Moscow questions efficacy of global security system

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 10:36

Russia has said that the current international system is a failure in guaranteeing security of all nations and the international community as a whole.

Iran seeks closer defence ties with Russia

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 08:41

Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan said Tuesday that it is essential for Tehran and Moscow to bolster defence cooperation.

Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev becomes time-travel record holder

Last Updated: Thursday, October 24, 2013, 12:52

Russian cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev has spent more time in orbit around the Earth than anyone else, which amounts to 803 days, 9 hours and 39 minutes.

UNSC orders destruction of Syria chemical weapons

Last Updated: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 09:33

The United Nations Security Council on Friday agreed on the resolution that allows the removal of chemical weapons from Syria.

Russia accuses US of `blackmail` over Syria chemical weapons surrender deal

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 13:36

Russia has accused the United States of trying to blackmail it during negotiations over what to do about Syria`s chemical weapons.

Russia has `evidence` of chemical weapons used by Syrian rebels

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 22:37

Russia will show the UN Security Council evidence it has received from Syria`s government pointing to the use of chemical weapons by rebels in the Damascus suburbs, Russian news agencies quoted foreign minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Wednesday.

Sergei Filin back at Bolshoi after acid attack

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 19:47

Sergei Filin, who was wounded and partially blinded by a horrendous acid attack in January, has returned to the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.

Russia says UN report `one-sided` as Syia provides it chemical arms proof

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 18:21

In what is set to widen the divide between the West and Russia over Syria, Moscow on Wednesday expressed “disappointment” over a UN report into Syria chemical attacks, saying it was incomplete and “preconceived”.

Syria claims rebels behind chemical weapon attack, gives evidence to Russia

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 16:03

The Syrian government has claimed that the rebel fighters in the war-torn country had used the chemical weapons in the attack that took place on August 21 and not the Syrian regime.

Syria chemical arms deal `not an end point`, Hollande says

Last Updated: Monday, September 16, 2013, 08:38

French President Francois Hollande warned today a US-Russian deal reached over the weekend to eradicate Syria`s chemical arms arsenal was "not an end point", adding the option of military strikes must remain on the table.

US-Russia plan on Syria ‘provocative weakness’ on America’s part: John McCain

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 16:32

Slamming US-Russia deal on dismantling Syria chemical arms, Republican Senator John McCain on Sunday termed Barack Obama’s move as a “provocative weakness on America’s part”.

Syria crisis: `Let Kerry-Lavrov plan on chemical weapons go to hell`

Last Updated: Sunday, September 15, 2013, 11:41

The US and Russia might have taken a big step together in the direction of averting an attack on Assad regime but Syrian rebels have already written off their plan to dismantle chemical weapons.