Egypt’s Brothers copy Iran’s revolution
In both cases, the ‘fedayeen’ of the revolution have come to grief, rudely pushed aside, while the best-organized force, namely, the Islamists, seize the monopoly of power
Russia ready to discuss UN peacekeeping mission to Syria - Deputy FM
Moscow is ready to discuss sending international monitors and a UN peacekeeping mission to Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Sunday.
Rogozin warns Western partners against Libya mistakes recurrence
Russian Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin warns Western partners of Russia against recurrence of the mistakes made in Libya.
No coloured revolution possible in Russia - Deputy security chief
No “coloured revolution” scenarios are possible in Russia, first deputy director of Russia’s Federal Security Service Sergei Smirrov said on Friday.
The Syrian crisis and the future of the global economy
Today the biggest problem the West is facing is not the removal of Bashar al-Assad from his position (amid total uncertainty regarding Syria’s future), but restarting economic growth in America and Western Europe
Syria has no Russian-made chemical weapons
Russia has never supplied chemical weapons to Syria, a senior Russian official in charge of chemical weapons safety stated on Tuesday.
One step forward, half step backward…
Pakistan's army is drawing the ‘red line’ on the operational front at the commencement of a critical phase of the ‘transition’ in Afghanistan
Russia proposes deadline to stop violence in Syria
Russia is proposing setting a concrete date for a new ceasefire between the government troops and opposition forces in Syria, Russia’s envoy to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said.
Assad’s envoy praises Chinese, Russian stance on Syria
A top Syrian presidential envoy praised the Chinese and Russian stance concerning the ongoing conflict in Syria saying these countries are not "colonizers," China Daily reported on Thursday.
China warns US about Syrian quagmire
China accused the US of pursuing the geopolitical agenda of “regime change” in Syria and a break-up of Iran’s alliance with Syria with a view to retaining its lead role in the region
Russia describes the situation in Syria as "the state of emergency or military conflict"
The Russian government has upgraded the status of the Syrian conflict
Conflict between residents of Indian state of Assam and Muslim migrants
The conflict between the inhabitants of the Indian state of Assam and the Muslim migrants from Bangladesh has claimed at least 30 lives in recent days.
Russia and China disagreed once more with the West over Syria
Russia and China blocked another UN Security Council resolution on Syria: western wrath and the response of the Russian Ambassador to the UN.
Russia will not support sanctions against Syria
Russia will be prepared to compromise in discussing a UN Security Council resolution on prolonging the mandate of the UN supervision mission in Syria, but it will certainly not let any threats against Damascus be included in its text.
Russian Duma adopts 'web blacklist' bill
Russian lower house of parliament votes to approve the new information bill.
Russia passed Internet blacklist bill
Despite widespread protests from both activists and government officials Russia’s State Duma adopted a controversial bill on Internet blacklist
Russia does not supply arms to Syria
Russia does not supply arms to Syria that can be used in its internal conflict.
Syrian opposition needs to back Annan – Moscow
The Syrian opposition needs to follow official Damascus in supporting UN envoy Kofi Annan’s plan for negotiating an end to a bloody standoff in the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
India and the ‘Friends of Syria’
Saudi Arabia’s al-Arabiya channel broke the story first, which was imaginatively fleshed out by the Israeli site Debkafile subsequently. Namely, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal walked out of the ‘Friends of Syria’ [FOS] meet in Tunis last week.
Oil sanctions not to become “iron curtain” for Iran - expert
Oil sanctions will not become an “iron curtain” for Iran, the director of the Institute for Middle Eastern Studies, Yevgeny Satanovsky, said.