EAM Jaishankar meets counterparts from Russia and China during G20 meeting in Jo’burg
Johannesburg, Feb 20 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met several foreign ministers, including Sergei Lavrov (Russia), Wang Yi (China), Penny Wong (Australia), on the sidelines of the G2O Foreign Ministers Meeting in Johannesburg on Thursday. He also held discussions with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timotheos, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, Singapore FM Vivian Balakrishnan […]
American teacher held in Russia since 2021 returns home, meets Trump
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Marc Fogel, an American history teacher who had been deemed “wrongfully detained” by Russia, has been released and returned to the US in what the White House has described as a diplomatic breakthrough that could help in improving relations with Moscow and advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Fogel, […]
Russia-US ties ‘on verge of rupture’: Russian Deputy FM
Moscow, Feb 10 (IANS) Relations between Russia and the United States are “on the verge of rupture,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Monday. Moscow has repeatedly warned that bilateral relations were on the brink of rupture, Ryabkov said, adding that US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House could lead to […]
Russia appoints new Roscosmos chief
Moscow, Feb 7 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Dmitry Bakanov as the new director general of Russia’s state space corporation Roscosmos, replacing Yury Borisov, the Kremlin announced Thursday on its official Telegram channel. Before his appointment, the 39-year-old Bakanov served as deputy minister of transport, focusing on innovation, including unmanned transport systems, Xinhua news […]
Russia resumes partial participation in Arctic Council
Moscow, Jan 24 (IANS) Russia has partially resumed its work in the Arctic Council, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying on Friday. She noted that under Norway’s chairmanship, virtual meetings of all six council working groups were held in the second half of 2024. These […]
Tennis: Top seed Rublev shocked at ATP Hong Kong Open
Hong Kong, Jan 2 (IANS) Top seed and defending champion Andrey Rublev of Russia suffered a surprising defeat to Hungary’s Fabian Marozsan in the second round of the ATP Hong Kong Open on Thursday. The world No. 8 fell to 58th-ranked Marozsan 5-7, 6-3, 3-6 after a match that lasted one hour and 58 minutes […]
Russia to develop countermeasures against Sweden’s NATO membership
Moscow, Feb 29 (IANS) Russia will closely monitor Sweden’s actions following the country’s accession to the NATO and develop its response accordingly, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
