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Russia warns UN vote on Syria will end in scandal
(AP)
AP - Russia's foreign minister sternly warned Washington Saturday that any attempt to put a draft resolution on Syria to vote at the United Nations would lead to "scandal," a blunt warning that Moscow is prepared to use its veto power.
02/04/2012 - 04:05 AM
Missile defense cooperation could be "game-changer" for U.S., Russia: report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Missile defense, an issue that has poisoned U.S.-Russia relations, could be a "game-changer" that transforms ties if the two sides cooperate on a shared system, says a report by former top officials from both sides of the Atlantic.
02/04/2012 - 01:02 AM
Russia opposition fears cold snap to shrink protest
(Reuters)
Reuters - Russian opposition leaders said on Friday that unusually cold weather threatened to cut numbers at a protest against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule planned for Saturday.
02/03/2012 - 05:05 PM
Putin campaign focuses on working classes
(AP)
 AP - Clad in a bomber jacket, Vladimir Putin walks briskly into a new railway car plant, greets workers and pushes a button to launch production.
02/03/2012 - 09:55 AM
Kiev blames Moscow for Europe gas cutbacks
(AP)
 AP - Ukraine's government is blaming Russia for natural gas shortages in some European countries as a severe cold spell grips the region.
02/03/2012 - 07:52 AM
Russia's Putin courts investors with compensation pledge
(Reuters)
Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sought on Thursday to win the support of small investors for his bid to return to the Kremlin by promising to make good losses on shares they bought in the 2007 stock market float of VTB bank.
02/02/2012 - 03:05 PM
Russian FM assails EU foreign policy chief
(AP)
AP - The Foreign Ministry is accusing the European Union foreign policy chief of interfering in Russia's internal affairs in her statement on the Russian election.
02/02/2012 - 01:14 PM
Putin says he may face runoff in Russia's election
(AP)
 AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he could face a runoff in the March presidential vote, his first acknowledgement that he may fail to muster enough support for an outright victory.
02/01/2012 - 08:32 AM
Banner facing Kremlin tells Russia's Putin to go
(Reuters)
Reuters - Opponents of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin erected a huge banner reading "Putin, go away" on a rooftop facing the Kremlin Wednesday in a bold display of disapproval of his plan to return to the presidency in an election next month.
02/01/2012 - 06:40 AM
Russian EU envoy sees no chance for Syria resolution
(Reuters)
Reuters - A senior Russian official said on Wednesday there was no chance a Western-Arab draft U.N. Security Council resolution could pass without language clearly ruling out potential military intervention, the Interfax news agency reported.
02/01/2012 - 03:51 AM
Analysis: For Putin, tax reform could be harder than winning
(Reuters)
Reuters - Winning Russia's March presidential election could be the easy part for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has called for a "decisive tax maneuver" to put the country's increasingly oil-dependent public finances on a more sustainable footing.
01/31/2012 - 08:25 AM
Syrian authorities agree to Moscow talks - Russia
(Reuters)
Reuters - Syria has agreed to take part in Moscow-mediated talks on solving the country's crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, calling on the Syrian opposition to join the planned negotiations.
01/30/2012 - 01:22 PM
Putin's answer to polling fraud: lots of webcams
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The Russian government is installing web cameras at more than 90,000 polling sites in an effort to undermine expected accusations of widespread fraud in the upcoming presidential election.
01/30/2012 - 12:47 PM
Putin puts state capitalism first for Russia
(Reuters)
Reuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, seeking to renew his hold on power after unprecedented street protests, set out an economic agenda on Monday that puts state capitalism at the heart of a bid to boost Russia's global competitiveness.
01/30/2012 - 07:20 AM
Putin critics take to cars to demand fair elections
(Reuters)
Reuters - Critics of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin drove in their hundreds around central Moscow on Sunday in cars trailing white ribbons, a symbol of Russia's protest movement, staging a mobile demonstration to demand fair elections.
01/29/2012 - 03:32 PM
Cars circle central Moscow in anti-Putin protest
(AP)
 AP - Thousands of cars flying white ribbons or balloons circled central Moscow on Sunday in a show of protest against Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
01/29/2012 - 10:48 AM
Russia backs Assad, last friend in Arab world
(AP)
 AP - Russia's defiance of international efforts to end Syrian President Bashar Assad's crackdown on protests is rooted in a calculation that it can keep a Mideast presence by propping up its last remaining ally in the region — and has nothing to lose if it fails.
01/29/2012 - 06:01 AM
Thousands rally for Putin in Russian industrial belt
(Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of supporters of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rallied on Saturday to back his bid to return to the Kremlin, a week before what are likely to be far larger opposition protests to demand greater political choice.
01/28/2012 - 01:25 PM
Japan, Russia to boost ties despite islands row
(AP)
 AP - The foreign ministers of Japan and Russia agreed Saturday to strengthen economic and security cooperation but made no progress on resolving a long-standing territorial dispute that has kept the two nations from concluding a peace treaty.
01/28/2012 - 04:13 AM
Russia bars liberal candidate from presidential election
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Veteran liberal politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who's been a presidential candidate three times before, will not be allowed to run against Vladimir Putin in the upcoming March 4 presidential polls, Russia's official electoral commission announced today.
01/27/2012 - 10:55 AM
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