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28.04.2010, 19:13 20 comments

Russian state archive reveals Katyn documents

Russia's archive agency has published on its website copies of previously top-secret documents that show the massacre of Poles in Katyn was approved at the highest level in the Soviet Union.

26.05.2009, 07:05 23 comments

North Korea carries out nuclear test

North Korea has successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, officials in the country have confirmed.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (3L) and Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) outside Moscow in Barvikha on May 15, 2009 during an SCO Foreign Ministers gathering (AFP Photo / RIA Novosti / Kremlin Pool / Dmitry Astakhov) 15.05.2009, 15:43 15 comments

“SCO is not a counterbalance to NATO” – analyst

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting is promising a more efficient framework. Ekaterina Koldunova, political analyst at Moscow University of International Relations doesn’t see the SCO as a NATO counterbalance.

30.03.2010, 18:30 13 comments

Moscow bombings could be masterminded abroad – Russia’s Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has urged the international community for better coordinated joint efforts in fighting terrorism as he believes that the recent Moscow terror attacks were not a domestic matter.

01.09.2009, 15:36

“Turkey expects steps forward from Armenia”

The Turkish president’s visit to Armenia last year was a first diplomatic step towards solving the problem of relations between the two states, Turkish reporter Resat Enver told RT. Now it’s Armenia’s turn, he said.

15.02.2010, 15:28 7 comments

Russia and India to ink atomic deal

Moscow and New Delhi will sign an agreement next month on civilian nuclear power cooperation, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Sobyanin, who is on official visit to India.

The Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran (AFP Photo / Behrouz Mehri) 29.11.2009, 22:08 6 comments

Iran reacts to world's criticism with 10 new uranium plants

The Iranian government approved on Sunday the building of ten new uranium enrichment plants. It comes amid mounting pressure over the country's disputed nuclear program.

RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin 10.10.2010, 19:05 1 comment

Kyrgyz election leads to disintegration

A Central Asia expert, Daniil Kislov is sure that the elections in Kyrgyzstan are leading the republic to the Middle Ages and tribal wars rather than democracy.

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Wen Jiabao (L) and Vladimir Putin take part in a signing ceremony during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting on October 14, 2009 (AFP Photo / Pool / Minoru Iwasaki) 14.10.2009, 19:30 3 comments

Asian nations gather in Beijing to tackle economic crisis

Leading Asian nations are in Beijing to weigh up how to mutually boost their economies, as well as work out how to combat security threats in the region.

28.10.2009, 19:10 4 comments

No S-300 missile shipments to Iran so far – Deputy PM

Russia is not supplying its S-300 air defense missile system to Iran, the country's Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov has confirmed.

Softer reaction on a softer report

Published: 27 February, 2009, 22:43


Both the Russian part of the 2008 Human Rights Report by the U.S. Dept. of State, and Russia’s reaction to it, are more toned down than in years past, which can be viewed as a positive sign for Russo-American relations.

 
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