The Putin-Barroso Gas Summit Flares Up EU-Russia relations
Vladimir Putin headed the Russian delegation and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso headed the EU delegation. The agenda of the visit of the Russian delegation included three issues: Russia’s accession to the WTO; the EU-Russia energy trade; and the free visa regime for Russians traveling to the EU.
Insurgency in Russia's Caucasus a growing threat
A police officer stopped at a traffic light in Dagestan's capital is gunned down from an adjacent car. A driver blows himself up at a checkpoint. The mayor has survived 15 assassination attempts.
Chechen rebel urges 'total war' with Russia
The Chechen Islamist rebel leader who is Russia's most wanted man has issued an appeal for recruits for a "total war" against the Russian state, in a new video message
Kyrgyzstan represents investment interest for Russia
Kyrgyzstan represents investment interest for Russia, press-service of Kyrgyz Parliament quoted the Russian State Duma Chairman Boris Gryzlov, reporting on the meeting of Speaker Akhmatbek Keldibekov with his counterpart in Moscow
Russia demands Japan investigate protest
Russia is demanding that Japan investigate a protest that took place outside the Russian embassy in Tokyo, and warning that it could open its own criminal case in the matter.
Belarus does not answer Lithuania's questions about NPP’s environmental impact
Belarus has not yet answered questions regarding the nuclear power plant's environmental impact, states the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.
Russia: Disputed Islands to Receive Arms
Russia will arm a group of disputed islands at the center of a growing debate with Japan with antiship missiles and attack helicopters, the Interfax news agency cited the military general staff as saying Tuesday. Russian P-800 rockets, known as Yakhonts, will be deployed on the islands, which Russia calls the Southern Kuriles and Japan calls the Northern Territories, Interfax quoted an unnamed representative of the general staff as saying. Russia also plans to send Mi-28N battle helicopters to the islands, Interfax cited the representative as saying.
Russia and the uprisings in the Middle East
The ongoing wave of popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa has provoked alarm within the Kremlin, which fears the destabilizing impact of these events on Russia’s national interests in the region, the world economy and mass consciousness throughout the former Soviet sphere.
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