Other Sources, Russia and former Soviet Union

Georgia says military cooperation with Ukraine continues Military-technical cooperation between Georgia and Ukraine continues, saidGeorgia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European & Euro-Atlantic Integration Giorgi Baramidze.
Today at 18:14 | Ukrainian News
Russian woman sets herself alight outside government building Moscow, Feb 12 (Reuters) - A 56-year-old Russian woman from the Urals set herself on fire in front of the main government building in Moscow,just two weeks after Prime Minister Vladimir Putinvisited her region for a rally supporting his presidential bid.
Today at 16:52 | Reuters
Afghan helicopter crash kills 4 Tajik contractors KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.S. military contractor says one of its helicopters has crashed in southern Afghanistan, killing all four Tajik crew members.
Today at 13:28
Turkmenistan votes in presidential election ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Voting has begun in Turkmenistan's presidential election in a race designed to cement the incumbent's hold on power in the authoritarian Central Asian nation.
Today at 12:00 | Associated Press
Russia wants to suspend US adoptions Russia's Foreign Ministry is asking the government to suspend adoptions of Russian children by U.S. nationals following an "incessant string of crimes" allegedly committed by American adoptive parents.
Yesterday at 16:15 | Associated Press
PACE representatives would like to meet with Putin before elections Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was unable to meet with the PACE pre-electoral delegation due to his busy schedule, but PACE is still hoping to meet with Putin before the election day.
Yesterday at 13:24 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian police general sacked after election warning ST.PETERSBURG, Feb 10 (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed the police chief of St. Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, on Friday after he had complained about an internal inquiry into the death of a teenager alleged to have been beaten by police.
2 days ago at 21:37 | Reuters
Russian police chief fired after boy's death ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russia's president has fired the police chief of St. Petersburg, where a 15-year-old boy died after being beaten while in police custody.
2 days ago at 20:48 | Associated Press
Russia alarmed by rash of teenage suicides (updated) MOSCOW (AP) —A rash of teenage suicides in Russia has set off alarm bells and experts are urging the government to take immediate action.
2 days ago at 19:21 | Associated Press
Russian officer convicted of spying for CIA (updated) MOSCOW (AP) —A military court on Friday convicted a Russian officer of providing the CIA with secret information on Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missiles and sentenced him to 13 years in prison.
2 days ago at 19:13 | Associated Press
Putin gets a drink fit for dinosaurs MOSCOW, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a drink fit for dinosaurs on Friday when he was presented with a sample of ancient water from a sub-glacial Antarctic lake pierced by Russian scientists.
2 days ago at 18:58 | Reuters
Putin hails Antarctic lake discovery (updated) MOSCOW — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday praised the Russian scientists who have reached a gigantic freshwater lake in Antarctica hidden under more than two miles (3.2 kilometers) of ice, a pristine body of water that may hold life from the distant past.
2 days ago at 15:30 | Associated Press
Campaign chief: Putin made Russian corruption 'civilised' MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin has tamed the gangster capitalism which accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union to make Russian corruption "normal and civilised", his presidential election campaign chief said in an interview published on Friday.
2 days ago at 14:50 | Reuters
Russian officer convicted of spying for CIA MOSCOW — A Russian security agency says a Russian military officer has been convicted of passing missile secrets to the CIA and sentenced to 13 years in prison.
2 days ago at 14:08 | Associated Press
Opposition plans several protests in Moscow within next month MOSCOW - The organizers of a series of opposition actions entitled 'For Fair Elections' plan a number of mass events in Moscow within the next month, including a rally on March 5 following the outcome of the presidential election scheduled for March 4, Sergei Udaltsov, a coordinator of the opposition group Left Front, told Interfax on Friday, Feb. 10
2 days ago at 11:02 | Interfax-Ukraine