Kyiv Post News, Russia and former Soviet Union

Lukashenko: Belarus will always be one with Russia Minsk - The time of Russia's misunderstanding Belarus is gone, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
May 18 at 18:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
Medvedkov: WTO documentation could be ratified in two-three months St. Petersburg - The State Duma will consider the documents concerning Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the next two or three months, said Maksim Medvedkov, Director of the Department of Trade Negotiations at the Russian Economic Development Ministry.
May 18 at 18:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Belarus seeks release of three Belarusians detained in Libya Minsk - Belarusian diplomats are taking steps to secure the release from custody in Libya of three Belarusian citizens during their trial under the guarantees of the Belarusian Embassy in Tripoli, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Savinykh told Interfax on Friday, May 18.
May 18 at 17:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Explosions rock Russian military arsenal Emergency officials say a fire at a military ammunition depot in Russia's far east has left at least two soldiers wounded and prompted authorities to evacuate villages and halt traffic on a key railway.
May 18 at 16:01 | Associated Press
Putin gives top job to tank factory worker MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has given a senior government post to a tank factory worker who had offered to come to Moscow with fellow laborers to disperse opposition protests.
May 18 at 14:40 | Associated Press
Russian markets hit 8-month low on oil price drop MOSCOW — Russia's MICEX benchmark has shed nearly 3 percent to hit its lowest point since Oct. 5, as oil prices keep falling, lowering revenue from its lucrative sector and as fears grow that Greece's political crisis will hurt the European economy.
May 17 at 16:27 | Associated Press
Putin may visit Germany, France after visit to Belarus Moscow - Germany and France may become the first countries outside of the former Soviet space visited by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
May 17 at 14:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Ex-Soviet Uzbekistan plans privatization drive ALMATY — Uzbekistan's government says it plans to sell off almost 500 state assets over the next two years in an ongoing drive to expand the private sector in this former Soviet nation.
May 16 at 08:20 | Associated Press
Police disperse protesters at anti-Putin sit-in MOSCOW- Russianriot policebroke up an Occupy-style protest against PresidentVladimir Putinon Wednesday, May 16 forcing dozens of people out of a centralMoscowpark where they had staged a sit-in round-the-clock for a week and detaining at least 15.
May 16 at 07:37 | Reuters
Putin praised by leaders of ex-Soviet states MOSCOW- Russian PresidentVladimir Putinwon praise from leaders of former Soviet republics on Tuesday, May 15 and called for closer integration among the now-independent states on ce ruled byMoscow.
May 16 at 07:16 | Reuters
'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash JAKARTA — Indonesian special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a newRussianpassenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano, an official said Wednesday.
May 16 at 07:06 | Associated Press
Minsk, Astana to cooperate against use of human rights issues for political pressure Minsk - Belarusian and Kazakhstan have agreed to jointly counter attempts to use human rights issues for exerting political pressure, the Belarusian president's press office told Interfax, summing up the results of the talks between the two countries' leaders.
May 15 at 11:20 | Interfax-Ukraine
Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station ALMATY — A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a half-year stay at the International Space Station.
May 15 at 07:55 | Associated Press
Chizhov: Sochi Games could become Russia-EU visa-free travel threshold Moscow - Russia and the European Union may enact visa-free travel by 2014, Russian Permanent Representative to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov said at the State Duma on Monday.
May 14 at 11:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russia says it foiled terrorist attacks in Sochi Moscow — Russian agents have foiled terror attack plans on the Black Sea resort of Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Games, and seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition, authorities said Thursday.
May 10 at 16:43 | Associated Press