President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's role should not be to counter the United States, adding that Washington was "our principal partner," with close positions on issues such as global security, nonproliferation and disarmament. Complete Story
Russia has come a long way since its 1998 default on $40 billion of Soviet-era debt, burying its image of a handout-hungry giant and positioning itself as one of the world's energy superpowers.
Russia summoned the North Korean ambassador Wednesday to express concern after missile tests that frightened residents in a Pacific Coast city just dozens of miles from where one of them reportedly fell into the sea.
Gunmen attacked a Russian military convoy in the Chechnya region Tuesday, killing at least five troops and wounding as many as 25 others, officials said. Pro-rebel Web sites claimed more than 20 Russian soldiers were killed.
Prosecutors said Monday that they are investigating the weekend stabbings of five ethnic minorities as hate crimes.
A 79-year-old Japanese man who went missing at the end of World War II and resurfaced nearly six decades later in Russia went back to his homeland Sunday to be reunited with relatives.
Russia lifted the last remaining restrictions on the ruble Saturday, clearing the way for making the currency fully convertible.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that opposition groups should have more outlets for expressing their views.
When "The Da Vinci Code" premiered in Moscow, Konstantin Zemchenko started his count.
Russia's defense minister, in an apparent swipe at the United States, said Friday that international efforts to rein in the spread of weapons of mass destruction are being impeded by politics.
Russian wine-lovers face their second crisis in a year under a law taking effect Saturday that will keep virtually all foreign vintages out of liquor stores for at least several months.
Russia will pay a $10 million reward for information on the killers of five Russian Embassy staff workers in Iraq, the head of the KGB's successor agency said Friday.
Russia test-fired a ballistic missile Friday from a submarine in the Barents Sea to the Kamchatka peninsula in the country's far east, defense officials said.
Russia offered a $10 million reward Friday for information on the killers of five Russian Embassy staff workers in Iraq, according to a report.
Chechnya's new separatist leader has named warlord Shamil Basayev, wanted by Russia for a string of shocking terrorist attacks, as his vice president in a move that could signal a radicalization of the Chechen rebel movement.
Russia's foreign minister said he and his Group of Eight counterparts were "united" Thursday in their demand that an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants be released.
Russian prosecutors on Wednesday asked media officials to close three popular teenage magazines, arguing the publications propagate sexual activity.
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered special services to hunt down and "destroy" the killers of four Russian hostages in Iraq — slayings that shocked Russia and prompted an angry outcry against the U.S.-led coalition.
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's special services to hunt down the killers of four Russian hostages in Iraq, the Kremlin said. "The president has ordered the special forces to take all necessary measures to find and destroy the criminals who killed Russian diplomats in Iraq," the Kremlin press service said.
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian special services to try to find and eliminate the killers of four Russian hostages in Iraq, news agencies reported Wednesday.
Previous Russian-U.S. arms control treaties, including START I, which Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday should be replaced upon expiry by a new agreement:
President Vladimir Putin urged the United States on Tuesday to open talks on a weapons treaty to replace the key START agreement, seizing the initiative in what Russia considers the neglected sphere of arms control with less than three weeks before meeting President Bush in St. Petersburg.
President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday urged the United States to begin negotiations on a new weapons treaty to replace the key START agreement that expires in 2009.
An unmanned Russian Progress cargo ship carrying 3 tons of food, water and equipment docked with the international space station without problem, a spokesman for Russian Mission Control said Monday.
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russian special services to try to find and eliminate the killers of four Russian hostages in Iraq, news agencies reported Wednesday.