All News, Russia and former Soviet Union

Medvedev: Investment in economy must be brought to 25-27% of GDP MOSCOW - Ex-president Dmitry Medvedev said investment in the national economy must be brought to 25-27% of GDP.
May 10 at 07:16 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian plane with 50 aboard missing in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new Russian-made passenger plane went missing over mountains in western Indonesia while on a demonstration flight Wednesday arranged for potential buyers. Fifty people were on board, including diplomats, businesspeople and journalists.
May 9 at 21:56 | Associated Press
Lithuanian parliament speaker praises president's decision to visit Ukraine Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Irena Degutiene has praised the decision of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite to visit Ukraine, despite the cancellation of the summit of Central European countries to be held in Yalta.
May 9 at 14:36 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin to parade: Russia will stand up for itself Speaking to thousands of soldiers at the annual Red Square military parade, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Wednesday that the country is a force for world security and that Russia will stand up for its positions.
May 9 at 13:41 | Associated Press
Putin: Russia will stand up for its policies MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the annual massive military parade in Red Square that the country will stand up for its positions.
May 9 at 11:49 | Associated Press
Putin: Russia's WTO accession cannot be put off Moscow - Russia cannot put off its accession to the World Trade Organization, said President Vladimir Putin.
May 8 at 19:04 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin: Sarkozy "good friend" but Russia will "respect the choice of the French people" Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, May 8 that outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy is "a good friend" of his and Dmitry Medvedev's, former Russian president who is prime minister now, but that Russia would "respect the choice of the French people."
May 8 at 18:18 | Interfax-Ukraine
Putin deplores Russia's 'one-sided' economy Moscow - President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday, May 8 that Russia "fell deeper than many countries" during the latest financial crisis because of its "one-side economy," which "has taken 70 years to evolve."
May 8 at 17:47 | Interfax-Ukraine
Medvedev becomes Russian prime minister May 8 at 16:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Lukashenko says will not have to make choice between West, East Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that sanctions and other forms of pressure on Belarus will have no effect and that Belarus will not have to choose between the Eastern and Western vectors.
May 8 at 15:34 | Interfax-Ukraine
Kazakhstan boosts finished product exports 34% in 2011 ASTANA - The value of Kazakhstani finished product exports stood at $22.19 billion in 2011 compared to $16.578 billion in 2010, the National Agency for Export and Investment Kaznex Invest told Interfax-Kazakhstan.
May 8 at 13:58 | Interfax-Ukraine
Analyst: Russia not to review gas contracts with Ukraine under President Putin Political experts think that Russia will not revise gas contracts with Ukraine even after Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as Russian president, and they do not exclude that Moscow will make Kyiv sign other one-sided agreements.
May 8 at 10:59 | Interfax-Ukraine
Police detain two leaders of anti-Putin protest MOSCOW — Police have detained two prominent Russian opposition leaders who called hundreds of their supporters to protest outside the presidential administration the night after Vladimir Putin's inauguration.
May 8 at 09:47 | Associated Press
Putin orders government to seek visa abolition deal with EU Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on Monday to seek an agreement with the European Union on entry visa exemption for short visits of Russians to EU countries and vice versa.
May 7 at 20:37 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian ambassador: Putin will officially invite Yanukovych to CIS summit in Moscow Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov has said that as soon as Vladimir Putin assumes the presidency of the Russian Federation, he will send an official invitation to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to the CIS summit on May 15 in Moscow.
May 7 at 18:09 | Interfax-Ukraine