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Russian FM: US, Russia close to reaching arms deal

AP - 48 minutes ago

Russia's foreign minister says Moscow and Washington will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly.

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Russia president urges more control over nuclear arms
The Champaign News-Gazette - Mon Dec 7, 11:04 am ET
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 ...
Russian 11-Month Budget Deficit Widens to 4.9% of GDP (Update2)
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 10:50 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Russia’s budget deficit widened to 4.9 percent of gross domestic product at the end of November from 4.7 percent the previous month as the government spent 1.76 trillion rubles ($57.5 billion) more than it collected.
Indian PM arrives in Russia for arms, nuclear deals
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 2:19 pm ET
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.
India, Russia Sign Nuclear Deal, Military Pacts
INO News - Tue Dec 8, 1:10 am ET
(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.
Epidemic Of Addiction Threatens Russia's Future
NPR - Tue Dec 8, 4:21 am ET
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.
Russia's highest court rules against Jehovah's Witnesses
Sun-Sentinel - Tue Dec 8, 12:19 pm ET
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.
Officials: Russian nightclub fire toll hits 124
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 7:02 am ET
The death toll from a deadly blaze that ripped through a Russian nightclub last weekend has risen to 124, investigators said Wednesday.
Russian Region’s Government Quits After Putin Attack Over Blaze
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 6:51 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The government in Russia’s Perm region said it resigned today over a nightclub fire that killed at least 124 people, according to a statement posted on its Web site today.
Russian fire chief suspended in deadly blaze probe
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 2:06 pm ET
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.
Russian official: arms deal with US this month
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Dec 8, 12:54 pm ET
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...
US, Russia face off at World Court over Kosovo
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Dec 8, 6:55 am ET
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
India, Russia To Raise Bilateral Trade To $20 Bln. By 2015
INO News - Tue Dec 8, 4:41 am ET
(RTTNews) - India and Russia have decided to raise bilateral trade to $20 billion by 2015, media reports said quoting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Russia Extends Soviet Debt-Swap Deadline To December 15
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 9, 9:32 am ET
MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- The Russian Finance Ministry said Wednesday that it will extend the final phase of its swap of outstanding Soviet commercial debt, which it intends to finish before its long-awaited Eurobond issue in 2009.
Russia mourns as nightclub fire victims are buried
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 3:19 am ET
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.
YEARENDER: Russia faces big domestic challenges off global stage
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 12:16 am ET
Vienna- After enduring several years of chilly relations with the West, Moscow re-entered the world stage in 2009, welcomed by Washington's reset of relations with the one...
Russia seeks U.S. help in fight against heroin epidemic
CNN - Wed Dec 9, 9:54 am ET
Russia's top drugs adviser has called on the United States to use its troop surge into Afghanistan to help stem the flow of drugs entering its borders, as heroin addiction reaches epidemic levels.
Russia, India Sign 10-Year Agreement on Defense Cooperation
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 7, 7:21 am ET
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.
Russia Quietly Creates Leaner, More Modern Military
NPR - Mon Dec 7, 1:06 am ET
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.
Russia, US may seal new nuclear accord by Dec 18: report
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 12:08 pm ET
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.
US says negotiations continue on nuke treaty
AP via Yahoo! News - 43 minutes ago
The White House says the United States is continuing negotiations with Russia over a nuclear arms treaty that expired last week.

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