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Britain has created a network of affiliates in Russia to influence civil society through a system of grants worth millions of dollars annually, Moscow claimed on Sunday. The sums London spends on “influencing civil society organizations … and steering Russia’s [political] course in a direction favorable for the UK … …

If the West follows through with its threats to shut Moscow out of the SWIFT financial transaction system, other states will feel the consequences, Russia’s finance minister has cautioned. Speaking as part of an interview with Rossiya 24 TV channel on Thursday, Anton Siluanov warned, “who benefits from the disconnection …

Washington’s contemplation of harsh new measures that could limit Russia’s ability to convert its own currency are something conjured up out of fiction and unlikely to happen, Moscow has warned amid strained relations with the US. Speaking to RIA Novosti on Tuesday, Dmitry Birichevsky, the director of the economic co-operation …

Speaking during a briefing for military attachés and other foreign diplomats, in Moscow, on Monday, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin accused NATO of readying up for an all-out war with Russia. “The military development of the bloc has been redirected in full to prepare for a large-scale, high-intensity armed …

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization “has never promised not to expand,” Stoltenberg told Germany’s dpa news agency on Thursday. He added that the bloc’s founding treaty states that any European nation may join it. The NATO head was commenting on a set of proposals made by Moscow earlier in December …

Taking to the floor as part of an expanded meeting at the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, Sergey Shoigu said that his army “cooperates with the armed forces of 109 countries.” “This clearly demonstrates the futility of attempts by Western countries to isolate Russia in the international arena,” he remarked. The …

In an exclusive television interview with RT on Wednesday, Lavrov was asked to comment on deteriorating relations between the two countries, and to respond to German accusations that the impasse is Russia’s fault. “They say they want to have normal relations with Russia, but first Russia has to change its …

Speaking on Wednesday in an exclusive interview with RT, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia “would not want to choose the path of confrontation,” referring to tensions with Kiev. He warned “hot heads” in Ukraine against military confrontation and said that Russia will respond to any provocations.However, the diplomat …

Speaking as part of an exclusive interview with RT, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the countries were planning to hold talks in January, confirming a statement his counterpart in Washington, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, had made to journalists the day before. Asked about the US reaction to a …

“Those two texts are not a menu from which one can pick and choose this or that. They are complementary and must be considered as a whole,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told journalists.  A pair of documents were delivered on Wednesday to Karen Donfried, the assistant secretary of …