International system without Turkey and the U.K.- Turkish minister warns EU over post-Brexit UK role

The EU will be worse off for lacking the strategic role of the U.K. following Brexit, Turkey’s EU Minister Ömer Çelik stated on May 12.

Russia Rejects US Criticism of Jet Incident in Baltic Sea

Russia's military denied one of its jets made aggressive maneuvers during an incident with a U.S Air Force reconnaissance plane flying over the Baltic Sea.

USS Donald Cook was about 70 km from Russian Navy base when warplanes passed it

USS Donald Cook missile destroyer was about 70 kilometers from the Russian sea base as Sukhoi Su-24 of the Russian Air Force was above it, spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday.

Russia recovers black box of downed jet

Moscow has recovered the black box of the Russian jet downed by Turkey last month and will analyse it with foreign specialists, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

Russia to resume air service with Egypt after international security standards introduced

 Air service between Russia and Egypt will be resumed after Cairo imposes international-level security measures, Russian Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov said on Tuesday.

Russia, Armenia strategic partners (Lavrov)

“Now we intend to discuss many bilateral, regional and international issues. 

The priority is that we’ll discuss the agreements, reached by our presidents,” he says...

Russia and Armenia are strategic allies in many fields, including within integration processes on the Eurasian space, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

Answers to journalists’ questions (Vladimir Putin, 70th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy)

Following the celebrations to mark the 70^th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, Vladimir Putin answered questions from journalists.

QUESTION: During this visit, you had three officially planned meetings: with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany. This is essentially the European “group of three.” What agreements were reached? And one clarification concerning the first meeting – with [British Prime Minister] David Cameron. How did it begin?

China to conduct regular air patrols in ADIZ (video)

The Chinese air force says it will conduct regular air patrols in the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone.

Air force spokesman Shen Jinke says combat aircraft will carry out patrols to strengthen monitoring of the defense zone. 

He says the patrols are a defensive measure and are in line with common international practice.