Russia is criticizing Ukraine for helping fake the death of journalist Arkady Babchenko, calling the incident an attempt at spreading anti-Russia propaganda.

A powerful group of MPs is demanding an end to Russian money flowing into Britain, claiming it puts national security at risk.

Fighting continued in Gaza Tuesday, and one person was killed, the day after dozens of Palestinians died in clashes with Israel's military.

Russia has reversed course and dropped plans to deliver advanced S-300 air-defense systems to Syria, a Kremlin spokesman said Friday.

At least 15 people died in missile strikes carried out by Israel in Syria, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

There are no quick remedies to help support companies like Gazprom that are the target of U.S. sanctions, a Russian presidential spokesman said.

A Russian response to U.S. sanctions this month will be severe, the speaker of Russia's upper house of Parliament said Wednesday.

Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry distributed gas masks Friday to residents living near a landfill near Moscow because of toxic fumes coming from the dump.

Twenty-three Russian diplomats left Moscow's embassy in London Tuesday, after they were expelled over the poisoning of former Russian double agent.

Russia intends to retaliate against the United States and Britain for claiming Moscow is responsible for the poisoning of an ex-spy and implementing sanctions.

Long before it happened, Russia's ruling party had already called it "the ultimate victory."

The United States, Britain, France and Germany jointly blamed Russia Thursday for the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter nearly two weeks ago.

A former Russian agent convicted of spying and his daughter became critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Britain, officials said.

The Kremlin denied accusations Friday that it violated arms laws by developing a new hypersonic nuclear missile supposedly able to target anywhere in the world.

Russia is ready to consider a United Nations-brokered cease-fire in Syria, as long as it doesn't cover the Islamic State or other terror groups.