Sergei Kiriyenko

Ambassadors of 27 European Union nations have agreed further anti-Russian sanctions over the situation around Russian blogger Alexey Navalny, a source in one of the delegations told TASS on Monday.

The Kremlin has prepared recommendations for Russian regions to introduce games that could boost the presidential election on March 18, RBK said, citing sources in power and documents drafted by the presidency.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 13 met Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdo?an for talks expected to touch on energy issues and the Syria crisis, Russian news agencies reported.
 
The two leaders met a day after attending the opening ceremony of the inaugural European Games, hosted by Azerbaijan and tainted by controversy over the ex-Soviet country?s rights record.

Turkey launched on Tuesday the construction of its first nuclear power plant in the southern province of Mersin, with a ground breaking ceremony that was attended by Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz and other top officials.