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The Russian Ministry of Agriculture as well as several independent watchdogs were set to perform checks for illegally imported food nationwide.

It's feared that a far-right group -- formed by some protesters who helped topple the previous administration -- could be taking aim at the current government.

Britain's Sunday Times newspaper and Germany's ARD/WDR broadcaster said they had obtained the secret data from the global athletics governing body, the IAAF.

Pro-Russian rebels don't like the plan, Steven Pifer said.

China has long shown its eagerness to build an aircraft carrier, hoping to grow on the second-hand ex-Soviet carrier it bought from Ukraine in 1998.

The compensation covers the deposit, additional costs taken on by the Kremlin, such as crew training, infrastructure and helicopters prototypes.

His comments were made ahead of a congressional delegation trip he has been planning to the Arctic as a response to a rapidly growing Russian military presence off the coast of Northern Europe.

The Chechen leader Ramzan Kaodyrov has said that fighters from the country are no longer involved in the east Ukraine war.

The trip will reportedly focus on the Great Silk Road and sunken ships in the Black Sea.

The drone is lightweight but can withstand winds up to 33.5 miles per hour.

The move is part of Russia's import substitution programs, aimed at replacing military equipment obtained from Ukraine and NATO countries.

A Russian Investigative Committee official says Ukraine’s condemnation of Russian investigators shows Ukraine is "going down the drain."

Delivery to Russia of two Mistral-class helicopter landing vessels was halted after Russia annexed Crimea and became involved in the Ukraine war.

There remains a slim possibility that the debris found on an island in the Indian Ocean could be from a Boeing 777 other than missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

The Assembly of Northern Bukovina Romanians seeks political freedom “to safeguard the rights of Romanians living in a Romanian province."

“I think I’d get along very well with Vladimir Putin, I just think so,” Trump said.

Drills by members of the military alliance will take place in September in Ukraine, a move interpreted as a message to Russia.

Latvia and Lithuania have both committed to increasing defense spending to ward off Russian aggression on Eastern Europe.

Import bans were instituted in 2014 in response to Western sanctions on Russian imports amid the Ukraine crisis and have greatly disrupted the daily lives of ordinary Russians.

Russia vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution that would have established an independent tribunal to prosecute those who brought down the plane.

A military parade to commemorate the end of World War Two will take place through Beijing's Tiananmen Square in September.