Dmitry Peskov

Kremlin calls Maria Sharapova`s doping failure an isolated case

Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov says this situation should not be projected onto the whole of Russian sport.

Mar 09, 2016, 16:32 PM IST

Kremlin declines to name Russian military trainer killed in Syria

The Kremlin on Thursday declined to name a Russian military trainer killed in Syria this week and said Russian servicemen were still not taking part in ground operations in Syria.

Feb 04, 2016, 15:26 PM IST

Russia bullish over doping scandal amid calls for Olympic ban

Sebastian Coe has given the Russian athletics federation until end of week to respond.

Nov 11, 2015, 13:15 PM IST

Vladimir Putin spokesman says Russia doping charges appear unfounded

Vladimir Uiba told Interfax he believed the report to be "politically motivated".

Nov 10, 2015, 19:42 PM IST

Russian plane black boxes point to 'attack'

Black box data from the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt last week indicate it was bombed, sources said, ahead of a first update on saturday from the Egyptian- led probe into the disaster. Both the flight data and voice recorders failed 24 minutes after the plane took off from Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh resort en route to Saint Petersburg on October 31, when it plummeted from the sky into the Sinai Peninsula killing all 224 people on board.

Nov 07, 2015, 16:31 PM IST