Russia

MOSCOW, December 11. /TASS/: The Russian-Indian multi-service force drills Indra-2019 kicked off in India, the press office of Russia’s Pacific Fleet reported on Wednesday.

"Today, an official ceremony was held at the Babina training range in the state of Uttar Pradesh (India) to open the Russian-Indian multi-service force exercise Indra-2019. The servicemen of the two countries also lined up at the port of Marmagao and at the Pune Air Force station to mark the beginning of the drills," the press office said in a statement.

MOSCOW, December 11. /TASS/: Tuesday’s meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proved to be important but it is too early to speak about positive changes in Russia-US relations, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

"Undoubtedly, it was important, the very fact that a Russian minister was received by the US president was important," he said, commenting on the meeting between Lavrov and Trump. "However, it is too early to speak about positive changes in bilateral relations," Peskov added.

SEVASTOPOL, December 10. /TASS/: The Black Sea Fleet frigate Admiral Essen fired Kalibr cruise missiles to strike a simulated enemy’s naval and air targets in drills, the Fleet’s press office reported on Tuesday

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/: Gazprom plans to continue negotiations with Ukraine on the gas issue in recent days, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian gas holding Alexei Miller told reporters on Tuesday.

"We will continue negotiations with the Ukrainian side in the bilateral format in coming days," Miller said.

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/: The Normandy Four summit in Paris has achieved the highest possible results so far, since the validity of the Minsk agreements has been reaffirmed there. However, difficulties with their interpretation persist, Chairman of the Russian Federation Council’s (upper house) Foreign Affairs Committee Konstantin Kosachev said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, December 10. /TASS/: Some 78 international terrorist organizations’ cells have been uncovered in Russia this year in all federal districts, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director and Head of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee Alexander Bortnikov said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/: The personnel of Bastion and Bal coastal defense missile systems are delivering strikes against enemy naval targets in Crimea drills, the press office of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet reported on Monday.

MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/: Russia has put forward an idea of establishing a forum on international cooperation in countering corruption in sports under the United Nations’ auspices, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in a special column for TASS on occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day observed on Monday.

MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/: The Northern Fleet will arm all its Arctic battalions with S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in coming years to create an air defense dome over the Russian Arctic, Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Moiseyev said in an interview with the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Monday.

MOSCOW, December 9. / TASS /: A new anthropomorphic robot that will handle waste disposal in radioactive canyons will be tested in Russia in early 2020, said Android Technology Executive Director Evgeniy Dudorov on Monday.

"Now the robot is being manufactured. At the beginning of next year, testing will already take place," Dudorov said.