Russia

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin's statetements about the Libyan crisis will be heard by the parties in the conflict, senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the Higher School of Economics Grigory Lukyanov told TASS.

Putin said at the traditional annual press conference on Thursday that it would be right for the parties in the Libyan conflict to find a solution that "would allow to stop military actions" and to "agree on who, how and with what powers would govern the country."

MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/: Russian air defense units detect about 250 reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles near the country’s southern borders per year, Commander of the Fourth Air and Air Defense Force Major-General Nikolai Gostev told the Russian Armed Forces’ newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda.

MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/: A closing ceremony of Russian-Indian joint military exercise "Indra-2019" has been held in the Uttar Pradesh state in India's north-west, the press service of the Russian Pacific Fleet said on Friday.

SEVERODVINSK /Arkhangelsk Region/, December 20. /TASS/: The Sevmash Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) plans to deliver four nuclear-powered submarines to the Russian Navy in 2020, Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko told TASS on Friday.

MOSCOW (AP) — An unidentified gunman opened fire Thursday outside the Moscow headquarters of Russia’s top security agency, killing one officer and wounding five others, officials said.

The Federal Security Service, or FSB, said the assailant was acting alone and didn’t enter its building. Earlier, it said the assailant had been “neutralized” — a term usually used by Russian officials when an assailant is killed.

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/: Chechnya’s head Ramzan Kadyrov lives in constant danger, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his annual news conference in Moscow on Thursday.

"The incumbent [Chechen] president’s life is in danger every day," Putin noted. "Besides, he personally takes part in various combat operations," he added.

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/: Moscow is ready to prolong the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the New START Treaty) at any moment, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his annual news conference on Thursday.

"You have mentioned one of the fundamentals, on which we should build our relations [with the United States]: these are the issues of global security, including the New START Treaty. We have made our proposals," the Russian leader pointed out.

MOSCOW, December 19./TASS/: Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it would be inappropriate to give an assessment of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky or other world leaders.

MOSCOW, December 19. / TASS /: Russia will reciprocate the new US sanctions that are introduced against the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at his traditional annual news conference on Thursday, when commenting on reports that US Congress approved a large package of anti-Russian sanctions on December 18.

MOSCOW, December 19. /TASS/: A unipolar world does not exist anymore, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated during his annual news conference on Thursday, adding that global economic development has led to the appearance of a multipolar world order.