a “massive military strike” against Saudi Arabia in the event that the West attacks Syria. According to Kremlin sources familiar with this extraordinary “war order,” Putin became “enraged” after his early August meeting with Saudi Prince Bandar... 

The Luzhniki stadium in Moscow FIFA President Sepp Blatter appeared on Russian national television to name the eleven cities where the 2018 World Cup will be played. ­There were 13 venues in the running, which were all visited by the FIFA inspectors during the two years after Russia won the World Cup bid. Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said earlier that the positions of Moscow, Saint... 

S-300V and S-300VM anti-aircraft long distance missile systems President Putin has said Russia is not planning to enter a new arms race, but urged senior officials to develop the nuclear arsenal further, along with Russia’s own air and space defenses, so that no one in the world doubts their effectiveness. Putin was speaking at a special meeting on the state weapon program that took place in the... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised sports officials on Tuesday for attracting sportsmen from abroad instead of grooming homegrown champions. “Looking at our teams, one cannot immediately understand whether those are ours, or a team from Africa,” he said. “The result is well known. There is no one to play in our national teams,” he told a meeting of Russia’s Sports...