Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced that the Russian Air Force will continue its counterterrorism air strikes in Syria during the cease-fire, the state-run TASS news agency reported Friday.
President Vladimir Putin has appointed Sergei Gorkov, a top official at Russia's biggest lender Sberbank, as the new chief of state development bank Vneshekonombank, the Kremlin's press service said in a statement Friday.
Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov on Thursday denied the possibility of any “plan B” in Moscow or Washington in case the Russian-U.S. agreement to broker a partial cease-fire for Syria fails, the TASS news agency reported.
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Philip Breedlove said Thursday that Russia has chosen to become an adversary to the West as Moscow tries to reestablish its global influence, and poses an "existential threat" to the United States.
There is a thriving group of graffiti and street artists who use Moscow as their canvas to spread social and political messages.
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