
Russian arms trader: Syria shipments will continue
Russia will keep supplying weapons to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime despite the country's escalating civil war, the head of Russia's state ...
Ukraine, Turkmens sign tentative natural gas deal
Ukraine reached a tentative agreement with Turkmenistan on Wednesday to resume imports of natural gas from the energy-rich Central Asian nation.

G7 seeks to defuse currency war fears
The Group of Seven leading industrial nations, which includes the U.S., Japan and Germany, warned Tuesday that volatile movements in exchange rates ...

Putin bans officials from owning foreign accounts
President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill that would ban Russian Cabinet members and other senior officials from having foreign bank accounts and ...

Ex-chief of Russia's Gazprom Vyakhirev dies at 78
Rem Vyakhirev, the man who helped create Russia's state-run Gazprom natural gas giant and led it for nearly a decade, has died at 78. Gazprom said ...

American adoptive mothers get their Russian kids
After weeks of anxiety plodding through the opaque Russian legal system, two U.S. women have custody of their adopted Russian children and are ...

Russian opposition leader placed on house arrest
A top Russian opposition figure has been placed under house arrest for two months, a move that also bans him from using most forms of communication, ...
Retired Russian colonel convicted of coup attempt
A retired Russian military intelligence colonel has been found guilty of leading a bizarre plot that envisioned a group of elderly people taking over ...

Japan says 2 Russian fighters entered its airspace
Japan's Defense Ministry said two Russian fighter jets briefly intruded Thursday into Japanese airspace as the country was holding rallies demanding ...

Pussy Riot appeal conviction to European Court
Lawyers for three members of the feminist punk group Pussy Riot have contested their convictions in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

What time is it? Russia's Medvedev resists change
When will the sun come up today? In Russia, it's a matter of fierce debate, and one that may reflect the sinking stature of Prime Minister Dmitry ...
Russia denies violation of Japan's airspace
Russia's Defense Ministry has rejected a claim by Japan that two Russian fighter jets have violated its airspace. The Japanese Defense Ministry says ...

Questions remain over Russian dissident's suicide
A Russian opposition activist who committed suicide at a Dutch deportation center after his request for political asylum was turned down was laid to ...

Analysis: Diplomatic window closing on Iran
Judging by its expanding nuclear program, harsh sanctions against Iran have done little but impose hardship on its people, while diplomacy has also ...
2 Russians, Italian abducted in Syria set free
Russia says two Russians and an Italian kidnapped by Syrian rebels have been freed in exchange for captured militants. Russia's Foreign Ministry said ...