FIFA completes first phase of World Cup ticket sales
Three-quarters of a million tickets for the 2018 World Cup have been allocated before the countries have been drawn into ...
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Argentina beat Russia in World Cup venue’s inaugural match
A late goal by Sergio Aguero lifted Argentina to a 1-0 win over World Cup hosts, Russia, in the inaugural ...
Blatter, Platini to be special guests at 2018 FIFA World Cup
Former FIFA President Joseph Blatter and ex-UEFA chief Michel Platini will be Speacial Guests at the upcoming FIFA World Cup ...
Russia accuses U.S. of ‘pretending’ to fight Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
Russia accused the United States (U.S.) on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. Russia also ...
U.S. orders closure of Russian consulate in San Francisco
The United States (U.S.) has ordered Russia to close its consulate in San Francisco, the U.S. State Department said on ...
Russia threatens retaliation as U.S. Embassy stops non-immigrant visa processing in Moscow
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow is suspending non-immigrant visa processing throughout Russia starting on Wednesday because of Moscow’s requirement to ...
Putin to expel 755 U.S. diplomatic staff Sep 1
President Vladimir Putin said Russia will expel 755 United States (U.S.) diplomatic staff and could consider imposing additional measures against ...
U.S. Senators warn Trump against returning seized Russian diplomatic compounds
Three U.S. senators warned President Donald Trump against making any deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to return two seized ...
Russia’s Supreme Court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses
Russia’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Jehovah’s Witnesses was an “extremist” organisation and must hand over all its property ...
‘RIP’ to Obama administration, says Russian Prime Minister
Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, on Friday, said “RIP’’ to the outgoing U.S. administration of Barack Obama, after the White ...
Why we expelled 35 Russian diplomats, by U.S.
The U.S. Department of State has given full details on why President Barack Obama approved the expulsion of 35 Russian ...
Turkish gunman after killing Russian Ambassador: ‘Aleppo, revenge…’
Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lies on the floor next to his killer, 22-year-old Turkish policeman, Mevlut Mert ...
Host Russia wants FIFA promotion of 2018 World Cup
Russian football chief Vitaly Mutko has urged the ruling body FIFA to promote the 2018 World Cup in Russia in ...
Russia withdraws from International Criminal Court
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a decree declaring that his country will not become a member of the ...
Russia welcomes Trump presidency with ‘great sense of relief’; Pope, Netanyahu, Merkel, Duterte, Buhari, Zuma, others react
Russia on Wednesday welcomed Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election with a “great sense of relief,” a prominent ...
Russia 2018 qualifier: We are not intimidated by FIFA ranking, says Dalung
Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says Super Eagles will make Nigerians proud in the forthcoming Russia 2018 qualifier ...
Russia to U.S.: Your actions threatening our national security
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that he had detected increasing U.S. hostility towards Moscow, saying it amount ...
Pro-Putin party wins landslide victory in Russian election
Russian President, Vladimir Putin’s ruling United Russia party has won a landslide victory in the country’s just concluded a parliamentary ...
Syria: Russia accuses U.S. of supporting IS jihadists; emergency UN meeting summoned
The U.S.-led coalition air strikes, which killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, may gave endangered a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire. ...
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