President Vladimir Putin has ordered snap military drills involving 150,000 personnel and hundreds of aircraft and naval vessels to ensure “security in Russia’s southwest,” the defense ministry said Friday. “In accordance with the decision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces snap exercises are being conducted by troops of ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart, Sheikh Hasan Rouhani, held on Thursday a phone conversation on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), joint energy projects, Syria and the coronavirus response, the Kremlin said. Putin and Rouhani confirmed their intention to continue coordinating their effort toward peace and ...
