Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday that the total number of Russian nationals forced to leave the United States within 72 hours will be 96, including school aged children and family. The Obama administration declared 35 diplomats persona non grata due to espionage activities. “On December 29,…
Russia remains open to working with Georgia on a visa free regime; this approach should be strengthened in 2017, said Russian Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin today. “As for the Russian side, President Vladimir Putin has quite clearly stated that the possibility of introducing a visa-free regime with Georgia on…
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Tuesday that U.S. intentions to provide shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles (ManPADS) to the Syrian opposition in the Syrian Civil War is considered by Moscow to be a hostile act. She noted that the transferred weapons would quickly end up in the hands…