RUSSIA Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Friday welcomed a decision by the United States to scrap plans for a missile defense shield but called on President Barack Obama to make further gestures to improve ties. Putin, Russia’s most powerful politician who now serves as prime minister, said Washington’s decision to …

RUSSIA Russian diplomacy is worried about involving Burgas – Alexandroupolis gas pipeline project in the electioneering in Greece. Last week leader of the Greek socialists Georgios Popandreu stated that if PASOK come to power in Greece it will reconsider the agreement on the gas pipeline, because it serves to Russian …

RUSSIA Nato’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for a new strategic partnership with Russia. In his first major foreign policy address as Nato chief, Mr Rasmussen called for a “joint review” with Moscow of global security challenges. He was speaking in Brussels the day after the US announced …