All News, Russia and former Soviet Union


Georgia accuses Russia of holding 5 fishermen, demands their release Georgia on Wednesday accused Russian authorities of illegally detaining five Georgian fishermen and demanded their immediate release.
Nov 11, 2009 at 23:24 | Associated Press
Tehran Times: Russia 'obligated' to deliver S-300 air defense system to Tehran

Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi says Moscow has a "contractual obligation"" to deliver the advanced S-300 air defense system to Tehran.






Nov 11, 2009 at 23:20
Russia launches program to save tigers worldwide Vladimir Putin has made headlines by championing the endangered Siberian tiger — posing with a cuddly cub and placing a tracking collar on a full-grown female in the wilds of his country's Far East. Now Russia is helping plan an ambitious program it hopes can double the global tiger population by 2022.
Nov 11, 2009 at 23:16 | Associated Press
ITAR-TASS: A/H1N1 flu rate in Russia up to 4,563 MOSCOW, November 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian Health and Social Development Ministry did not expect such a large demand for flu masks, Minister Tatiana Golikova said on Tuesday.
Nov 11, 2009 at 20:34
Putin: Russia, Austria plan to finalize South Stream deal quickly Moscow, November 11 (Interfax) - Russia and Austria plan to finalize the South Steam deal very quickly, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told reporters after talks with Chancellor Werner Faymann of Austria.
Nov 11, 2009 at 16:48 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia and Austria discuss South Stream pipeline MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sought to strengthen Russia's role as a top energy supplier to Europe by asking Austria to join the South Stream natural gas pipeline project.
Nov 11, 2009 at 16:22 | Associated Press
Putin: Russia will reduce transit gas supplies if Ukraine starts siphoning gas Moscow, November 11 (Interfax) - Russia will reduce the supply of transit gas via Ukraine if the latter starts taking energy resources illegally, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said.
Nov 11, 2009 at 16:07 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian mission in New York the sixth to get white powder letter NEW YORK, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Russia became the sixth U.N. mission in New York to receive a letter containing white powder, police said onNov. 11 after an envelope was found at the diplomatic post on Manhattan's Upper East Side overnight.
Nov 11, 2009 at 15:30 | Reuters
Russia warns Ukraine not to take transit gas Russia will cut gas deliveries to Europe if Ukraine siphons off supplies crossing its territory, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, in a warning that raised the spectre of another gas dispute.
Nov 11, 2009 at 15:16 | Reuters
Georgia accuses Russia of Black Sea detentions TBILISI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Georgia said on Nov. 11 Russian forces had detained five Georgian citizens off the Black Sea coast near the breakaway Russian-backed region of Abkhazia, and accused Moscow of trying to escalate tensions.
Nov 11, 2009 at 12:20 | Reuters
Moldova's blast-torn natural gas pipeline repaired Chisinau, November 11 (Interfax) - The Moldovan section of a trunk pipeline delivering natural gas to the Balkans as well as supplying gas for two districts in Moldova had been repaired by Nov. 10 morning after being damaged by an explosion early on Nov. 8, the Moldova-Gaz company said on Nov. 10.
Nov 11, 2009 at 11:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kyrgyz lawmakers reject death penalty ban BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — Lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan voted Nov. 11 to reject a United Nations protocol banning the death penalty in a move sharply criticized by human rights activists.
Nov 11, 2009 at 10:58 | Associated Press
Russian public health official: No dangerous mutations of A(H1N1) virus recorded Moscow, November 11 (Interfax) - Russian medical specialists are of the view that the A(H1N1) virus has not undergone significant genetic mutations and has not acquired new malignant properties Gennady Onishchenko the chief public health official and head of the consumer and health protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, said.
Nov 11, 2009 at 10:28 | Interfax-Ukraine