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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will visit Moscow beginning Monday, aiming to focus on Russian arms sales to Israel's enemies. By contrast, Russia hopes the meeting will bolster its image as a Middle East peacemaker.
On Sunday, Russian troops began to vacate checkpoints in Georgia set up after the brief war in August. Russia faces a deadline of Friday to pull all of its troops from Georgia under cease-fire terms agreed upon with the European Union.
MOSCOW (AFP)--Moscow and Athens are drafting a contract for the delivery of 420 Russian light-armored infantry vehicles to Greece, Russia's state-run weapons exporter said Monday.
From 2010 to 2015, the U.S. will have no human space flight capacity of its own, and will rely on Russia to carry its astronauts to space.
Russia said on Monday it had written to European Union president France to express concern about a wave of violence in Georgia it said was part of a campaign by Tbilisi to derail a ceasefire agreement.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wishes officials would stop naming streets after him and erecting statues of him, his spokesman said on Monday.
U.S. and NATO allies will embrace fledgling Eastern European nations during international meetings this week, in a what will be seen as a sharp message to Russia that further aggression in the region will not be tolerated.
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Russia's inflation rate was unchanged at 15 percent in September as vegetable and fuel prices decreased and meat prices rose, the Federal Statistics Service said.
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia's dollar-denominated exchange, the Russian Trading System, fell below 1000 points in early trading Monday, for the first time since November 2005.
MOSCOW (AFP)--Forces in Georgia are seeking to trigger fresh military action around the country's separatist regions, Russia said Monday, despite stressing it would complete a scheduled troop pullback on time.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert headed to Moscow on Monday for talks expected to cover the Middle East peace process, the Iran nuclear crisis and possible Russian weapons sales to Syria.
The Israeli government voted on Sunday to hand over Sergei House, a Jerusalem property of the Romanov family which ruled Tsarist Russia, to the Russian state, government spokesman Mark Regev said.
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Russia accused Georgia of committing terrorism and seeking to provoke a new conflict between the countries after a series of explosions and assassination attempts during the past four days. Georgia rejected the claim.
Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Emerging market stocks fell the most in at least two decades and exchanges in Brazil and Russia were forced to halt trading as the global banking crisis escalated in Europe and oil fell below $90 a barrel.
A central avenue in Grozy, the capital of the Chechnya region of Russia, was named after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday.
Russia began the most ambitious test of its strategic bomber fleet in almost a quarter of a century Monday.
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, said yesterday he would urge Moscow not to sell sophisticated weapons to his nation's enemies. Iran is interested in buying...
NADARBAZEVI, Georgia - Russian troops yesterday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones inside Georgia that they have occupied since August's war, Georgian and EU officials said, a sign that Russia will fulfill its pledged pullback.
Russian troops on Sunday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones inside Georgia that they have occupied since August, Georgian and EU officials said, a sign Russia will fulfill its pledged pullback.
The Bush administration has agreed to make a base in Russia the only place from where U.S. missions to space will start from.
Russian forces stepped up preparations Monday to withdraw from bases and checkpoints surrounding two separatist regions in Georgia, four days before a deadline being closely watched by the West. Moscow must pull back thousands of troops from buffer zones surrounding South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Friday under the terms of a deal brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Russia left troops in ...
