Crimea's Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov
The leader of Crimea, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, is to visit Syria on Monday, the pro-government newspaper al-Watan said.
Russia-backed Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov will visit Damascus for two days.
Russia is a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's seven-year long conflict. The leaders of two other Russia-backed breakaway regions, Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia, also visited Damascus this year.
Crimea has been under Western sanctions since it was annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014.
The crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has enough fuel, oxygen, water, and food to last at least six months, Vladimir Solovyov, flight director of the Russian segment of the ISS, was cited as saying by Russian news agencies on Sunday.Russia has temporarily suspended all manned space launches after two astronauts made a dramatic emergency landing in Kazakhstan on Thursday due to the failure of the Soyuz rocket carrying them to the orbital ISS."There are enough reserves on the ISS which provide the living environment. We estimate the reserves are sufficient for half a year, till the summer of next year," RIA quoted Solovyov as saying.The three astronauts currently aboard the space station - a German, a Russian and an American - were due to return to Earth in December, but may now be stuck there longer.The Russian Space Agency said it still planned to go ahead with the next manned flight in December although the plans could change depending on the results of a commission set up to probe the incident. Interfax reported on Saturday, citing a source, that the flight could take place on Nov. 28.Russia may resume manned space flights on Nov 28Russia rejects claim on IDs of Salisbury suspectsRocket failure astronauts will go back into space: Russian officialNew Russian space station flight planned for spring
International Space Station crew has enough supplies for at least six months: Russian official
A meeting on Afghanistan may possibly take place in Moscow late October, according to the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan on Friday.Zamir Kabulov did not exclude the possibility of a meeting being organized in the Russian capital when he was asked a relevant question.The previous meeting was meant to be held in Moscow in September but was cancelled due to changes in the Afghan government.
Russia: Meeting on Afghanistan may take place late Oct.