WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- The Arctic Ocean is quickly re-emerging as a strategic area where vital U.S. interests are at stake. The geopolitical and geo-economic importance of the arctic region is rising rapidly, and its mineral wealth will likely ...
1 Dec 2008
Posted: Today at 2:36 a.m. Updated: Today at 8:58 a.m. MOSCOW — The Russian military will upgrade its missiles in response to U.S. plans for weapons in space, a top Russian general reportedly said Monday. Interfax news agency quoted Russia's ...
1 Dec 2008
With even the United States poised to drop its call for Georgia to be given a Nato Membership Action Plan (MAP), the Kremlin is likely to view the two-day summit beginning on Tuesday in Brussels as vindication of its military action in the Caucasus ...
1 Dec 2008
The rehabbing Amy Winehouse, who won five Grammys, played live from London and mentioned "my Blake, incarcerated"—a shout-out to husband Blake Fielder-Civil (inset), who's awaiting trial on charges of assault and witness tampering. Afterward she ...
1 Dec 2008
Four Russian and 12 Venezuelan ships will practice sea rescue operations and manoeuvring, and conduct live-firing artillery drills beginning Monday. The exercises will include tactics to counter terrorism and drug trafficking, and will involve ...
1 Dec 2008
Something has gone badly wrong in post-Soviet Russia's relations with the United States and, for that matter, with the West in general. As a result, dealing with a resurgent Russia that is trending toward autocracy will be a key challenge for the ...
1 Dec 2008
The Kremlin is less inclined to make nice, though the economic downturn may crimp Moscow's ambitions.
1 Dec 2008
MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - A meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State has been delayed upon a request from Belarus, the Kremlin said on Monday.
1 Dec 2008
Bitter anti-U.S. rhetoric from the Kremlin has been seen as a symptom of Russia's return to its Soviet past. But while the words may be similar, the gist of today's anti-Americanism in Russia could not be more different.
1 Dec 2008
Paul Goble Vienna, December 1 – At a time when Moscow education officials in deference to the Kremlin are whitewashing the Soviet past, some Russian teachers are doing all they can to ensure that their students learn the student about the crimes committed by Stalin and other communist leaders against the population. Their efforts are highlighted in a recent book, entitled "School Lessons on 'the ...
1 Dec 2008
While Russian gas giant Gazprom is drawing up long-term plans to strengthen its grip on Europe with pipeline projects backed by the Kremlin, the EU`s response strategies are only in the early stages of development.
1 Dec 2008
Moscow, Nov 30 : Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today held telephonic talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Kremlin press service reported.
30 Nov 2008
A 16-year old report from Russian intelligence people appears to implicate Robert Gates in a plot to delay release of Iranian hostages until after the.
1 Dec 2008
(RIA Novosti) - Russia and India will step up their anti-terrorist cooperation in the wake of militant attacks on India's financial capital that killed nearly 200 people, the Kremlin press office said on Sunday. ...
1 Dec 2008
Before that happens, however, Obama might want to finish the investigation that Lee Hamilton swept under the rug 16 years ago, at least ask the Kremlin what exactly its evidence is about Gates’s role in the Republican-Iranian contacts ...
1 Dec 2008
Nearly 16 years ago, during the last transition from a President Bush to a Democrat, Moscow made an extraordinary gesture to Washington: The Kremlin supplied a summary of its intelligence information about secret U.S.-Iranian contacts ...
30 Nov 2008
Three Kremlin-friendly parties merge in Russia - The latest European and international news with special sections on energy news, european union news, economic news, european commission news, european parliament news, business news, ...
28 Nov 2008
REMEMBER ME. Article (Terrorism): Kremlin reform passes upper house Posted by: msweet on Nov 26 - 09:55. RealNews Items Russia's upper house of parliament has approved a bill extending presidential terms from four to six years. ...
26 Nov 2008