Russia and IAEA sign agreement on world's first nuclear fuel bank
Russia signs a deal with the UN's nuclear watchdog, IAEA, to set up the world's first nuclear fuel bank of low-enriched uranium for countries that need fuel for civilian purposes, including nuclear power plants.
Lithuania, Russia discuss energy at first meeting
Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have discussed energy issues at the first meeting between the heads of government of the neighboring countries in 6 years
U.S., India reach agreement on nuclear fuel reprocessing
India and the United States announced Monday the successful conclusion of negotiations granting rights to India to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, a new step toward opening nuclear commerce between the two countries, potentially worth billions of dollars.
U.S. To Back Georgian, Baltic Armies
The Pentagon plans to build military capabilities in Georgia and the three Baltic states to ready them for operations in Afghanistan, a move that could raise alarm in Moscow.
Kyrgyzstan’s Legacy of Repression Five Years Later
On the anniversary of the uprising that toppled Kyrgyzstan’s’s hardline leader, the same revolutionaries who came to power promising a new era of freedom announced they have given up on Western-style democracy.
Moscow bombings underline the grim situation in the North Caucasus
Russian security officials have linked Monday's two terrorist bombings in Moscow to the North Caucasus, and analysts in Russia are far from convinced the region has stabilized, as Moscow had claimed.
Medvedev Inherits Putin’s War on Terror in Moscow Metro Attacks
The Moscow metro bombings that killed at least 38 people today show President Dmitry Medvedev is no closer to uprooting homegrown terrorism than his predecessor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Russian Market Still Attractive: Chief Investor
'Russia is a developed economy. It is beginning to suffer from the developed economy problems, (like) terrorism,' Louis Gargour from LNG Capital said Monday of the two bomb blasts on
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