Foreign Minister Lavrov speaks on Syria, Arctic and Obama
In an interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about preparations for the upcoming conference on Syria, the problem of security in the Arctic and the Russian response to a letter from US President Barack Obama
Red Line: US-Russia relations & Nawaz Sharif
US, Russia grapple with Syria dialogue
The United States President Barack Obama’s news conference on Tuesday practically allays the fears of an American military intervention in Syria.
Old US-Russia ‘suspicions’ improving – Obama
Russia has been “very cooperative” in helping the United States investigate the Boston Marathon bombingsand lingering suspicions between Washington and Moscow dating back to the Cold War are improving, US President Barack Obama said Tuesday
Why Putin sees Obama as a weakling
America’s attitude to humanitarian issues in Russia is starting to resemble that of the BRICS countries, which demonstrably refrain from discussing them
Putin confirms he is ready to meet Obama at G8 summit in June
Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed his readiness to meet with his US counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland and said that the invitations extended to the US president to pay a visit to Russia remain
Why Nuclear Powers should start walking toward Global Zero
Nuclear weapons will not be effective in deterring or ending the types of conflicts that Russia is much more likely to have to face than a hypothetical war with NATO
Obama delimits Afghan entanglement
The White House has probably gained some more time and flexibility to work on the other aspects of the US strategy before the war is declared formally over
No plans for Obama to visit Russia before G20 summit
US President Barack Obama is unlikely to visit Russia until September, when he is due to attend the G20 leaders' summit in St. Petersburg, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
India’s futile trapeze acts in the UN
The hard reality is that the UN Security Council is not open to ‘expansion’ in a conceivable timeframe
Keeping the world at bay the Obama way
Obama devoted a brief paragraph of less than 150 words to foreign policy in a speech of some 2000 words
Washington and Moscow still hope for 'Reset 2'
At the start of Barack Obama’s second term, US-Russian relations are hard to fathom. Although tensions are running high, Washington and Moscow hope for the second round of "reset"
Why Russia’s leaders don’t respect the US anymore
Apart from a brief period in the early 1990s, Russia’s rulers never really liked the United States. But they always respected America. Not anymore
US-Afghan security pact will backfire
There are strong hints that Karzai is inclined to accede to the US demand, which Washington stipulates as a “deal breaker”
India’s Afghan moment
Delhi watches Islamabad’s involvement in Afghanistan with some degree of trepidation, but Washington is pressing ahead regardless, ceding a significant degree of control over the reconciliation process to Pakistan
Russia bets on its ‘Pacific Vegas’
The planned new gambling complex near Vladivostok could be a key to diversifying the Russian Far East economy
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Who’s the real Obama – that is the question
Will Obama decide to order a US military intervention in Syria without a UN mandate?
Obama hails disarmament pact with Russia
US President Barack Obama on Monday hailed a 20-year partnership with Russia and other former Soviet republics to stem the threat of loose nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons after the end of the Cold War—cooperation the Kremlin has decided to
Six russians named top global thinkers
Environmentalist Evgeniya Chirikova and punk protesters Pussy Riot join Hillary Clinton in Foreign Policy's prestigious list for 2012
Obama, Sarcozy & Putin on International Doll Salon
The 8th International Doll Salon united world's leading politicians at the "Tishinka" exhibition center in Moscow.