Russia's foreign ministry said on Monday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov had agreed in a phone call on the preconditions necessary for another meeting of world powers on Syria.

• Date: 14.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 14.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday Russia is supporting the opposition Free Syrian Army, providing it with air cover, arms and ammunition in joint operations with Syrian troops against Islamist militants.

• Date: 12.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 12.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.reuters.com

European Union nations postponed a decision on December 9 on renewing the bloc's economic sanctions against Russia after Italy called for a debate on the matter.

• Date: 10.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Moscow has rejected accusations by Turkey that Russia has been conducting ethnic cleansing operations in Syria against opponents of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

• Date: 10.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Georgia says a Russian military helicopter has violated its airspace.

• Date: 10.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 10.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Turkish officials say Russia has stopped construction work at Turkey's first planned nuclear power plant, amid a bitter row between Moscow and Ankara.

• Date: 09.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 09.12.2015  |  Energy  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Finance Ministry to take Ukraine to court if the country defaults on its $3 billion debt to Moscow.

• Date: 09.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 09.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/

Russia says the deployment of Turkish forces in Iraq without Baghdad's approval is “unacceptable.”

• Date: 08.12.2015  |  Published on EGF: 08.12.2015  |  External Relations  |  from http://www.rferl.org/