Russia’s new ambassador to Canada is unlikely to receive a ‘welcome mat’, says Ottawa Citizen’s Lee Berthiaume.

Moody's has taken rating actions on seven Russian financial institutions following the downgrade of Russia's government rating.

The French embassy in Moscow has not confirmed the date of the handover of the first Mistral-class helicopter carrier to Russia.

Royal Dutch Shell has been forced to pull out of a joint project with Russia’s Gazprom Neft, an oil arm of the gas giant Gazprom.

The first Mistral-class helicopter carrier is expected to be handed over to Russia on November 4, 2014, in line with the contract, says a Russian media report.

Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance does not have a goal of conflict with Russia at his first press conference as a Secretary General of NATO.

The new NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the North Atlantic Alliance is ready to consider a request for a meeting of the NATO - Russia Council in the case of receipt of such request.

Russia’s senior policymaker has dismissed hopes of a new reset in the relationship between the US and Russia ruptured after several rounds of sanctions over Russia’s alleged role in the Ukraine crisis.

Ryanair, Europe's biggest low-cost airline, has put on hold its plans to launch a route from Dublin to St. Petersburg due to decreasing international traffic.

The US has urged its NATO allies to purchase the Mistral-class warships that are supposed to be sold to Russia.