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