Russia said on Thursday it will help select and train Myanmar's first cosmonaut in a sign of growing ties with the Southeast Asian state.

YANGON: Myanmar and Russia have signed a five-year military cooperation pact, Moscow said on Tuesday (Feb 3), sealing an alliance analysts say has been crucial to the junta's grip on power.Myanmar's ...

In foreign policy as in everything else, the new “civilian” government will only be the old junta in new clothes, observers predict.

While unlikely to shield the Myanmar regime from external threats, Russian-designed technology will continue to serve as an effective weapon against resistance forces inside the country ...

The agreement aims to reassure investors on both sides that their money is safe, but despite big plans, economic engagement beyond the arms trade remains modest.

Myanmar's junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, visited Moscow for high-level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week. It was Min Aung Hlaing's fourth visit to Russia since he took power in a ...

Russia is set to assist Myanmar in training its first cosmonaut, marking strengthened relations with the nation. A delegation from Roscosmos visited Myanmar, securing an agreement for collaboration in ...

Myanmar is a long-standing and reliable partner of Russia in the Asia-Pacific region, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu emphasized NAYPYIDAW /Myanmar/, February 3. /TASS/. Russia is ...

BANGKOK — Military-ruled Myanmar appears to have adopted the tactics of sanction-busting nations such as Russia, Iran and North Korea by using evasive sailing routes and dodgy ships to disguise the ...

After half a decade of bloody fighting, a resurgent military faces a determined but splintered armed resistance.Only a year ago, reports about Myanmar were rife with speculation that the Tatmadaw, the ...

Head of the Roscosmos space corporation Dmitry Bakanov walks, on the day of the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Chris Williams, Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey ...