A senior UN official commends Moscow over its “remarkable” relationship with Islam and the Muslim communities in the Christian-dominated country.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says the Iranian nuclear issue can only be resolved through political and diplomatic means.

The Russian foreign minister says the West’s restoring to sanctions and political interference is rooted in the fear of losing global dominance.

The Russian and Chinese presidents have condemned the recent US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.

As geopolitical tremors of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran continue to reshape global alliances, the BRICS bloc finds itself at a historic inflection point, says an analyst.

Russia says US-Israeli military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, including repeated attacks on the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, have brought the entire Middle East to the brink of a nuclear and radiological catastrophe.

Russia has launched large-scale nuclear weapons exercises involving tens of thousands of troops as Putin is due in China for a two-day visit.