All News, Russia and former Soviet Union


Russia's Medvedev replaces Yeltsin-era governor MOSCOW, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday replaced the veteran governor of a Urals mountains region, one of the last of a generation of powerful regional heads who held sway before a return to centralised Kremlin rule.
Nov 10, 2009 at 22:35 | Reuters
Lethal Kalashnikov designer is now Russia's hero MOSCOW, Nov 10 (Reuters) - The designer of the Kalashnikov, sometimes called the world's most lethal weapon, was named a "Hero of Russia" on Tuesday by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating "the brand every Russian is proud of".
Nov 10, 2009 at 19:34 | Reuters
Belarus opens door to liberal election reforms MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The authoritarian leader of former SovietBelarus is promising to lower barriers for opposition candidates seeking office.
Nov 10, 2009 at 18:57 | Associated Press
Poll: Russians still happy Moscow, November 10 (Interfax) - The number of happy people in Russia has increased over the past six months, but this number is still lower than it was last year, a nationwide public opinion poll shows.
Nov 10, 2009 at 14:26 | Interfax-Ukraine
Moldovan parliament fails to elect president Chisinau, November 10 (Interfax) - The Moldovan parliament failed to elect the president on Nov. 10.
Nov 10, 2009 at 12:53 | Interfax-Ukraine
CIS defense ministers okay cooperation strategy Dushanbe, November 10 (Interfax-AVN) - Defense ministers from CIS member-countries adopted a strategy aimed at promoting defense cooperation within the commonwealth over the period up to 2015 at a session in Dushanbe on Nov. 10, secretary of the CIS Defense Ministers Council Alexander Sinaisky told journalists.
Nov 10, 2009 at 12:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian Nobel Prize physicist dies in Moscow MOSCOW (AP) — Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died in Moscow. He was 93.

Ginzburg died late Sunday of cardiac arrest, the Russian Academy of Sciences said Monday.

Ginzburg won the 2003 Nobel Prize in physics with two other scientists for their contribution to theories on superconductivity, the ability of some materials to conduct electricity without resistance.
Nov 10, 2009 at 08:55