The Russian military has successfully test-fired a new interceptor missile at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. According to previous Russian Defence Ministry reports, the new missile was successfully tested at the Sary-Shagan test site in February, April and July 2018. The new missile, which can reach a speed of 4 km per second, has no equal in the world, Sputnik news quoted the Ministry's official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda as saying.

Russian Envoy to the US Anatoly Antonov has told Washington that Moscow is concerned over signs of US preparing new strikes on Syria and warned against "groundless and illegal aggression" against the Middle-East country.

Russia is currently executing $4 billion worth of defence contracts with India and is in the process of negotiating sales of military equipment costing a further $11 billion.

Using tactics similar to those at work during the 2016 US presidential election, social media bots and Russian trolls promoted discord and spread false information about vaccines on Twitter, say researchers.

The US refusal to participate in the upcoming consultations on Afghanistan in Moscow shows Washington's hypocrisy, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions on several individuals and entities over their involvement with Russia and North Korea.

US Under Secretary of Treasury Sigal Mandelker has said Washington will impose "much more economic pain" to Russia if it does not change its global behaviours significantly.

A group affiliated with the Russian government created phony versions of six websites, including some related to the US Senate, with an aim to hack into the computers of people who were tricked into visiting, according to Microsoft.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a summit to discuss urgent issues, the media reported.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sent two suggestions to Russia for reinstating the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) in mid-June, but no response has been received so far, WADA President Craig Reedie said on Tuesday.