Ukraine agrees to abandon nuclear weapons in first victory for Obama initiative
Ukraine has agreed to get rid of its stockpile of weapons-grade uranium in a move that gave President Obama the first significant achievement at the Nuclear Security Summit of 47 nations that opened yesterday in Washington.
The Caucasus: a primer on the area already being blamed for the Moscow bombings
Many news stories have pointed out a possible connection to the mostly Islamic North Caucasus, a region Reuters describes as "plagued by insurgency, whose leaders have threatened to attack cities and energy pipelines elsewhere in Russia."
Leading Moscow judge gunned down
A leading judge has been shot dead at his apartment building in the Russian capital, Moscow court officials have said.
Nuclear summit to face challenge of reining in loose weapon materials
A year ago in Prague, President Barack Obama pushed a three-pronged plan to move toward a world without nuclear weapons -- and announced a Global Nuclear Security Summit in 2010 to help make that happen.
Polish President Lech Kaczynski is killed in plane crash in Russia
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been killed in a plane crash near Smolensk airport in Russia.
Medvedev launches Nord Stream build
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today launched the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline aimed at winning market share in Europe while bypassing Ukraine, where strained relations have caused supply disruptions in the past.
EU Commissioner Sees Russia As Energy Partner For Decades
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia will remain the European Union's main energy partner for decades, the newly appointed European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said Thursday, an indication that the bloc's policy of significantly
Kyrgyzstan: Did Moscow Subvert a U.S. Central Asian Ally?
Members of the besieged government of Kyrgyzstan suspect that Moscow precipitated the violent upheaval that has swept the former Soviet republic in Central Asia.
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