Secretary of State John Kerry called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to express concern about reports of a strengthening Russian military presence in Syria, where Russia may support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The conversation was reported by Reuters with reference to the press service of the US Foreign Ministry. In the message…

On August 22, the research vessel “Akademik Tryoshnikov” departed from the northern port of Arkhangelsk, on board of which more than forty scientists from Russia, the USA, Germany, Poland, South Korea, Great Britain and New Zealand went on a long Arctic expedition. The Arctic expedition takes place within the second stage ...

Washington has expanded the list of individuals and legal entities who are subject to unilateral economic sanctions, previously imposed on the basis of four executive orders of the US President in connection with the events in Ukraine. This was announced today by the press service of the US Treasury Department. The department noted ...

Scott Blacklin, an American businessman and former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, was expelled from the country after two weeks of detention in a detention center for foreigners who illegally entered Russia. Scott Blacklin was sent to Finland by Finnair plane from Nizhny Novgorod airport near ...

On Friday, US Department of Defense officials will meet with diplomats from allied countries in Stuttgart, Germany to discuss countermeasures against Russian military intervention in Ukraine and to reassure allies worried about Moscow's aggressive behavior. The meeting will take place against the backdrop of a new intensification of clashes between the Ukrainian army ...