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U.S., Russia may ink START deal soon

UPI - Mon Dec 14, 5:08 pm ET

MOSCOW, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Russia and the United States seemed to be edging towards the signing of a new nuclear weapons treaty later this month, officials in Moscow said.

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Soviet Union Was Safer Than Putin’s Russia, Dissidents Say
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 10:54 am ET
Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Former Soviet dissidents criticized the condition of human rights in Russia under Prime Minister Vladimir Putin , saying their work is more dangerous than in the final decades of the communist regime.
In Shift, U.S. Talks to Russia on Internet Security
International Herald Tribune - Sat Dec 12, 1:48 pm ET
After years of rejecting Russia’s overtures, the United States is seeking a new approach needed to blunt an international arms race in cyberspace.
U.S. and Russia Open Arms Talks on Web Security
New York Times - Sat Dec 12, 1:18 pm ET
After years of rejecting Russia’s overtures, the United States is seeking a new approach needed to blunt an international arms race in cyberspace.
US sees progress on arms control talks with Russia
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Dec 13, 5:28 am ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out remaining technical issues, U.S. officials say.
Russia wins women's World Cup relay race
FOX 11 Tucson - Sun Dec 13, 8:33 am ET
HOCHFILZEN, Austria (AP) — Russia has edged France by 3.8 seconds to win a women's biathlon World Cup 6-kilometer relay race.
Sex, world record lure young people to Moscow Chanukah party
JTA - Mon Dec 14, 4:13 pm ET
MOSCOW (JTA) -- A Jewish holiday, the lure of sex and the possibility of helping break a Guinness world record drew hundreds of young people to a Moscow nightclub for an unusual Chanukah celebration.
Russia's Medvedev fires 20 prison officials after death of jailed lawyer
Washington Post - Sat Dec 12, 12:00 am ET
MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired 20 senior prison officials, including the capital's prisons chief, after an investigation into the death of a jailed lawyer, officials said Friday.
Industrial output up 0.2 pct in Nov. on Oct. slump
Boston Globe - Mon Dec 14, 10:48 am ET
Russia's industrial output rallied in November, posting a 0.2 percent rise following a slump the previous month, the country's economic development minister was quoted as saying Monday.
Russian FM: US, Russia close to reaching arms deal
Seattle Times - Thu Dec 10, 1:35 pm ET
Russia and the United States will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly, the Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Major challenge for Pentagon is getting fuel to U.S. troops in Afghanistan
Washington Post - Tue Dec 15, 12:00 am ET
President Obama's decision to send more troops to Afghanistan will magnify one of the Pentagon's biggest challenges: getting aviation and diesel fuel to U.S. air and ground forces there.
Russia’s Economy Contracted 8.9% in Third Quarter (Update3)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 6:35 am ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s economic decline abated in the third quarter as companies began restocking inventories depleted during a record slump in the first half of the year.
Kremlin touts nuke progress as Obama, Medvedev talk
USA Today - Sun Dec 13, 8:19 am ET
Russia and the United States are making "substantial progress" on negotiations for a successor to an expired nuclear weapons treaty, according to a Kremlin statement.
Leader of rebel Abkhazia 'wins reelection'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 13, 7:27 am ET
Separatist leader Sergei Bagapsh has won reelection by a crushing margin in rebel Abkhazia in a vote considered illegitimate by most of the world but hailed by Russia, officials said Sunday.
Russia, US could sign arms deal in Europe next week: report
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 10:34 am ET
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama could sign a new deal on cutting nuclear arsenals in Europe next week, a newspaper report said on Friday.
U.S. Reported Ready To Join U.N. Cyberattack Talks
Enterprise Security Today - Mon Dec 14, 5:02 pm ET
The U.S. will reportedly participate in U.N. talks on cybercrime and cyberwar that it avoided for several years. President Barack Obama's administration wants to tackle rising attacks on U.S. institutions, many of them from China and Russia.
Europe Experts
Foreign Relations - Mon Dec 14, 5:56 pm ET
The breakup of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union did away with issues that had long challenged Europe and Russia but also created new ones. The centrifugal forces that pulled apart the Soviet Union left in its place fifteen newly independent states.
Berlusconi in hospital at least till Wednesday: doctor
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 9:13 pm ET
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was spending a second night in hospital on Tuesday following an attack that left him with a broken nose.
What the guidebooks and lore don't tell you
Concord Monitor - Mon Dec 14, 12:05 am ET
Late this summer, my editor, Felice Belman, granted me nine days off to travel to Vologda, Russia, for a journalism expedition and then bought me a guidebook about the Russian culture. The muted cover made the place look grim, and the pages inside grimmer.
Bryzgalov repays Coyotes' trust
USA Today - Mon Dec 14, 8:57 pm ET
When the Phoenix Coyotes claimed Ilya Bryzgalov on waivers from the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 16, 2007, then-coach Wayne Gretzky made it clear the goaltender's days as an understudy were over.
Fiction Trying for Truth in Novel’s View of Dictator
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 8:55 pm ET
Norberto Fuentes’s fascinating new novel, “The Autobiography of Fidel Castro,” purports to tell the longtime Cuban leader’s story in his own words.

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