Russia

President Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj said Wednesday that defense and military-technical cooperation was important for Mongolia's relations with Russia. Read More

Russia and the United States will sign a new nuclear arms deal shortly, the Russian foreign ministry said Wednesday. Read More

President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia would switch to digital broadcasting by 2015. Read More

The Russian Supreme Court's judicial chamber for civil cases has upheld a ban against a southern Russian branch of the Jehovah's Witnesses, authorities say. Read More

The eastern corner of the sky was tinged with red hues of the morning sun when the huge war aircraft of the Pulkovo airlines landed at St Petersburg airport. Read More

Last year's experience with interrupted gas supplies did have one benefit: new life was blown into plans for alternative routes, like the Nabucco pipeline that is to bring Azeri gas to Europe through Turkey. Read More

The instability of natural gas prices and a global supply glut has pushed a once-informal organization of gas exporting countries to ramp up its profile and mission in the past year. Read More

Moscow—India and Russia have displayed a strong convergence on refuting the "good Taliban-bad Taliban" formulation, describing it as a "facile" formulation and stressing the urgency of mopping up terrorist-extremist safe havens in Pakistan. Read More

A strange phenomenon that was viewed by scores of Norwegian citizens, as a spinning 'Catherine Wheel-like' unknown object spun through the sky, and then exploded in a white ring of light. Read More

Modern Warfare 2 is a powerhouse in the video game world. Read More