Senior Russian and NATO military chiefs on Friday held their first phone talks since ties between the two sides collapsed over the crisis in Ukraine, the defense ministry in Moscow said. The chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel called Russia’s chief of staff Valery Gerasimov to discuss the ...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Moscow regrets that France criticized Russia for rejecting a UN Security Council resolution on chemical weapons use in Syria. Russia and China used their veto powers at the Security Council vote Tuesday to block a draft resolution implying introduction of sanctions on ...