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GENEVA (AFP) - Russia and Georgia greed to meet again in January after a "difficult" round of talks on Wednesday that was partly dominated by the issue of Georgians recently detained in Moscow-backed South Ossetia, diplomats said. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin has made headlines by championing the endangered Siberian tiger — posing with a cuddly cub and placing a tracking collar on a full-grown female in the wilds of his country's Far East. Now Russia is helping plan an ambitious program it hopes can double the global tiger population by 2022. Full Story »

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran urged Russia on Wednesday to deliver on an air-defense contract signed with Tehran and ignore Israeli pressures for delaying the deal that has also raised U.S. concerns. Full Story »

TEHRAN (AFP) - Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday Russia must ignore pressure from Iran's arch-foe Israel and supply the Islamic republic with the advanced anti-aircraft missiles it has ordered. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday replaced the veteran governor of a Urals mountains region, one of the last of a generation of powerful regional heads who held sway before a return to centralized Kremlin rule. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The designer of the Kalashnikov, sometimes called the world's most lethal weapon, was named a "Hero of Russia" on Tuesday by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating "the brand every Russian is proud of." Full Story »

MOSCOW - A new Russian research module is on its way to the International Space Station. Full Story »

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela and Russia say they are working on a series of agreements for Moscow to provide the South American country with technology for the development of industries ranging from robotics to biochemistry. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Russia's Gazprom saw its earnings halved in the first six months of the year due to lower natural gas prices and sinking demand in Europe, while overall debt jumped nearly a third, the company reported Monday. Full Story »

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Russia's Constitutional Court held hearings Monday on whether a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force next year. Full Story »

GENEVA (AFP) - Russia and the United States on Monday resumed what is expected to be the last round of marathon talks to renew a key nuclear disarmament treaty which is due to expire next month. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian energy giant Gazprom, the world's biggest gas firm, said on Monday that net profit plunged 49.8 percent in the first half of 2009 compared to the figure 12 months earlier owing to higher expenses. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness. He was 93. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian energy giant Gazprom, the world's largest gas firm, said Monday its net profits plunged 49.8 percent in the first half of 2009 compared to a year earlier due to higher expenses. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - Four suspected rebels were killed in a clash with police in the Karachay-Cherkessia republic in Russia's North Caucasus, the Interfax news agency said Monday quoting a local Interior Ministry official. Full Story »

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Russia should keep its word on selling a missile defense system to Iran, an influential parliamentarian was quoted by Iranian media as saying Sunday. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Russia and the United States have a good chance of reaching a new nuclear arms reduction deal before year's end, but other nuclear powers must join disarmament efforts, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in remarks released Saturday. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that his "Russophobe" Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko was the sole reason for the decline in relations between the two countries. Full Story »