RUSSIAN GROUPS CROWDFUND THE WAR IN UKRAINE

Nearly all the fund-raising groups solicit donations through QIWI, a virtual payment company founded in 2004 and later incorporated, like many Russian companies, in Cyprus... READ MORE›

MH17 FLIGHT WRECKAGE REMOVAL BEGINS

The recovery operation was expected to take several days, the Dutch Safety Board said, and the debris will be transported to the Netherlands for investigation... READ MORE›

US CONFIRMS IT WILL PLACE 250 TANKS IN EASTERN EUROPE TO COUNTER RUSSIAN THREAT

Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland will host equipment, says Ash Carter, the US defence secretary... READ MORE›

DEFYING OBAMALAWMAKERS PRESS TOARM UKRAINE

While the United States has been providing nonlethal assistance, and American military instructors have begun training Ukrainian troops in western Ukraine, President Petro O... READ MORE›

RUSSIA SAYS WILL RETALIATE IF U.S. WEAPONS STATIONED ON ITS BORDERS

MOSCOW WARSAW A plan by Washington to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO states on Russia's border would be the most aggressive U.S... READ MORE›

RUSSIA VETOES UN RESOLUTION CALLING SREBRENICA MASSACRE CRIME OF GENOCIDE

Britain, Russia and the United States had sought to come to a consensus on the text in recent days... READ MORE›

RUSSIA'S STRENGTH IS ITS UNITY - PUTIN TO DUMA

Putin also greeted the newly elected lawmakers by saying that the new state duma was fully legitimate and this was a guarantee of its authority... READ MORE›

PUTIN BREAKS SILENCE WITH CALL TO OBAMA TOUCHING ON UKRAINE AND ISIS

Moscow supports the government of President Bashar al-Assad, and Mr... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF TO PUSH U.S. ALLIES TO DITCH 'COLD WAR PLAYBOOK'

Relations between Moscow and the West have plunged to a post-Cold War low since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea region... READ MORE›

EU AGREES TO EXTEND ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA

Decisions on sanctions require unanimity so Russia needed to win over only one European Union country to block an extension... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN PUBLISHER PRINTS BOOKS ABOUT PUTIN UNDER NAMES OF WESTERN AUTHORS

Moscow-based American journalist Michael Bohm also said that abook published in his name, President Putin's Mistake, had been printed without his knowledge... READ MORE›

NATO SAYS WON'T BE DRAGGED INTO ARMS RACE WITH RUSSIA

The United States said on Monday it would contribute special operations forces, intelligence and other high-end military assets to the new spearhead force... READ MORE›

RUSSIA NOTIFIES RADIO FREE EUROPE & VOICE OF AMERICA ABOUT POSSIBLE FOREIGN AGENT RECOGNITION

The Russian Justice Ministry has sent letters to at least nine media outlets on their possible registration as foreign agents... READ MORE›

RUSSIA, CHINA POSING MILITARY THREAT; WAR WITH MAJOR POWER PROBABLE

WASHINGTON America's new military strategy singles out states like China and Russia as aggressive and threatening to U.S... READ MORE›

U.S. TROOPS TO TRAIN REGULAR UKRAINIAN MILITARY TROOPS

He said the training would begin in western Ukraine near the Polish border later this autumn... READ MORE›

UNITED RUSSIA REELECTS PM MEDVEDEV AS LEADER

In his speech before the party congress, Medvedev called United Russia the president's main political resource and emphasized the importance developing the party's regional branches... READ MORE›

'GODLESS STREET': ACTIVISTS IN RUSSIAN CITY SEEK TO RENAME ROAD AFTER DONALD TRUMP

'Godless Street' Activists in Russian city seek to rename road after Donald Trump -- RT Russian politics... READ MORE›

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WALK OUT OF DUMA SESSION AFTER CORRUPTION ROW WITH UNITED RUSSIA

Liberal Democrats walk out of Duma session after corruption row with United Russia -- RT Russian politics... READ MORE›

VLADIMIR PUTIN CALLS BARACK OBAMA TO DISCUSS UKRAINE AND ISLAMIC STATE

Putin, who has consistently denied backing the pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, initiated the phone call with Obama, according to the White House... READ MORE›

IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS 'VIRTUALLY STALLED', DEADLINE MAY BE MISSED

Iran denies any ambition to develop nuclear weapons and says its program is for generating electricity and other peaceful purposes... READ MORE›

Companies from selling goods or services to five Russian energy companies to conduct deepwater, Arctic offshore and shale projects... READ MORE›

LEADER OF GERMAN FAR-RIGHT AFD PARTY HELD TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MPS CLOSE TO VLADIMIR PUTIN

The leader of the far-Right Alternative for Germany AfD party has held talks in Moscow with Russian MPs close to Vladimir Putin, it has emerged... READ MORE›

RUSSIA TALKING WITH U.S. ON ASSIGNING BLAME FOR SYRIA GAS ATTACKS

Chlorine is not prohibited, but its use as a weapon is prohibited under the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention, which Syria joined in 2013... READ MORE›

IRAN NUKE TALKS SNAG OVER LIFTING ARMS EMBARGO

U.N. arms embargo was imposed to pressure Iran on its nuclear program... READ MORE›

TWO-THIRDS OF RUSSIANS DECLARE READINESS TO VOTE IN 2018 PRESIDENTIAL POLLS

According to the latest report released by the state-run VTSIOM research center, over 52 percent of Russians say they will definitely take part in the 2018 elections... READ MORE›

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA WILL ADD OVER 40 MISSILES TO NUCLEAR ICBM ARSENAL

Has had heavy military equipment -- including battle tanks -- in newer NATO members that were once under Moscow's influence as part of the Soviet Union... READ MORE›

DUMA OBLIGES RUSSIAN MPS TO REPLY PERSONALLY TO CITIZENS' ADDRESSES

The draft was prepared by the head of the State Duma Law Making Committee, Pavel Krasheninnikov United Russia ... READ MORE›

UNITED RUSSIA PLANS 'ZERO READING' FOR CONTROVERSIAL DRAFTS

United Russia plans 'zero reading' for controversial drafts -- RT Russian politics... READ MORE›

UKRAINE SEPARATISTS BEGIN VOTING IN CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION

Poroshenko called the polls pseudo-elections that terrorists and bandits want to organise on occupied territory... READ MORE›

PENTAGON CHIEF PLANNING FOR LONGER-TERM RIFT WITH RUSSIA

BERLIN The United States and its NATO allies are preparing militarily for the prospect that their rift with Russia could outlast President Vladimir Putin U.S... READ MORE›