A court in east Ukraine has created a legal precedent, ruling that a local journalist has the right to doubt that the 1932–1933 Holodomor famine was an act of genocide of the Ukrainian nation
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 10:00 GMT
A Bangkok zoo has evacuated animals to provincial zoos ahead of a mass rally by the opposition movement on March 12–14
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 09:47 GMT
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday formally proposed to parliament the candidacy of his ally Mykola Azarov for the post of prime minister
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 09:27 GMT
The U.S. government has lifted sanctions against the Russian space organization Glavkosmos
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 09:20 GMT
The new parliamentary coalition in Ukraine has nominated President Viktor Yanukovych's ally Mykola Azarov for prime minister, a deputy from Yanukovych's Party of Regions said Thursday.
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 08:57 GMT
The future of Moscow's expanded clout in Europe has never looked better. The new Franco-Russian embrace is marked by major arms sales, a space deal, lucrative energy contracts, and greater market accessâ”all under the banner of a blossoming personal relationship between Mr. Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. </p>
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 08:45 GMT
The US and Russia are currently negotiating a successor to the START nuclear disarmament treaty. But continued American plans for a missile shield in Europe have proven to be a major stumbling block. President Obama's vision of a nuclear-free world is in danger.
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 08:41 GMT
With books in hand, the Russians have returned to Cuba. For 30 years they were an indispensable presence on the island. The then Soviets provided socialist Cuba with international political, economic, and military support in a world clearly divided between two blocs and swept by the frigid winds of the Cold War and threats of atomic conflagration.
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 08:40 GMT
Italy's Eni SpA, which is Gazprom's partner in the Kremlin-backed South Stream gas pipeline project, proposed uniting it with its Nabucco rival to boost overall revenues
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 08:38 GMT
European efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions could be undermined by Russian plans to dramatically increase energy production from coal, Western experts said in Brussels yesterday (9 March).
// Mar. 11, 2010 - 08:38 GMT