Press TV- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that over 755 US diplomats must leave the country as a result of Washingtons own policies. "The American side has made a move which, it is important to note, hasn't been provoked by anything, to worsen Russian-US relations. [It includes] unlawful restrictions, attempts to influence other states ...

TASS- Sanctions of the US against Russia if carried into effect "can have an impact on projects crucial to the EU's diversification objectives," the European Commission stated The European Commission (EC) is ready to undertake specific actions for protection of European interests if these are affected by new US sanctions, the EC said in its statement ...

AP Senate Republicans and Democrats reached agreement late Monday on a new package of sanctions on Russia amid the firestorm over Russias meddling in the presidential election and investigations into Moscows possible collusion with members of President Donald Trumps campaign. Top lawmakers on two committees Banking and Foreign Relations announced ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry says economic sanctions against Russia will continue as long as Moscow does not implement all aspects of the Ukraine peace agreement reached a year ago in Minsk, Belarus. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday, Kerry said, "Russia has a simple choice: fully implement Minsk or continue ...

Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Iran seriously plans to forge long-term economic relations with Russia which, like the Islamic Republic, is under Western sanctions. We want to have long-term economic relations with the Russians. Our plan is to seriously expand economic and technical ties with Russia, he told the news weekly Seda (Voice) ...

Six Iranian food companies are now allowed to export their goods to Russia. "We gave permission for the delivery of food products from six Iranian companies: four dairy producers, and two poultry producers," Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service press secretary Yulia Melano said on Monday, according to RIA Novosti. "Deliveries ...

Russia has given the green light for six Iranian companies to export food to Russia, the countrys food inspector Rosselkhoznadzor has said. Additional conditions guaranteeing complete safety are yet to be signed. Two of the companies are poultry and meat producers and the other four are dairy products producers (including cheese). The companies ...

Duty on importing Iranian goods to Russia has been slashed to 7 percent from 27 percent, said Ali Mohammadi, the Iranian consul general in Russia s Astrakhan region. Considering the U.S. and the EU sanctions on Russia, the country decreased the duty on importing Iranian goods to 7 percent from 27 percent, Iran s Tasnim news agency quoted Mohammadi ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Russian official in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mehdi Sanayee demanded Iran to share its experience with Russia in fighting the western sanctions. "The Kaliningrad province wants to use Iran's experiences to fight back sanctions," the governor-general of Kaliningrad said during the meeting on Wednesday. He ...

[caption id="attachment_92462" align="alignright" width="210"] Flags of Iran & Russia[/caption] Iran said on Saturday that it will for the first time start exporting high-value specialty drugs to Russia in the fourth quarter of 2015. Roohollah Hedayati, the trade manager of Irans major pharmaceutical production company Tofigh Daru, said the ...

[caption id="attachment_110175" align="alignright" width="226"] Iran and Russia have signed a deal to create a joint interbank regulation body.[/caption] Iran and Russia have signed a basic agreement to create a joint regulation body to oversee interbankfinancial transactions between the two countries. The agreement - that has been signed between ...

[caption id="attachment_108529" align="alignright" width="214"] Irans Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee[/caption] TEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran and Moscow plan to start a considerable boost in their trade exchanges in the current year by utilizing all their economic capacities and potentials, Irans Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanayee said. "Iran ...

[caption id="attachment_92462" align="alignright" width="184"] Flags of Iran & Russia[/caption] Tehran, Feb 24, IRNA A Russian veterinary team is in Tehran to inspect production units of poultry, fertilized eggs, one-day chicks, and dairy products as well as continuing bilateral talks for the export of agricultural products to their country....

[caption id="attachment_152547" align="alignright" width="185"] Iran, Russia discuss shrimp export[/caption] TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture announced the presence of a Russian delegation from the private sector in Tehran to hold talks on fisheries with Irans businessmen. Iranian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Hassan ...

[caption id="attachment_92462" align="alignright" width="182"] Flags of Iran & Russia[/caption] TEHRAN (ISNA)- Secretary General of Iranian Food Stuff Associations Kaveh Zargaran said the country plans to send dairy products to Russia as representative of Russian Veterinary Organization would visit Iran in coming days. Russian officials have ...

[caption id="attachment_151375" align="alignright" width="197"] Igor Sechin, the head of Russian oil company Rosneft[/caption] The head of Rosneft, the worlds biggest publicly traded oil company, says the sanctions the West has imposed on Russia jeopardizes Europes energy security and the world oil supplies. In recent months, Western states have ...

[caption id="attachment_151145" align="alignright" width="211"] Iran says it wants to get a share of at least 10 percent in Russias food market.[/caption] Iran says it wants to get a share of at least 10 percent in Russias food market. Kaveh Zargaran, the secretary of Food Industries Association of Iran, has emphasized that Iran should make maximum ...

Tehran, Feb 5, IRNA Iran and Russia are planning to hold a joint monetary-banking conference in Iran. The event will be jointly organized by Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation. In a meeting with the Russian officials, the Vice-Chairman of Iran-Russia Chamber, Kadir Kijafa regretted ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei said on Tuesday that the exchange of currency between Tehran and Moscow is now possible thanks to the cooperation of two banks. With a partnership between (Iran-based) Bank Melli Currency Exchange and (Russia-based) Mir Business Bank, currency exchange between Iran and Russia has been resumed,...

Iran and Russia, both facing international embargo, could raise the volume of their transactions should they opt for barter trade, a senior Iranian trade official says. If we focus on barter trade with Russia, the level of transactions between the two countries will increase, Gholam-Hossein Shafei, head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines ...