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NATO and Russia agreed Wednesday to gradually resume high-level talks, frozen over Moscow's war against Georgia in August, even though a litany of differences remain to be settled.
Russia said Wednesday it was preparing fresh measures to boost its economy as President Dmitry Medvedev urged the government to try to take advantage of an anticipated fall in prices.
Russia's government pledged a mortgage buyout Wednesday and announced more aid for major airlines and other companies beyond an existing $200 billion financial rescue package, Russian news agencies reported.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia said that a NATO decision to rule out near-term membership for Ukraine and Georgia shows that the U.S.-led military alliance is shying away from interfering with the Russian sphere of influence.
Russia’s services sector posts the sharpest contraction on record in November, underlining just how hard the global financial crisis has hit the Russian economy.
Serbia said Wednesday it is unlikely to sell its oil monopoly to Russia because of Moscow's refusal to guarantee to build a strategic pipeline through the Balkan country.
Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at a former U.S. naval base, showcasing Russia's growing influence in the region.
Russian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela's navy in Moscow's first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War. The Russian ships arrived in Venezuela last week in an operation widely seen as a show of Kremlin anger over the U.S. decision to deliver aid to Georgia aboard warships following that country's conflict with Russia.
Russia's lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved legislation to lower tar and nicotine content in cigarettes and to place large health warnings on the packs.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Foreign ministers of NATO member countries called on Russia Wednesday to return to the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty.
The U.S. agreed to support a modest reopening of NATO?s dialogue with Russia, despite Moscow?s continuing occupation of Georgia?s South Ossetia and Abkhazia territories.
Brussels - NATO could discuss with Russia a future security structure for Europe, but President Dmitry Medvedev must first clarify his plans - and NATO is in any case not going to dissolve itself, the head of the transatlantic alliance said Wednesday...
(RTTNews) - Russia will enter into an agreement with India for setting up four more nuclear reactors in Kudankulam in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's three-day visit to New Delhi beginning Wednesday, media reports, citing a top Russian official, said.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s ruble was little changed against the dollar and the euro after a report showed Russian service industries contracted the most on record in November.
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- MDM Bank and Ursa Bank will merge to form Russia’s second-largest private lender as a fall in retail deposits and soaring bad loans added to evidence that the financial crisis is accelerating in the country.
NATO agreed on Tuesday to gradually resume contacts with Russia suspended after Moscow's intervention in Georgia, and put off a decision on putting Ukraine and Georgia on formal membership tracks.
The United States blinked in two symbolic stare-downs with Russia on Tuesday, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Moscow is not back in global good graces four months after it invaded a small, U.S.-backed neighbor.
NATO foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to gradually resume talks with Russia that were frozen after Moscow's invasion of Georgia in August in exchange for accelerating work on preparing Ukraine and Georgia for eventual membership.
A Russian warship will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II, the navy announced Wednesday, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow's power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence.
The United States has softened tough lines against what it views as Russia's illegitimate drive for influence over former Soviet vassals, although Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is urging European states to show their disapproval of Moscow's invasion of Georgia.
(RTTNews) - NATO chief expressed the alliance's preparedness to discuss with Moscow a future security structure for Europe if Russian President Dmitry Medvedev clarifies his plans.
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