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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's new chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen will try to rebuild trust with Russia shattered by the Georgia war when he visits Moscow for the first time on Tuesday, but analysts cautioned against any quick results. Full Story »

MOSCOW - The special U.S. envoy to North Korea says he has been encouraged by his meetings with North Korean officials. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia halted gas supplies to Armenia after a bomb was found close to a pipeline in southern Russia, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing the Georgian company responsible for transiting the gas. Full Story »

WASHINGTON - 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. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The presidents of Russia and the United States agreed on Saturday to extend talks to secure a new pact to cut vast arsenals of nuclear weapons, the Kremlin said. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obama on Saturday held talks by phone to discuss a new accord on cutting nuclear arsenals, the Kremlin said in a statement. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired 20 senior prison officials, including the capital's prison chief, following a probe into the death of a jailed lawyer, officials said Friday. Full Story »

BRUSSELS - NATO plans to ask Russia to contribute more to the escalating Afghan war by donating AK-47 assault rifles, grenade launchers, artillery, armored vehicles and other weapons to the expanding Afghan army, officials said Friday. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia welcomed on Friday signals from North Korea it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, Interfax news agency quoted the Foreign Ministry as saying. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared a crusade on corrupt bureaucrats after the country's most deadly blaze claimed the lives of 135 people in a nightclub fire in the Russian city of Perm. Full Story »

MOSCOW - The failure of a new Russian intercontinental ballistic missile during testing was the cause of spectacular spiraling blue lights in the skies over northern Norway, analysts said Thursday. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway. Full Story »

MOSCOW - The death toll from last weekend's nightclub fire has risen to 136, officials said Thursday. Full Story »

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia admitted on Thursday another failed test of its much-touted Bulava intercontinental missile, after unusual lights were spotted in Norway across the border from the launch site. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - The new nuclear-capable missile central to Russia's plan to revamp its ageing weapons arsenal has suffered a new failure in testing, in a major blow for the armed forces, reports said Thursday. Full Story »

MOSCOW - Russia and the United States will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly, the Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday. Full Story »

MOSCOW (AFP) - The death toll from a nightclub fire in the Russian city of Perm climbed to 121 on Wednesday after three more victims died of severe burns, officials said. Full Story »

MOSCOW - 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. Full Story »