The US dollar will remain in circulation in Russia and will not disappear anywhere, but the Russian economy needs to reduce its dependence on the US currency, Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko said. Matviyenko sees the policy to redu...

Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to US President Joe Biden's recent statement, in which he refused to recognize Crimea as Russia. On February 26, Biden stated that the United States would never recognize the annexation of Crimea. ...

Russia's public debt in 2020 increased by 5.42 trillion rubles, or 39.9 percent, and amounted to 18.99 trillion rubles, or 17.8 percent of GDP, a report about the execution of the federal budget for January-December 2020, published on the website of ...

The Russian authorities have information about provocations against Russia in connection with the fight against the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin said. According to Putin, a targeted anti-Russian campaign containing unsubstantiated accusation...

The new law singed by President Putin toughens punishment for disobeying law-enforcers at rallies and introduces fines for violating the order of their organization. The law also introduces fines for materials about foreign agents without clarifying ...

Almaz-Antey, a Russian defense manufacturer, will present the Antey-4000 long-range anti-aircraft missile system at the IDEX 2021 international arms show in the United Arab Emirates, TASS reports.The press service of the concern said that foreign cus...

The coming election campaign raises the degree of discussion in the State Duma, and people demand tangible changes, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the heads of the Duma factions on February 17. "People are not just waiting, b...

Russia will not release Alexei Navalny, the founder of the Anti-Corruption Fund (FBK, included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent) as part of interim measures at the request of the ...

The Kremlin found it interesting that Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, invited Russian President Vladimir Putin for an online conversation, Kremlin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "We want to figure it out first. Putin does not us...

Russia is ready to terminate relations with the European Union, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "In case we see again that in some areas they impose sanctions that create risks for our economy, including in most sensitive areas. We do no...

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the situation around Alexei Navalny (the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent) wit...

Russian military scientists proposed a new version of the combat use of Aerospace Forces. An article published in the journal of the Ministry of Defense "Aerospace Forces. Theory and Practice" says that the updated approach will provide "guaranteed p...

Russia's revenues from the sale of Russian crude oil abroad plummeted by 40.8 percent in 2020 compared to 2019, the Federal Customs Service said. Russian companies received $72.3 billion from oil sales, which amounted to 59.2 percent of the revenues ...

Russia expelled three European diplomats from Germany, Poland and Sweden for their active support for Alexei Navalny.According to EU Observer, citing sources in the EU, Moscow has timed the expulsion of diplomats to the time of the press conference b...

US President Joe Biden, presenting the foreign policy course of the new White House administration, said that Russia should immediately release Alexei Navalny.According to Biden, Navalny should be released immediately and without condition. "Mr. Nava...

The Kremlin has nearly no fear as far as public protests are concerned and will experience them easily. If necessary, the authorities will approve the use of even greater force against the protesters, two sources close to the Kremlin told Reuters. On...

Russia may start selling its highly acclaimed Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet to the countries that Moscow considers its strategic partners. This is the condition for the supply of the new Russian aircraft abroad, spokespeople for Russian d...

In the evening of February 2, 2021, the Simonovsky Court of Moscow replaced the suspended sentence of Alexei Navalny (the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of organizations performing the f...

When answering questions, Alexei Navalny tried to avoid unambiguous answers and started arguments. The judge had to reprimand the defendant.Navalny chose an original method of defense. His technique to always argue with the judge and the prosecutor a...

The Russian Federal Penal Service asked in court that the suspended sentence of Alexey Navalny (the founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, included in the register of organizations performing the functions of a foreign agent) be replaced with a p...