http://www.mail.com/in-en/organizations/1317004-russia-government.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/organizations/1317004-russia-government.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used pub... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-20T15:51:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097632-russia-targets-pollster-political-activity.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's only independent polling agency said Monday it may have to close after prosecutors targeted it for "political activity" under a law spearheading President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on civil society. Levada Center published a letter, dated last week, from prosecutors who said its polls and publications are "aimed at shaping public o... Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097632-russia-targets-pollster-political-activity.html 2013-05-20T12:41:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html 2013-05-17T18:31:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084006-us-diplomat-ordered-to-leave-russia-spy-case.html MOSCOW (AP) — A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin's security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seemed straight from a cheap spy thriller: wigs, packets of cash, a knife, map and compass, and a letter promising millions for "long-term cooperation." The FSB, the... Wed, 15 May 2013 02:18:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2084006-us-diplomat-ordered-to-leave-russia-spy-case.html 2013-05-15T02:18:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083930-putin-netanyahu-meet-to-discuss-syria.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for talks that focused on the situation in Syria, amid concerns that Moscow could soon provide Damascus with advanced missiles. Israeli officials have asked Russia to stop what they say is an imminent delivery of Russian S-300 air defense systems to Syr... Tue, 14 May 2013 13:33:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2083930-putin-netanyahu-meet-to-discuss-syria.html 2013-05-14T13:33:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081724-putin-netanyahu-to-discuss-syrian-conflict.html MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin's talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Russia on Tuesday will focus on the situation in Syria, the Kremlin said, amid growing concerns that Moscow may soon provide Damascus with an advanced anti-aircraft weapon. Israeli officials say Russia is on the verge of selling S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to... Mon, 13 May 2013 18:25:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2081724-putin-netanyahu-to-discuss-syrian-conflict.html 2013-05-13T18:25:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076514-russia-will-selling-missiles-to-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Russia defended its sales of anti-aircraft systems to the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, just days after joining forces with the U.S. for a new push to end Syria's civil war through negotiations. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov avoided saying whether those sales included advanced S-300 batteries. Israel has asked Russia to c... Fri, 10 May 2013 18:31:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076514-russia-will-selling-missiles-to-syria.html 2013-05-10T18:31:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076916-cameron-russia-britain-push-syrian-plan.html MOSCOW (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron says he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are committed to developing a proposal for a Syrian transitional government. The U.S. and Russia this week agreed to try to convene an international conference this month to come to a political solution to end the two-year Syrian civil war, but gave no indicati... Fri, 10 May 2013 16:04:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2076916-cameron-russia-britain-push-syrian-plan.html 2013-05-10T16:04:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073460-putin-victory-day-russia-security-guarantor.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will be a guarantor of world security, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday at the annual military parade on Red Square. Putin made his short speech at the culmination of Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany 68 years ago. It is Russia's most important secular holiday, honoring the huge military and civilian losses of Worl... Thu, 09 May 2013 09:11:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2073460-putin-victory-day-russia-security-guarantor.html 2013-05-09T09:11:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2070794-kerry-meets-with-russian-ngos-crackdown-mounts.html MOSCOW (AP) — Leading Russian activists said Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has assured them that Washington is talking with the Russian government on the Kremlin's crackdown on nongovernmental organizations that have received U.S. funding. Human Rights Watch senior researcher Tania Lokshina, one of nine activists who met with Kerry at ... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:44:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2070794-kerry-meets-with-russian-ngos-crackdown-mounts.html 2013-05-08T15:44:34Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2070930-architect-putins-political-system-resigns.html MOSCOW (AP) — Vladislav Surkov, a longtime Kremlin strategist considered the architect of the tightly controlled political system created under President Vladimir Putin, resigned his post of deputy prime minister on Wednesday. His ouster followed an unusually public feud with investigators over a criminal investigation into Skolkovo, a government project ... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:11:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2070930-architect-putins-political-system-resigns.html 2013-05-08T15:11:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2067036-israel-airstrikes-loom-us-diplomacy-syria.html MOSCOW (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria at a time when Israel's weekend air strikes against the beleaguered Mideast nation have added an unpredictable factor to the talks. Putin and Kerry met in the Kremlin more than three hours behind sche... Tue, 07 May 2013 17:02:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2067036-israel-airstrikes-loom-us-diplomacy-syria.html 2013-05-07T17:02:47Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065730-jailed-protesters-cast-shadow-anti-putin-rally.html MOSCOW (AP) — About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration. Monday's turnout — far less than the 100,000 or more who marched through Moscow with giddy optimism ahead of Putin's election to a third term — refl... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:21:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065730-jailed-protesters-cast-shadow-anti-putin-rally.html 2013-05-07T07:21:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065198-israeli-airstrike-syria-aimed-iran.html BEIRUT (AP) — From Israel's perspective, its airstrikes near Damascus were more about Iran than Syria: Tehran's shipment of guided missiles destroyed in the weekend attacks would have posed a potent threat had the weapons reached Iranian proxy Hezbollah in Lebanon. While Israel says it has no interest getting involved in the Syrian civil war, it could fin... Mon, 06 May 2013 21:40:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2065198-israeli-airstrike-syria-aimed-iran.html 2013-05-06T21:40:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2053846-kerry-to-talk-syria-terrorism-russia-week.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is headed to Russia next week for talks on Syria, Iran and terrorism concerns that have spiked since the Boston Marathon bombings. Kerry will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Their conversations will also touch on a host of bilateral tensions between Washington a... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2053846-kerry-to-talk-syria-terrorism-russia-week.html 2013-04-30T16:00:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2051416-putin-obama-discuss-anti-terrorism-cooperation.html MOSCOW (AP) — Aides to Russian President Vladimir Putin say he and President Barack Obama have agreed to intensify contacts between their security agencies on fighting terrorism, especially in light of the Boston Marathon bombings. Putin and Obama spoke by telephone on Monday at the U.S. president's initiative, the aides were quoted as saying by Russian n... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:18:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2051416-putin-obama-discuss-anti-terrorism-cooperation.html 2013-04-29T17:18:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2051002-putin-japanese-leader-step-up-peace-treaty-effort.html MOSCOW (AP) — The leaders of Russia and Japan have instructed their diplomats to intensify efforts to work out a peace treaty between the two nations. Russia and Japan have yet to sign a formal peace treaty ending hostilities from World War II due to a dispute over four islands that were captured by Soviet forces at the end of the war. Nevertheless, they ... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:37:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2051002-putin-japanese-leader-step-up-peace-treaty-effort.html 2013-04-29T16:37:27Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2047686-putin-sochi-games-prep-will-completed.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is certain that the Winter Olympics next year in Sochi will be successful despite concerns about construction delays and huge cost overruns. Asked in a nationally televised question-and-answer session on Thursday to comment on media reports of corruption and quality problems in building the Olympic fa... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:23:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2047686-putin-sochi-games-prep-will-completed.html 2013-04-26T20:23:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2046060-draining-cash-egypt-30-billion-search-aid.html CAIRO (AP) — During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt's president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for a sizable loan, according to a Putin aide. Egypt's Mohammed Morsi appealed to Moscow and Cairo's past ties, recalling how the former Soviet Union stepped in to finance the building of the Aswan ... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:03:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2046060-draining-cash-egypt-30-billion-search-aid.html 2013-04-26T15:03:22Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2043642-boston-suspects-father-hes-returning-to-us.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The father of the two Boston bombing suspects said Thursday that he is soon leaving Russia for the United States, to visit one son and lay the other to rest. Their mother said she was still thinking over whether to make the journey. "I am going there to see my son and bury my older one," Anzor Tsarnaev said in an emotional meeti... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:00:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2043642-boston-suspects-father-hes-returning-to-us.html 2013-04-25T22:00:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2043448-russian-opposition-trials-test-legal-integrity.html MOSCOW (AP) — While one Russian court imposed heavy fines on the country's only independent election-watching group and another heard contentious testimony in the trial of a top opposition leader, President Vladimir Putin on Thursday defended himself against accusations that he is cracking down on dissent. In a nationally televised call-in session lasting... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:17:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2043448-russian-opposition-trials-test-legal-integrity.html 2013-04-25T20:17:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2040896-russian-protest-leader-trial-will-innocence.html KIROV, Russia (AP) — A prominent Russian opposition leader on trial for embezzlement told the court on Wednesday that he would prove his innocence to the public, if not to the judge whom he considers biased. Alexei Navalny, who led protests against President Vladimir Putin and exposed alleged corruption in government, is accused of heading an organized cr... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:38:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2040896-russian-protest-leader-trial-will-innocence.html 2013-04-24T13:38:24Z