Russia plans to send some 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas per year to China via Kazakhstan, the TASS news agency reported on Saturday citing Kazakhstan s envoy to Russia, disclosing the potential volumes for the first time.
Russia will make Nato nuclear weapons in Poland one of its primary targets if they are deployed there, the TASS news agency cited Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that there was a stalemate on the Ukrainian front line and conditions were ripe to start peace talks, Russian state-run TASS news agency said.
A North Korean delegation will attend the St. Petersburg economic forum, Russia s annual gathering which President Vladimir Putin and the country s top business executives usually attend, the TASS news agency said on Thursday.