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Indian PM Manmohan Singh says Russia will help his country build 4 new nuclear power plants. Mr. Singh made the announcement after meetings in Moscow with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev.
Flags flew at half mast and entertainment programs were canceled across Russia on Monday as the country mourned 112 victims of a weekend nightclub inferno and dozens more fought for their lives in hospitals.
MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday urged greater control over nuclear arms, warning radical elements could threaten neighbors and use the weapons to spark large-scale conflict. At a joint news conference with visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmoham Singh, Medvedev indicated that Russia is interested in strict control over nuclear weapons "so that they aren't taken hostage ...
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.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Moscow on Sunday to ink billions of dollars of weapons deals and for talks on a landmark nuclear deal that could significantly widen atomic fuel imports from Russia.
(RTTNews) - India signed Monday a landmark broad-based agreement with its traditional ally Russia in the civil nuclear field that would ensure transfer of technology and uninterrupted supply of uranium fuel to its nuclear reactors.
Russia has long grappled with alcoholism among its population. Now, a second plague is afflicting the country: intravenous drug use. Officials say addiction — whether it's drug or alcohol dependency — is reaching a crisis level.
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's highest court on Tuesday upheld a ruling halting the activities of a regional branch of Jehovah's Witnesses and banning dozens of its publications in what the group deplored as an unfair move.
The fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 119 revelers was suspended along with five subordinates Tuesday and authorities said inspection records for the club appear to have been falsified.
Russia and the United States expect to strike a new nuclear arms treaty this month, a senior Kremlin aide told Russian news agencies Tuesday. The START I treaty signed in 1991 expired Friday. It obliged each country to cut its nuclear warheads by at least a...
The United States and Russia faced off over Kosovo at the United Nation's highest court on Tuesday, with the U.S. arguing the world should honor Kosovo's declaration of independence while Russia insisted it was still part of Serbia. The Hague, Netherlands-... Kosovo - Serbia - United States - International Court of Justice - 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
(RTTNews) - India and Russia have decided to raise bilateral trade to $20 billion by 2015, media reports said quoting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze, as investigators stepped up their probe into fire safety breaches and burials continued in Perm.
MOSCOW (AP) — A top Kremlin official is telling Russian news agencies that Moscow and Washington expect to strike a new nuclear arms treaty this month.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Russia and its largest arms customer, India, signed an agreement on increasing defense cooperation. President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh oversaw the signing of the agreements that run from 2011 to 2020, according to the Kremlin press service.
The transformation of Russia's military may be the most successful of President Dmitry Medvedev's programs, but it's also one of the most controversial. The huge project involves painful cuts and dismantling deep-vested interests that have thrived on bloated, Soviet-style armed forces.
Top Russian and US officials held talks in Moscow Monday dealing with the expired START nuclear weapons treaty, and a new deal could be reached by December 18, according to a Russian newspaper.
Fire Chief Suspended; Club's Inspection Records Apparently Falsified
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Corrupt officials may have played a role in the Russian nightclub fire that killed at least 113 people in the Ural Mountains city of Perm, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ’s United Russia party said.
The fire chief of a Russian city where a nightclub blaze killed 118 revelers was fired Tuesday and authorities said fire records for the club appear to have been falsified.
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia will soon name a list of banks that may organize the country's sovereign debt issue next year, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Tuesday.
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