Ministries and departments

Press Secretary of the US Embassy in Moscow Rebecca Ross commented on the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the need to return to normal relations between Russia and the United States.

The FSB of Russia detained 16 members of the Ukrainian youth radical community "MKU", they were preparing explosions and armed attacks in some cities of Russia.

According to the Russian Minister of Defense, the actions of the United States and NATO in Europe contribute to the growth of military danger, and nationalist sentiments in Ukraine provoke an armed conflict in the Donbas.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the completion of the inspection of troops in the Southern and Western military districts and ordered the return of servicemen to their places of deployment.

The term of the ultimatum on the return of Czech diplomats to Russia, which Prague presented to Moscow, has expired.

Moscow will respond to possible new steps and actions of Prague towards Russian diplomats.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation calls on Russians to refrain from participating in uncoordinated actions and promises to suppress any aggression and provocation.

The British Embassy in Moscow said that Ambassador Deborah Bronnert discussed at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday.

160 tons of smuggled cigarettes imported from the United Arab Emirates were seized in Moscow, the damage to the budget exceeded 450 million rubles.

Peskov told reporters when asked if the Kremlin had any comment on Navalny's hunger strike that he had no comment on this.

The Federation Council approved on March 31 at a meeting a law that, in particular, gives the current head of the Russian Federation the right to re-apply for two presidential terms.

Russia demands that the United States fulfill its obligations as the host state of the UN headquarters by providing entry to the head of the Russian delegation.

The owner of the Rhosus vessel Igor Grechushkin and Captain Boris Prokoshev, whose arrest warrant was issued by Interpol in the case of the explosion in the port of Beirut, are not subject to detention in Russia and extradition to the competent authorities of foreign states.

Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov was detained in South Sudan. This was reported on its official website.

Alexei Navalny publicly announced the date and time of his returning to Russia.