Dmitry Medvedev Visits Baku

Local political experts in Azerbaijan say the current visit of the Russian president is also aimed at soothing the effect of the recent Russian-Armenian military agreement. The Armenian interpretation of its agreement with Russia was that Russia guaranteed to protect Armenia and the Armenian occupied territories in Garabagh if Azerbaijan opted for a military solution of the problem.

// Sep. 03, 2010 - 06:22 GMT

Putin Extends Ban on Russian Grain Exports

Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced Thursday that Russiaâ™s ban on grain exports, which was adopted last month after a severe drought and heat wave depressed the harvest, would be extended well into next year because of continued uncertainty over production. </p>

// Sep. 03, 2010 - 06:20 GMT

Death toll from wildfires in Russia's Volgograd Region rises to 4 (Update 2)

Wildfires raging in Russia's Volgograd Region have now killed 4 people and injured 14, a Emergency Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.

// Sep. 03, 2010 - 06:13 GMT

Twenty five injured as Tajik police building hit by car bomb

Twenty five people were seriously injured when a suspected suicide car bomb hit a police building in Tajikistan's second largest city of Khujand on Friday, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

// Sep. 03, 2010 - 06:02 GMT

Russia begin Euro 2012 campaign

Russia start their attempt to qualify for Euro 2012 with a trip to minnows Andorra on Friday evening.

// Sep. 03, 2010 - 04:50 GMT

Russia to remember victims of terrorist attacks

Numerous events will be held across Russia on Friday, to mark the Day of solidarity in fight against terrorism and the final day of the Beslan school siege, in which 334 people were killed.

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

Wildfire approaches federal highway in Volga area (Update 1)

Wildfires have been raging in forests on both sides of the M5 “Urals” federal highway linking Moscow and the Urals near the city of Togliatti in the Volga area.

// Sep. 03, 2010 - 03:31 GMT

Evraz says first half loss down to $270 mln

Evraz group, one of Russia's largest steelmakers, made a first half net loss to IFRS of $270 million, down by 73 percent year-on-year, the company said on Thursday.

// Sep. 02, 2010 - 09:10 GMT

Kazakhstan officially approves Uranium One swap deal with ARMZ

Kazakhstan has approved Canada's Uranium One's sale of a controlling stake to Russian state-owned miner Atomredmetzoloto (ARMZ), the deputy head of the Kazakh Ministry of Industry and New Technologies said on Thursday.

// Sep. 02, 2010 - 08:55 GMT

History of Russian-Ukrainian Relations

In the 9th-12th centuries, most of the Kievan Rus lands were part of the early feudal Russian State.

// Sep. 02, 2010 - 08:48 GMT