Russian punk band member withdraws release plea in solidarity with bandmate
By Anastasia Gorelova Jailed Pussy Riot punk band member Maria Alyokhina withdrew her plea for an early release on Friday in a show of support...
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Fugitive Snowden’s father in Russia, hopes to see son
By Steve Gutterman Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden’s father arrived in Moscow on Thursday to see his son, who was granted asylum in...
Putin: world powers on right track on Syria chemical arms
By Steve Gutterman Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday global powers were “on the right track” with a plan to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons...
Russia charges Greenpeace activists with piracy
By Steve Gutterman Russian authorities charged Greenpeace activists from several nations with piracy on Wednesday over a protest against Arctic oil drilling at a platform...
US, Russia agree on Syria UN chemical arms measure
By John Irish and Michelle Nichols Ending weeks of diplomatic deadlock, the United States and Russia agreed on Thursday on a U.N. Security Council draft...
Big 5 agree core of UN Syria resolution
The United States, Russia, France, China and Britain have agreed on the core of a U.N Security Council resolution to rid Syria of its chemical...
Russian investigators say Greenpeace activists to be prosecuted
By Thomas Grove Environmental activists who protested at a Russian Arctic offshore oil platform last week will be prosecuted and could face piracy charges punishable...
US, Russia agree deal on Syria chemical weapons
The United States and Russia have agreed on a proposal to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday after...
Kerry, Lavrov agree to push for new peace conference (updated)
By Tom Miles and Oliver Holmes RUSSIA and the United States agreed a new push to negotiate an end to Syria’s civil war as they...
Russia, U.S. work on deal to disarm Syria of chemical weapons
By Warren Strobel and Stephen Kalin U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry flew into Geneva on Thursday to hear Russia’s plans to disarm Syria of...
Russia proposes Syria chemical weapons deal to avert war, US skeptical
By Stephen Kalin and Arshad Mohammed AS BARACK Obama struggled to rally Congress behind US military action in Syria, Russia seized on a remark by...
Putin ‘does not rule out’ approving Syria strike with evidence Assad used poison gas
By Thomas Grove Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia did not rule out approving a military operation in Syria if clear evidence showed Damascus had...
Russia raises alarm over Israeli missile test in Mediterranean
By Steve Gutterman Russia raised the alarm on Tuesday after detecting the launch of two ballistic “objects” in the Mediterranean Sea but Israel later said...
Russian police seize painting of Putin in women’s underwear
By Liza Dobkina Police seized a painting of Russia’s president and prime minister in women’s underwear from a gallery in St Petersburg, saying the satirical...
Snowden got stuck in Russia after Cuba blocked entry – newspaper
By Katya Golubkova Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden got stuck in the transit zone of a Moscow airport because Havana said it would...
Russia concerned about possible U.S. military response In Syria
Russia has expressed its concern to Washington that the United States will respond militarily to a suspected chemical weapons attack by Syrian government forces...
Obama cancels meeting with Russia’s Putin over Snowden decision
By Susan Heavey and Mark Felsenthal U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday abruptly canceled a Moscow summit with President Vladimir Putin planned for next month...
Snowden leaves Moscow airport, gets refugee status in Russia (updated)
By Timothy Heritage and Alissa de Carbonnel Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped quietly out of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Thursday after...
Fugitive Snowden’s hopes of leaving Moscow airport dashed
By Lidia Kelly Fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden’s hopes of leaving Moscow’s SheremetyevoAirport for the first time in a month on Wednesday were...
Bailed Russian opposition leader vows to become Moscow mayor
By Gabriela Baczynska and Maria Tsvetkova Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny told cheering supporters on Saturday he wants to contest and win an election to...
