Cooperation with Russia should become NATO's top priority — report

Closer cooperation with Russia should become a major foreign policy priority for NATO, but better relations with Moscow cannot come at the expense of the security of eastern European alliance members, an influential U.S. foreign policy research center has said.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 00:44 GMT


Hiddink does not 'bid farewell' to Russia

Russia's head football coach Guus Hiddink, who is quitting Russia for Turkey, has said he may come back.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 01:42 GMT


Hiddink does not 'make farewells' to Russia

Russia's head football coach Guus Hiddink, who is quitting Russia for Turkey, has said he may come back.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 01:42 GMT


Suicide attacks kill dozens in central Iraq ahead of parliamentary polls

At least 32 people were killed and 42 were wounded in three coordinated suicide attacks, which occurred in the central Iraqi city of Baquba just days before parliamentary elections seen as a crucial precursor to a complete US military withdrawal from the country.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 02:51 GMT


Russian emigrant arrested for illegally transmitting $172 million in U.S.

Police in the U.S. state of Oregon have arrested a Russian emigrant on charges of moving more than $172 million into the United States and out to more than 50 countries via shell companies.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 03:21 GMT


Obama calls for 'up or down vote' on health care reform

U.S. President Barack Obama has called for Congress to allow an “up or down vote” on his overhaul health care reform bill, urging the decision to be taken within the next few weeks.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 04:15 GMT


Clinton fails to persuade Brazil to back sanctions against Iran

Brazil will not bow to pressure by the U.S. to support harsher sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program, the country's foreign minister has said, as quoted by BBC.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 05:10 GMT


Siberian mayor says no to WWII veterans' calls for Stalin monument

There will be no monument to Joseph Stalin in Irkutsk, despite demands from World War II veterans to honor the Soviet dictator, the mayor of the East Siberian city said.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 06:42 GMT


Scotland striker turns down lucrative move to Russian club

Scotland and Kilmarnock forward Kevin Kyle has turned down the chance of move to Russian Premier League side Spartak Nalchik.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 07:21 GMT


First post-Soviet Abkhazian leader dies after long illness in Moscow

Vladislav Ardzinba, a man who spearheaded the rebellion of his Black Sea province of Abkhazia against Georgian rule, on Thursday died after a long illness aged 64, the Abkhazian parliamentary speaker said.

// Mar. 04, 2010 - 08:21 GMT