Russia
Putin puts Medvedev in charge of Russia's ruling party
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin steered Dmitry Medvedev into the chairmanship of Russia's ruling party on Saturday and demanded reforms to the flagging organization he will rely on to keep his grip on the country's far-flung regions.
Serbian tells Putin he will not trade Kosovo for EU
MOSCOW - Serbia is on a "long and uncertain" road to joining the European Union but will not give up its claim to Kosovo for the sake of membership, President-elect Tomislav Nikolic told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
Russian arms shipment en route to Syria: report
UNITED NATIONS - A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible.
Russian arms shipment en route to Syria: report
UNITED NATIONS - A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described on Friday as credible.
Shell may join Russia's Shtokman gas team: sources
MOSCOW - Royal Dutch Shell may join a Gazprom -led initiative to extract gas from the Arctic seabed off Russia's coast, several sources said, in an attempt to inject new impetus into the huge project delayed by years of talks over financing.
Putin's support sliding, crisis ahead: think-tank
MOSCOW - Support for President Vladimir Putin is sliding across Russia, and pressure for change is so widespread that a political crisis including violent clashes with protesters appears highly likely, a respected think-tank said on Thursday.
New Serb president reassures EU, heads to Russia
BELGRADE - Serbian President-elect Tomislav Nikolic told the European Union on Thursday he would "insist" the country stick to its pro-European path, a day before heading to Russia on his first foreign trip since being elected.
Putin orders Rosneftegaz assets sale in 2013-2015
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered the government to approve a plan to sell state assets in 2013-2015 in the holding Rosneftegaz, which manages stakes in Gazprom and Rosneft , the Interfax news agency said.
Sberbank CEO hopeful of stake sale this year: paper
MOSCOW - Russia's Sberbank is hopeful a stake sale in it, as part of the nation's wider privatization program, will happen this year, Chief Executive Officer German Gref told Kommersant daily on Thursday.
Accomplice to arms dealer Bout handed five-year prison term
NEW YORK - A South African pilot who testified against his former associate and jailed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was himself sentenced to five years in federal prison on Wednesday.
U.N. says over 92 killed in Syria, 32 of them children
BEIRUT - The United Nations said on Saturday that more than 92 people were killed in what activists described as an artillery barrage by government forces in the worst violence since the start of a U.N. peace plan to slow the flow of blood in Syria's uprising. | Video
Greek debt – remember the goats
Greece's creditors have essentially let it off the hook by overwhelmingly agreeing to take a 74 percent loss. So what better time to remember one of the first times Athens got in trouble with paying its debts.
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