// Sep. 09, 2010 - 03:06 GMT

The Russian emergencies ministry began extinguishing wildfires on Thursday on the Kazakh-Russian border using firefighting aircraft.

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 03:06 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Irish counterpart Mary McAleese in Moscow on Thursday to discuss future cooperation within the framework of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 03:49 GMT

An improvised explosive device equivalent of around 4 kg TNT has been found in the main hydraulic unit at Irganaisk hydroelectric power plant in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, where a fire broke out on Wednesday evening, a source in the regional authorities said.

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 05:14 GMT

Russia and Armenia have agreed to deepen their already close military ties, signing a deal that will strengthen Russian influence in the South Caucasus and could have profound implications for the unresolved Karabakh conflict.

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 06:22 GMT

India will have to learn to live with the new Russian-Pakistani bonhomie, just as Russia has taken India's entanglement with the U.S. in its stride.

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 06:24 GMT

Critics of the “reset” in U.S.-Russia relations often argue that a true strategic partnership between the two countries is impossible because Russia recognizes few, if any, geopolitical priorities of the United States and doesn't adhere to its “values.” Writing for the January 2010 issue of The Washington Quarterly David Kramer, for instance, points to “a widening values gap between the two countries.”

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 06:25 GMT

In its Russia Development Index 2009–2010 handed over to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday, the Valdai Discussion Club outlines a generally negative picture on the current development of Russia.

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 06:27 GMT

Companies participating in the Skolkovo research district, dubbed Russia's “Silicon Valley,” are not obliged to operate inside the future hub's area until 2014, a Russian business daily said on Thursday.

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 07:07 GMT

The head of the Directorate for Combating Economic Crimes and three police officers in Russia's east Siberian Zabaikalsky Territory are suspected of taking bribes worth 14 million rubles (more than $450,000), a spokesman for the local investigation committee said.

// Sep. 09, 2010 - 07:18 GMT