Shareholders of Canadian mining company Uranium One on Tuesday approved a deal to sell a controlling stake to Russian state-owned miner Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ)

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 03:59 GMT

Beset by mounting casualties on the battlefield and deepening disquiet at home over the United States' longest war, President Obama's Afghan policy now faces another big headache: the unraveling of central authority in Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian nation that hosts a U.S. air base critical to the battle against the Taliban.

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 05:31 GMT

An expert witness for the prosecution testified Tuesday that Islamic charities based in Saudi Arabia, including the one an Iranian-born tree surgeon is accused of smuggling money for, were regular conduits of funding to Muslim fighters in the volatile Caucasus region.

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 05:33 GMT

Taking a look at the map of the Arctic Circle it becomes evident Russia controls more than 60% of the territory while Canada and Denmark share in about 15% each while the U.S. lags behind with less than 10%.

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 05:35 GMT

Put aside serious political issues like the disputed northern territories off Hokkaido for now. The Japanese Embassy in Russia has published the first issue of a Russian-language magazine featuring Japanese pop culture, hoping to broaden pro-Japanese sentiment in the country.

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 05:38 GMT

Traveling between Russia and the EU should be made as easy as possible as part of the transition to a visa-free regime, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 06:10 GMT

The Russian government will welcome BP CEO Tony Hayward to any new post in the Russian-British TNK-BP joint venture, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Wednesday.

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 06:41 GMT

A merger between Russia's metals giant Norilsk Nickel and local potash companies is unreasonable, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said on Wednesday

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 06:44 GMT

The Russian News and Information Agency RIA Novosti, the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia Profile and Russia in Global Affairs magazines and The Moscow News newspaper have been holding annual meetings of the Valdai Discussion Club since 2004. The clubâ™s mission is to create an international expert venue, where leading foreign experts on Russia can receive trusted and competent information on the country and societyâ™s development from top federal and regional officials. </p>

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 06:48 GMT

Sergei Bogdanchikov, the president of Rosneft, Russia's state-controlled oil giant, has denied a media report that he will soon resign.

// Sep. 01, 2010 - 06:54 GMT