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Russia's Putin calls US trade bill 'unfriendly'
Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lambasted a U.S. bill imposing sanctions on Russian officials accused of human rights violations, saying ...
Putin rejects foreign advice on democracy
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday angrily rejected what he described as attempts to enforce foreign patterns of democracy on Russia and vowed to ...
Russian opera diva Vishnevskaya dies at 86
World-renowned Russian opera diva Galina Vishnevskaya, who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn ...
Experts: Russia likely to stay course on Assad
Recent hopes that the Kremlin would end its support of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad melted quickly, and analysts say Moscow ultimately may change its ...
Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead
Syria's civil war spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again on Sunday, with gun battles in the northern city of Tripoli between supporters and ...
Russian premier jokes about secret files on aliens
"Men in Black" agents K and J may be about to recruit a new Russian assistant: Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev has spoken about top secret ...
Lady Gaga thanks Russian PM Medvedev
Lady Gaga has expressed "her gratitude" to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev for opposing regional laws that make it a crime to provide minors ...
Russia fumes at US bill as "reset" plan takes hit
What happened to the "reset"? U.S.-Russian ties have again plunged into acrimony amid disputes ranging from disagreement on Syria to Russian President ...
Gazprom starts building Europe-bound pipeline
After years of delays and negotiations, Russian gas company Gazprom on Friday formally started construction of its €16 billion ($20.65 billion) ...
Russia's Medvedev defends erosion of his legacy
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday defended the enactment of new laws that rolled back his own liberal agenda as Russia's previous president, ...
Gorbachev warns of new arms race
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is worried that the world is entering a new nuclear arms race mirroring the Cold War weapons buildup he helped ...
With war shifting, US, Russia talk Syria's future
Diplomatic efforts to end Syria's civil war moved forward Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton joining Russia's foreign ...
Clinton fears efforts to 're-Sovietize' in Europe
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Thursday about a new effort by oppressive governments to "re-Sovietize" much of Eastern Europe ...
Russia denounces UN tribunal over recent releases
Russia denounced a U.N. tribunal Wednesday for undermining international justice by freeing two Croatian generals and Kosovo's ex-prime minister who ...
Russia's leaders battered by 'sports injuries'
First, Russian President Vladimir Putin begins to hobble because of what the Kremlin describes as a sports injury. Then, Foreign Minister Sergey ...
Russia, Turkey downplay Syria differences
The leaders of Russia and Turkey on Monday downplayed differences over the Syrian civil war, saying they shared the common goal of trying to end the ...
New Georgian FM calls US top strategic partner
Georgia's new foreign minister is reassuring the United States that it remains her country's most important ally. A day after meeting with U.S.
Putin set to visit Turkey after break in travel
The Kremlin says Vladimir Putin will visit Turkey next week, a trip that follows an unusual break in the Russian president's travel that has fueled ...
Russian PM Medvedev talks tough on hooligans
In a desperate attempt to curb football violence in Russia, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Monday called for the most notorious hooligans to be ...
Russian ex-defense minister's confidant charged
A close associate of a former Russian defense minister was placed under house arrest Friday on charges of defrauding the state of millions of dollars.
Georgia's new premier raises pressure on president
Georgia's new prime minister said Thursday he would move quickly to expand the Cabinet's powers, a change that would take away even more influence ...
Dozens of groups boycott Russia's new NGOs law
Dozens of non-governmental organizations operating in Russia are refusing to comply with a new law restricting their activities as part of the ...