MOSCOW, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is opposed to any new United Nations measures against Iran over its disputed nuclear program for now, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. The statement came after six world powers met on Friday

SOCHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - Political squabbles between Russia and the United States should not affect their trade, Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Saturday. Speaking at a roundtable meeting with American businessmen on the sidelines of an investment

SOCHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's prime minister said on Saturday the country still wants to join the WTO and step up economic ties with the EU, backtracking on the statement made amid strains with the West over the

SOCHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's space agency and French satellite launch firm Arianespace signed a contract on Saturday to launch 10 Russian Soyuz-ST carrier rockets from the Kourou space center in French Guiana. The contract was signed by

SOCHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - Abkhazia and South Ossetia will decide on Russian troops' further deployment on their territories, Russia's prime minister said on Saturday. Russia recognized the breakaway Georgian regions as independent states last month after a brief

Adds Russian reaction in paras 6-8) WASHINGTON, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - NATO defense ministers considered at a meeting in London the creation of a rapid-response force to be sent into a country that feels threatened by Russia, the Los

SOCHI, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - The European Union could restart in October talks on a comprehensive cooperation treaty with Russia suspended over the country's conflict with Georgia, France's prime minister said on Saturday. The EU, which condemned Russia's attack

On Thursday morning, reports on the flights of two TU-160 strategic bombers returning from Venezuela to Russia following a weeklong stay at a base near Caracas preceded the news on the developments on Russian financial markets. While the Russian financial

President Dmitry Medvedev announced last Thursday that Moscow would spend billions of dollars on purchasing new weapons, space and CI4 systems to make the Russian military a modern fighting force. Medvedev made it clear that this would be in response

The Russian 2x2 television channel has bowed to state pressure, and will pull 12 animated series from its lineup as it awaits a court decision. The offending cartoons include the Simpsons, Family Guy and South Park.

Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov links the Russian stock market collapse to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitri Medvedev. "Until Russia has a government that is accountable to its citizens, no company or

Interfax recently cited Mr Andrei Plugar deputy general director of BasEl as saying that Oleg Deripaska's Basic Element held negotiations with OOO Lunsin a subsidiary of China's Zijin Mining Group and Heilongjiang Longxing International Resource Development Group on the joint

The 12-hour symbolic fasting and prayer service for global peace, happiness for all humanity, relieve Tibetans suffering torture and oppression under the Chinese government, was observed across many regions in Russia. Tuva: In Tuva republic, abbot of Gaden Shartse, Geshe

Luxurious guest will spend only one day in Primorye capital.VLADIVOSTOK, September 20, vladivostoktimes.com "Diamond Princess" will come to Vladivostok coast. The cruiser is expected to come on September 30 at 5:30 a.m., as the official site of port arrival and