Tag: Russia
Medvedev defends Putin swap plan
President Dmitry Medvedev vowed to overhaul Russia's government next year and defended plans for a job swap designed to return Vladimir Putin to the...
Secret new Russian missile fails in testing
A new intercontinental Russian missile whose development has been kept as a state secret failed in its first test-firing and crashed back into the...
Pakistan seeks to enhance bilateral trade with Russia
A business delegation of leading exporters of Pakistan, are expected to visit Russia next month to enhance trade cooperate. Pakistan’s current share in huge...
Gunmen kill four in Russia’s North Caucasus
Gunmen in Russia's violence-plagued North Caucasus province of Dagestan shot dead a high-level law enforcement official as well as his daughter, nephew and driver...
One dead, dozens wounded after double blast in Russia
Scores of policemen and civilians were injured and one died after a double blast near regional interior ministry offices in Russia's southern city of...
Russian plane crashes, 43 feared dead
A passenger plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff near the city of Yaroslavl on Wednesday. Emergencies ministry of Russia...
More than 20 dead in Syria, Russia criticises EU embargo
Security forces killed two people in northwest Syria on Saturday as a punitive EU oil embargo came into effect, a day after anti-regime protests...
Russia ready to invest in Pak-Afghan energy projects
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday his country was ready to invest “millions of dollars” in energy projects in Pakistan and Afghanistan, as...
TAPI pipeline project members welcome Russia’s participation
Russia wants to participate in the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, members of the project said in a joint statement on Friday. "The parties...
Russia recognises Libya’s rebel government
Russia on Thursday officially recognised Libya’s rebels as the governing authority in the country, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
“The Russian Federation recognises...
Russia ‘grounds Soyuz rockets’ after space crash
Russia has grounded its Soyuz rockets after a space ship carrying tonnes of cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) crashed into Siberia shortly...
N Korea’s Kim heads to China after Russia talks
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il headed to China on Thursday after completing rare a Siberian summit with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in which he...
Russia arrests ‘Politkovskaya murder organiser’
Russia has arrested a former senior police officer suspected of organising the 2006 murder of anti-Kremlin reporter Anna Politkovskaya in exchange for cash, investigators...
Kim receives ‘bread-and-salt’ welcome in Russia
North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Il received a red carpet welcome Sunday in Russia’s Amur region where he toured a giant power station...
Iran, Russia seek nuclear crisis breakthrough
Russia and Iran pinned their hopes Wednesday on a new Kremlin-backed nuclear proposal aimed at reviving stalled negotiations with Western powers suspicious of Tehran’s...
Russia presents new nuclear plan to Iran
The top diplomats of Russia and Iran sought a breakthrough Wednesday on a deal that could revive the stalled nuclear talks between the Islamic...
Russia shows off its first stealth fighter
Russia on Tuesday unveiled its first stealth fighter to the public, lifting the curtain on a secret project designed to flood the market with...
