Bad news from Washington,” said Dmitry Peskov, referring to information from the USA. Acclaimed Russian figure skaters were reportedly on board the plane. The downed plane was reported to have included the 1994 world figure skating champions—Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov—on board,

Volodin said merely discussing a plot to assassinate Putin was path to nuclear war and that Carlson's comments should be investigated further. State news agency Tass reported that Russia's parliament will appeal to U.S. Congress and the U.N. to investigate the claims.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it saw nothing particularly new in a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to hit Russia with new sanctions and tariffs if it did not agree to end the war in Ukraine.

Moscow believes it is necessary to resume arms control negotiations with Washington “as soon as possible,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing, according to Interfax. Peskov’s remarks came in response to U.

Russia is "very closely monitoring all the rhetoric" from Washington, a Kremlin spokesperson said, after President Donald Trump threatened to impose new sanctions unless Russia ends its war against Ukraine. "We don't see any new elements here," Dimitry Peskov, the spokesperson, said on Thursday.

Russia reaffirms its commitment to maintain a permanent dialogue with Syria's new leadership after the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad.

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The State Duma intends to send an appeal to The U.S. Congress and The UN demanded to investigate the situation in connection with the statement by American journalist Tucker Carlson that the administration of former US President Joe Biden was preparing assassination attempts on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump on Wednesday threatened to impose more sanctions and tariffs on Russia if President Vladimir Putin fails to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Passengers aboard the American Airlines flight that collided with an Army helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River included teen figure skaters returning from the U.S.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov offered his condolences to the families and friends of Russians killed in the plane crash on Wednesday.