Moscow Kremlin

MOSCOW - Indian PM Narendra Modi, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern will attend the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), scheduled for June 1-3, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced Friday, Reuters reports.

Serbia will take part in the forum as a guest of honour country.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin had "two additional questions" for Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic after their meeting in the Kremlin on Monday.

And these concerned "politics," Vucic revealed.

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic in Moscow on Monday, March 27, the Kremlin has announced.

"A meeting will take place," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Russian RIA Novosti agency.

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Washington's decision to lift "some restrictions on arms deliveries to Syrian rebels" has been described as "risky" by Dmitry Peskov.

The Kremlin spokesman said that the arms could end up in the hands of terrorists.

BELGRADE - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned today that the world has reached a "dangerous point" as tensions between Russia and the United States spike over the Syria conflict, EurActiv.com reports.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to intensify diplomatic and other cooperation by implementing an agreement on Syria struck at talks in Munich, the Kremlin said on Feb. 14. 

Major powers agreed on Feb. 12 to a temporary "cessation of hostilities" in Syria. The pause was due to begin in a week's time. 

The Kremlin has dismissed a Bulgarian media report of a possible resumption of talks over the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline in the coming weeks.

"Such a project doesn't exist at present. It has been terminated. Therefore, there is no subject for negotiations," the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Interfax.ru on Tuesday.

The “official wine of the Kremlin” is from Mount Athos, commonly referred to as the Holy Mountain, an autonomous monastic state. Its wine is called Kormilitsa, meaning nurse in Russian, and it is served by the Kremlin in high-level meetings with foreign dignitaries.

Sultry actress, Playboy bunny and animal rights activist Pamela Anderson met with President Vladimir Putin’s chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, at her request, ti discuss Russian seals and the prevalence of sea aquariums that keep belugas, orcas and dolphins in captivity. During his opening address, Ivanov praised Anderson for her beauty.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras for his victory in the national elections.

In an official telegram of the Kremlin, the Russian president said he “hopes to continue the constructive dialogue and beneficial cooperation” with Athens.