MOSCOW, June 17 (RIA Novosti) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry is preparing for the release of the second White Book on humanitarian crimes in Ukraine’s east, and is calling on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the UN to carry out an investigation, the ministry’s Commissioner for Human Rights Konstantin Dolgov said Tuesd...

MOSCOW, June 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will not recognize Kiev’s decision on the unilateral demarcation of the border, which would lead to ongoing border disputes, Russian lawmaker Alexei Pushkov said.

"We can assume that Russia will not recognize the unilateral demarcation at least because it is contrary to all norms of the international law,"...

BELGRADE, June 17 (RIA Novosti) — Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said he was sure the halting of the South Stream pipeline construction was “temporary” because it is the only solution to delivering gas to southeastern Europe.

“I have no doubts that halting [the South Stream pipeline construction] is temporary. I emphasize once a...

WASHINGTON, June 17 (RIA Novosti), Lyudmila Chernova, Petr Martynichev — Despite the pressure from the US State Department to cancel a US-Russia Innovation week wrapped around the notion of US Russia Innovation Working Group in Minnesota, Minnesota Secretary of State decided to hold the event.

“We did what we planned to do,” Mark Ritchie told RIA No...

MOSCOW, June 9 (RIA Novosti) — Asia currently hosts most of the world's nuclear plants currently under construction, as nuclear energy gradually shifts from Europe and the US to Asia, Sergei Kirienko, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said Monday.

"Last year, here at the forum, a forecast was made for a geographical shift in...