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  • Detentions raised in 'difficult' Russia, Georgia talks

    AFP – Wed Nov 11, 5:20 pm ET  
    A Georgian policeman looking at a Russian APC in Akhalgori district,... AFP/File

    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 »

  • Russia launches program to save tigers worldwide

    AP – Wed Nov 11, 1:10 pm ET  
    FILE -- In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2005 file photo Lutiy, an endangered... AP

    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 »

  • Iran wants Russia to deliver on defense contract

    AP – Wed Nov 11, 10:00 am ET  

    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 »

  • Russia must ignore Israeli pressure: Iran

    AFP – Wed Nov 11, 6:34 am ET  
    Iranian short-range missile (Tondar) is test-launched during... AFP

    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 »

  • Russia's Medvedev replaces Yeltsin-era governor

    Reuters – Tue Nov 10, 3:06 pm ET  
    Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks with German journalists... Reuters

    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 »

  • Lethal Kalashnikov designer is now Russia's hero

    Reuters – Tue Nov 10, 1:20 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Russia sends research module to space station

    AP – Tue Nov 10, 10:24 am ET  

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

  • Venezuela, Russia to boost technology cooperation

    AP – Mon Nov 9, 7:57 pm ET  
    Venezuela's Tachira State Gov. Cesar Perez gestures during a... AP

    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 »

  • Gazprom 1H profit halved on sinking demand

    AP – Mon Nov 9, 1:06 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Russian court looks at death penalty ban extension

    AP – Mon Nov 9, 9:54 am ET  

    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 »

  • Russia, US restart nuclear disarmament talks

    AFP – Mon Nov 9, 8:52 am ET  
    A nuclear explosion at the Mururoa atoll in 1971. Russia and... AFP/File

    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 »

  • Gazprom profits plunge 49.8%

    AFP – Mon Nov 9, 6:56 am ET  
    CEO of Russian gas giant Gazprom Alexei Milleri Moscow in June.... AFP/File

    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 »

  • Soviet H-bomb scientist Ginzburg dies

    Reuters – Mon Nov 9, 3:43 am ET  
    Vitaly Ginzburg, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics, attends... Reuters

    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 »

  • Gazprom first-half profits plunge 49.8pct: company

    AFP – Mon Nov 9, 3:06 am ET  

    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 »

  • Four rebels killed in Caucasus clash

    AFP – Mon Nov 9, 1:50 am ET  
    Russian special forces on patrol in Nazran in the Caucasus. Four... AFP/File

    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 »

  • Russia must keep promise to supply missiles: Iran

    Reuters – Sun Nov 8, 8:13 am ET  

    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 »

  • Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached

    AP – Sat Nov 7, 3:13 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Yushchenko to blame for Russia-Ukraine spat: Medvedev

    AFP – Sat Nov 7, 1:43 pm ET  
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks during an interview... AFP/POOL

    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 »

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