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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has decreed the newly elected State Duma, or lower house of parliament, will hold its first session on December 24, the official gazette said on Thursday.
Read More »Kasparov says dropping Russian presidential bid
SERPUKHOV, Russia (Reuters) – Former world chess champion and Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov said on Thursday he was dropping plans to run for president next year because obstruction from authorities made it pointless.
Read More »Russian PM says Kudrin lost 1 billion roubles
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov asked Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin on Thursday to account for 1 billion roubles ($41 million) in earthquake relief funds that had gone missing.
Read More »Russia police hold activists on way to funeral
SERPUKHOV, Russia (Reuters) – A Russian opposition activist accused the authorities of “cynical and immoral” behavior on Thursday after police briefly held two busloads of activists as they traveled to a colleague’s funeral.
Read More »Russia treaty freeze a warning to NATO
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will not start a new arms race when it freezes compliance with a Cold War arms treaty on Wednesday but it does want to send a clear message it is not happy about NATO’s eastward expansion.
Read More »Russia’s Medvedev says Putin should become PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, named by President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, said on Tuesday that he would propose that Putin becomes prime minister in a future government.
Read More »Russia warns of “chain reaction” from Kosovo UDI
Russia warned the West on Monday that recognizing a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) by Kosovo could set off a “chain reaction” of problems in the Balkans and beyond.
Read More »Moscow Urges Dialogue as West Pushes for Sanctions against Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russia yesterday called for more negotiations with Iran as US vowed to pursue sanctions against the Islamic republic.
Read More »Ayatollah Putin
The meaning of Sunday’s Russian parliamentary elections is not to be found in the results. There was never any doubt that Vladimir Putin’s party would take an overwhelming majority. United Russia, with the president at the top of its list, enjoyed every imaginable advantage, legal and illegal. Opposition groups, including …
Read More »Moscow criticises U.S. think-tank over debate
Russia accused a US think-tank on Friday of spreading anti-Russian propaganda by hosting a debate on violence in the turbulent Ingushetia region neighbouring Chechnya.
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