Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says Wednesday's drone attack on the country’s capital, the Kremlin, was a “hostile act” and Russia will respond with “concrete actions”.

Russia says missing the opportunity to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is a “huge mistake."

Moscow is "interested" in ending the year-long war in Ukraine "as soon as possible", Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday following his meeting with Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira in Brasilia.

A new cold war is looming as the US and its European allies are vying with Russia for influence over the Africa, says a political commentator.

Russia and Sudan have been "cooperating in the fields of economy and investment," Lavrov said.

The Russian foreign minister says the US is playing with fire in the Kurdish-populated regions between Iraq and Syria as it promotes separatism there.

China says mutual political trust with Russia has increased after Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu's visit to Moscow.

The drills will run from February 17 to 27 near the South African port city of Durban and Richards Bay.

Protests continue in the Nagorno-Karabakh region's largest city Stepanakert as the blockade of the only land link to Armenia, which entered its 16th day on Tuesday, is spawning a humanitarian catastrophe for local Armenians.

The Russian foreign minister says Moscow will stand firmly against any attempt aimed at infringement upon Syria’s territorial integrity.