TEHRAN, March 11 -Ankara’s decision to purchase Russian S-400 air-defense systems was prompted by the reluctance of its NATO allies, primarily the US, to sell advanced weaponry to Turkey, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said.
TEHRAN, February 18- U.S.-based Russian news outlet RIA Global LLC has registered as a foreign agent with the U.S. Justice Department, the fourth Russian-linked media company to do so since November under pressure from the U.S. government.
TEHRAN, February 17-US indictment of 13 Russian nationals and three entities over alleged meddling in American elections in 2016 has been labelled absurd by the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova.
TEHRAN, February 16 -About 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or injured in Syria last week, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
TEHRAN, February 13 - Russian curling duo Alexander Krushelnitskiy and Anastasia Bryzgalova have made history as they secured Russia's first ever Olympic medal in the sport, claiming a bronze with a 8-4 win over Norway.
TEHRAN, February 5 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused to invite 13 Russian athletes and two coaches to the 2018 Winter Olympics, despite their lifetime bans being overturned earlier by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
TEHRAN, February 3 - Russian programmer Pyotr Levashov, accused by US prosecutors of being the mastermind behind a large bot net has been extradited to the US from Spain and appeared in court Friday.
TEHRAN, January 27 -Russian police arrived at the Moscow headquarters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday morning and started to try to force their way in by using an angle grinder, Kira Yarmysh, a spokeswoman for Navalny said.
TEHRAN, January 27 - Twitter bots allegedly linked to Russia shared Donald Trump’s tweets almost half a million times during the final months of the 2016 US presidential election, the Twitter social networking service said in a report to Congress.
TEHRAN, January10 -Moscow has noted “strange coincidences” surrounding a terrorist attack on a Russian airbase and port facility in Syria, in which guided combat drones were deployed by militants. These include a US spy plane spotted in the area.
TEHRAN, January 6 -A Top Gun-evoking video showing US pilots scrambling to intercept Russian fighter jets near the Baltics may be a tad bit over-dramatic. The Russian MoD says the Su-30 jets were on an agreed-upon mission in international airspace.
TEHRAN, January 2 -Sergey Nikolayevich Baburin, the former Vice Speaker of the Russian State Duma, said in an interview on Monday that Iran and Russia should keep continuing their cooperation.
TEHRAN, January 2 -The growing list of female Russian presidential hopefuls has received a new addition. A Muslim journalist who is the wife and adviser of a Russian mufti is the latest to submit her bid.
TEHRAN, December 30 -Russia's FM has lightheartedly shared Moscow's 'international achievements' with the host of a Russian satirical show. With many elections to interfere in, only the Japanese emperor managed to buy more time in power, Lavrov said.
TEHRAN, December 21 -Russian lawmakers approved an agreement to expand the Tartus naval refueling facility in Syria into a fully-fledged naval base capable of harboring nuclear-powered ships, following the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria.
TEHRAN, December 8 - A pair of Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers has flown a maiden patrol mission over the South Pacific from a military base in Indonesia. Crew and support staff had to deal with an unfamiliar tropical environment to successfully navigate and complete the mission.
TEHRAN, November 28 -The International Olympic Committee has annulled the results of another five Russian participants of the Sochi 2014 Olympics, citing the findings of a disciplinary commission whose work is based on the claims of a disgraced Moscow anti-doping lab chief.
TEHRAN, November 27 -Long-range Tu-22M3 strategic bombers, deployed from Russian bases, have been working non-stop in Syria last week, having struck a number of ISIS terrorist gatherings, hardware depots and strongholds in the northeastern part of the country.
TEHRAN, November 18 -Turkey’s purchase of the Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile system is a "significant concern," a top US Air Force official said, adding that it could affect Ankara's operation of F-35 jets, some 100 of which Turkey is planning to buy.