At a briefing Friday, the deputy head of Russian Aerospace Forces said that Russia has proof that the jet shot down by Ankara last month did not violate Turkish airspace.
Russian sanctions are to end going into 2016, but Kiev will lose access to free trade with Moscow.
The US reportedly declined to give France information after the Charlie Hebdo attack in January and hasn't responded to similar requests after the attacks around Paris last month.
Two French citizens carrying fake Syrian passports were arrested over the weekend at a refugee center in Salzburg, Austria.
During Tuesday's GOP "undercard" debate, the former governor of New York characterized Russia's president as a bully who needed to be put in his place.
As Russian and U.S. officials meet to discuss the wars in Syria and Ukraine, the Kremlin has taken a step back on human rights.
The countries are at odds over Syrian President Bashar Assad and the conflict in Ukraine but agree that the terrorist organization must be destroyed.
The U.S. secretary of state met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Tuesday, to narrow divisions over Syria, Ukraine and the fight against ISIS.
The U.S. secretary of state on Tuesday will raise concerns about Russia's bombing of Syrian opposition forces instead of ISIS militants, a U.S. official said.
As Russia's economy suffers from low oil prices, the Kremlin is still planning to modernize its forces with a focus on naval and air power.
A senior Russian defense ministry official said the operation will be performed from Monday through Friday along an agreed route.
The incident is likely to heighten tensions between the two countries, which are at odds over Syria and the Turkish shooting down of a Russian military jet last month.
Authorities believe that a wiring malfunction could have caused the tragedy that killed at 21 people and injured nearly two dozen.
President Xi Jinping skipped the main event that marked the alleged killing of 300,000 Chinese people by Japanese troops in 1937.
German authorities have said the Paris terror attack suspect could be in Morocco.
The aircraft was not immediately identified, but the incident follows Russian encroachments on several neighbors' territories.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also ordered the country's armed forces to act in an "extremely tough way" in Syria to protect Russian forces fighting against ISIS.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once considered one of the richest men in Russia, spent a decade in jail on tax fraud and embezzlement charges.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said it was sad to see international human rights groups follow "double standards."
Adam Szubin, a senior U.S. Treasury official, said Thursday that ISIS also looted between $500 million and $1 billion from bank vaults captured in Iraq and Syria.
The incident comes just weeks after Russia allegedly violated Turkish airspace near the Syrian border. This is also not the first time the Russian military has breached Georgian skies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also noted that recent airstrikes had damaged the Islamic State group's weapons stores and oil infrastructure.
