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.
Boston bombing suspect probed for link with extremist group – TV
US Investigators are probing potential links between Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev and an extremist group known as the Caucasus Emirate, Fox News reported on Sunday.
Boston terrorist attack's suspects not related to Chechnya - Kadyrov
The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that the alleged suspects of terrorist attack in Boston - Tsarnaev brothers - are in no way related to Chechnya, they lived and studied in the United States.
My kids were framed, says Boston bombing suspects' father
An Interfax correspondent has managed to talk on the phone with a man introducing himself as Anzor, the father of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who are suspected of committing the Boston Marathon bomb attack on Monday.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hunted as suspect by the Boston police
The Boston police officially put Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the wanted list. They warned that Tsarnaev is armed and dangerous.
Russia publishes its answer to Magnitsky list
Russia has published its own list of US officials banned from Russia in response to the US’s list of Russian officials facing visa and financial sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on its websit
Russia’s response to expansion of Magnitsky list may follow within days - senior legislator
Russia’s response to the expansion of the Magnitsky list in the United States may follow within a day or two, the head of the State Duma’s international affairs committee, Alexei Pushkov told Itar-Tass.
US punishes Russian officials with Magnitsky sanctions
The United States on Friday released the names of 18 Russians to be slapped with visa and financial sanctions under the controversial Magnitsky Act, which punishes Russians that Washington deems complicit in human rights abuses.
Kerry and the playful AfPak frogs
Washington’s delicate balancing act with Islamabad, Kabul and the Taliban seems to be destined for failure.
American missile defence plans in Europe seriously worry Russia
he U.S. missile defence plans in Europe seriously worry Russia, secretary of the country’s National Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said at his meeting with his Polish counterpart Stanislaw Koziej in Moscow.
Russia to press for legal guarantees that U.S. missile defence not aimed at it
Russia will press consistently for legal guarantees that the U.S. missile defence system in Europe is not aimed against it, according to Russia’s new foreign policy concept posted on the Foreign Ministry’s official website on Monday, February 18.
Why Iraq refused Russian arms
A genuine detective story is unfolding around deliveries of Russian arms to Iraq
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to get $1.5 bln of Russian money for military spending
Faced with US attempts to put a squeeze on Russia in Central Asia, Moscow is taking measures to bolster its positions in the region
Halloween still low key in Russia
Ever popular in the West, Halloween remains a rather exotic and ambiguous holiday in Russia. The country’s youth are happy to take on the trappings of All Saints’ Day, but, for the Orthodox Church, even this is too much
US to include S.Korea in its Global Missile Shield - Panetta
The United States will continue expanding its global missile shield in Asia, including in South Korea, to counter a possible missile threat from North Korea, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said.
No revisionist plans in Central Asia
In an interview with Kommersant, Alexander Sternik, who heads the Central Asia wing of the Russian Foreign Ministry talks about the country’s economic and political interests in Eurasia
Russia 'will respond' to NATO missile defense plans
Russia may deliver a "technical response" to NATO over its plans to deploy a European missile defense program, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday.
Russia slams US drone strikes in Pakistan
Russia has put its weight behind Islamabad’s position on US assassination drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal regions, describing them as violation of the Asian country's sovereignty and integrity.
Accused Russian tech agents deny charges - lawyer
Four Russians accused of illicitly obtaining military cutting-edge microelectronics for Russia in the United States deny any wrongdoing, defense lawyer Alexey Tarasov told RIA Novosti.
US blacklists firms over Russian tech spy ring
The United States Commerce Department has blacklisted 165 foreign companies and individuals in connection with the activies of several people from the former republics of the USSR suspected of spying activity related to export of a range of items, th