Turkey and Russia agreed to a cease-fire agreement in Syria's Idlib region on Thursday after talks in Moscow by their two leaders said a conflict that displaced nearly a million people in three months.

Turkey, Russia announces Idlib ceasefire after Moscow meeting between Erdogan & Putin

Russian children of all ages took up arms to show off their skills in assembling and dismantling Kalashnikov rifles on Sunday (March 1) in Russia's Far East city of Khabarovsk.

Kalashnikovs as toys: Russian children assemble rifles in seconds

The Kremlin on Tuesday rejected allegations by the United Nations that Russia may have committed war crimes in Syria last year, saying the United Nations investigators are in no position to know what is happening on the ground.

Kremlin 'strongly rejects' UN allegations that Russia committed war crimes in Syria in 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is playing up his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bid to steal key votes in Monday's election, but analysts are sceptical it will get him over the line.

Israel's Netanyahu tries to poach 'Russian vote' from old rival

Residents of Tuva marked celebrated the new year festival of Shagaa on Monday (February 23) with prayer and temple rituals according to Tuvan Buddhist tradition.

Tuvan Buddhists mark New Year on sacred Siberian mountain

Children in Vladivostok, Russia have recently created drawings to show their support for the Chinese medical workers and patients who are fighting the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Russian children draw for Chinese doctors, patients in COVID-19 fight

As the coronavirus continues to spread there is a lot of misinformation that is doing rounds with it. The United States has blamed Russia for leading the disinformation campaign.

Coronavirus Outbreak: US blames Russia for fueling disinformation

Turkey's Erdogan speaks to Russian president Putin and asked him to halt the Syrian regime offensive. Putin said he is seriously concerned by rebel actions. Whereas the united nations call for immediate end to the conflict.

Fight for Idlib intensifies, millions of people displaced

According to U.S officials, Russia is trying to help Sanders. Question is that is Russia meddling in US elections again. Intel says Russia trying to help Sanders.

New reports of Russian interference

The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could "end in a bloodbath" and called again for a ceasefire, while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight of civilians from a Russian-led Syrian government offensive.

UN says it fears 'bloodbath' in northwest Syria, Russia denies mass displacements

Russia on Friday dismissed claims that it is trying to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election. The country described the claims as a paranoid falsehood a day after US intelligence community's top election security official told lawmakers that Moscow, accused of meddling in the 2016 US election on Donald Trump's behalf, was looking to influence this year's vote.

'Usual paranoid announcements': Russia denies claims of meddling in 2020 US vote

A US judge sentenced Donald Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone for 40 months on Thursday. Last year, Stone was convicted in on seven charges including obstruction of justice, lying to Congress and witness tampering in a case related to allegations that Trump campaign conspired with Russia to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone jailed for 40 months for impeding congressional probe

The escalation continues in North-Western Syria as Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on February 20.

Turkey balancing between US and Russia?

Ankara is threatening to launch an operation in Syria's Idlib to counter Assad's advancing forces. Does this mean there's a possibility of a confrontation between Turkey & Russia? Watch this report to know more.

Gravitas: Turkey threatens imminent attack on Syria's Idlib

Turkey and Russia are discussing possible joint patrols as one way to reach a deal to halt fighting and stem an exodus of civilians in Syria's Idlib region, a Turkish official said on Thursday, a day after Ankara threatened military action to push back Syrian government forces.

Turkey, Russia discuss joint patrols option in Syria's Idlib: Official

Moscow is to impose a blanket ban on Chinese visitors over coronavirus fears in a move that will hit its tourism industry as experts question the need for such "draconian" measures.

Russia raises eyebrows with blanket ban on Chinese visitors

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday talks with Russia on the conflict in Syria's northwestern Idlib province were far from meeting Turkey's demands and he said a military operation there was a "matter of time".

Turkey's Erdogan says Syria talks with Russia unsatisfactory, offensive 'matter of time'

Gripping a scalpel, Vladislav Zaitsev makes an incision in the fold of skin between his client's thumb and index finger and pushes in a small glass cylinder. Alexei Rautkin, a 24-year-old programmer in a hoodie, is having a chip inserted in his hand so he can open the door to his office without swiping a card.

Body work: Russia's 'biohackers' push boundaries

Nina Krinitsina has been creating her mosaic masterpieces, some including over 1,000 caps, decorating her house in the village of Makarye around 850 kilometres east of Moscow.

Russian granny turns tonnes of plastic bottle caps into art

Since December, more than 800,000 Syrians, mostly women and children, have fled during a Russian-backed Syrian military campaign to defray protests in northwest Syria.

More than 800,000 Syrians flee their homes during Russian-backed offensive

The UN Security Council endorsed a 55-point road map for ending the war in Libya on February 12 and condemned the recent increase in violence in the oil-rich North African country. The vote on the British-drafted resolution was 14-0, with Russia abstaining even though Russian President Vladimir Putin was one of the 12 leaders who agreed to the plan at a conference in Berlin on January 19. Watch report

UN votes to endorse road map to end war in Libya

Russian Airstrikes killed at least 12 civilians in the last major opposition bastion in northwestern Syria. In the early morning, raids hit a populous village in Aleppo province where battles between Russia-backed regime forces and their opponents have raged for weeks.

Syrian Air Strikes Kills 12 Civilians

The Kremlin on Wednesday accused Turkey of failing to "neutralise terrorists" in Syria's last rebel bastion Idlib as tensions escalate with Ankara over the protracted conflict.

Kremlin accuses Turkey of failing to 'neutralise terrorists' in Idlib

A passenger plane carrying 172 passengers from Tehran to Damascus made an emergency landing at the Russian-controlled Khmeimim airbase on Thursday after coming under fire from Syrian air defences, Russia's defence ministry said on Friday. The Syrian forces almost hit the Russian plane while intercepting Israeli missiles which had hit the suburbs of Damascus, Russian media cited spokesman Igor Konashenkov as saying.

Russia: Syria almost hit passenger plane, carrying 172 passengers

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