Yerevan says it is ready to provide military assistance to Stepanakert in a situation of an escalation of the Karabakh conflict.

Armenian First Deputy Defense Minister David Tonoyan said in a statement made at a Sunday briefing with foreign military attaches accredited in the republic Armenia is ready for any development of events,...

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group on Nagorny Karabakh will have consultations with the countries of the Minsk Group in Vienna for the purpose of de-escalating the conflict, sources in the OSCE headquarters told Interfax on April 3.

"Bearing in mind the sharp aggravation of the situation in the conflict zone, the three co-chairs of...

The reaching of another record high by Russian oil producers early this March is not going to affect the decision of the oil-producing countries to freeze oil production at the January level, which may be adopted at the meeting in Doha on April 17, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said.

"It is daily production that has to be...

Two Russian HIV vaccine candidates have already completed important stages in clinical trials — one just this February — but both are constantly mired by lack of funds, pushing a potential rollout further and further into the future.

Meanwhile, as Russian media reported this week...

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"By 2028, the fighter-interceptor MiG-31 will cease to exist… We have the time to create a new aircraft as a repl...

Thai Business Development Co of Phuket, a Thai-Russian joint venture plans to build the world’s tallest Ferris wheel on an old mining site in Phuket, The Bangkok Post reported on March 31.

The company owned by Moscow-based technology supplier Pax Company and Phuket-based Anuphas property developers plans to construct the Ferris wheel...

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia will make its own decisions on what to do on its own territory, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday, commenting on Ukraine's new security strategy, which outlines the possible deployment of nuclear weapons in Crimea as a threat.

"As for nuclear or ...

Back in February, CNNMoney published a ranking of prices for the iPhone 6s in various countries and it turned out that Russia is now one of the cheapest places to buy Apple products.

Only in Canada, the UAE, Hong Kong and the U.S. is the gadget cheaper. But phones are just a part of a trend that is seeing growing numbers of foreigners...

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained an employee from the Ukrainian Security Forces, the FSB said Thursday.

According to the FSB, Ukrainian Security Forces Lt.-Col. Yuriy Ivanchenko arrived in Russia under the presumption of visiting relatives, tho...