Visa-free travel between Turkey, Russia expected in summer
Visa-free travel between Turkey and Russia could begin this summer, a Russian official said Thursday.
Obama's vow over oil rig disaster
President Obama says tackling an oil rig disaster that has prompted fears of a major spillage in the Gulf of Mexico is a "priority".
Russia country profile
Russia emerged from a decade of post-Soviet economic and political turmoil to reassert itself as a world power.
Ukraine, Russia hold top-level gas price talks
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday for talks which Kiev hopes will lead to Russia cutting the price of natural gas supplies.
Soft Power and No Plan for Iran
Anyone who remembers the Vietnam War might be having hot flashes of déjà vu today. We are again engaged in a grand campaign to "win the hearts and minds" of an implacable foe in a place where we do not understand the language, the religion, the culture, or the opportunity costs
Guard economic independence, Putin warns crisis-hit Russia
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned Russia to guard its economic independence by cutting its budget deficit, cautioning that while its recession had ended, the crisis had not.
Kyrgyz police 'will use deadly force' if necessary
Kyrgyzstan's interim government, struggling to reimpose order following the uprising that brought it power, has warned looters and armed assailants that police will use deadly force against them
Central Asia not just Kyrgyzstan, Uzbek president tells media
Uzbek President Islam Karimov on April 20 urged the Russian media not to judge all of Central Asia on the basis of the situation in Kyrgyzstan and asked reporters to be balanced in their coverage of the Kyrgyz unrest, RIA Novosti informed.
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