When Toshio Koizumi heard Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited cold and windy Kunashiri island on November 1 he quivered with indignation.

• December 8, 2010

It does not worth waiting for progress in the negotiations on Iran's nuclear program yet, Anatoly Tsyganok, the head of Military Forecast Center of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis, said.

• December 8, 2010

Nato allies have drawn up a secret plan for defending several eastern European countries in the event of aggression by Russia for the first time since the end of the Cold War, diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks disclose.

• December 7, 2010

Polish and Russian leaders vowed Monday to open a new chapter in their relations, a move that could eventually end centuries of enmity and distrust between two great Slavic powers of Europe’s East and strengthen security and stability in this part of the continent.

• December 7, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was due in Poland Monday for the highest-level visit in nine years, as Moscow moves to boost cooperation with its western neighbour amid fast-thawing ties.

• December 6, 2010

The leaked U.S. diplomatic cables that portray Russia as a virtual mafia state are "total nonsense" of doubtful authenticity, the spokesman of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

• December 3, 2010

The Russian Ambassador to Pakistan said that his country had asked Pakistan to sign over Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Addressing a roundtable, Russian Ambassador Andrey Budnik said that Russia had been persuading Pakistan, India and Israel for signing the NPT to make the world free of nuclear weapons.

• December 3, 2010

Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin responded Wednesday to criticism of Russia revealed in United States diplomatic cables published by the Web site WikiLeaks, warning Washington not to interfere in Russian domestic affairs.

• December 2, 2010