RUSSIA: GOVERNMENT PAPER PUBLISHES AMENDED CONSTITUTION

Russia's government paper, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, published constitutional amendments...

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Source: RIA Novosti

Russia, Argentina Tout World Without U.S. Domination

The presidents of Russia and Argentina called for a world not dominated by the United States as the two countries signed deals...

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Source: International Herald Tribune

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Pledges Support for India

President Dmitry Medvedev told his Indian counterpart on Friday that Russia and other countries must work with India to fight terrorism, in the wake of last week's attacks in Mumbai...

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Source: RIA Novosti

Aleksy II, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Dies Aged 79

Aleksy II, the Russian Orthodox patriarch who led a revival of the church after the fall of Communism and built close ties to the Kremlin under Vladimir Putin, died Friday at his residence in Moscow, news agencies reported...

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Source: Times Online

Russia to Send Warship Admiral Chabanenko Through Panama Canal

Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II...

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Source: Associated Press

Russia, U.S. Unlikely to Agree on Missile Shield in December

The Russian foreign minister said on Friday that Moscow and Washington were unlikely to reach a final agreement on a planned U.S. missile shield for central Europe during talks in December...

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Source: RIA Novosti

Venezuela and Russia Sign 15 Agreements in Caracas

The ceremony capping the first visit of a Russian president to Venezuela, like the rest of the president’s visit, was heavy on pomp and symbolism...

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Source: New York Times

Russian Leaders Hope For Better Ties with U.S. under Obama

Russia's leaders said Monday they hope the United States will scrap its missile defense system in Europe and be more willing to negotiate a nuclear arms control deal once U.S. President-elect Barack Obama takes office...

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Source: Associated Press

Bush Meets With Russian Leader For Last Time

George W. Bush held his last meeting as U.S. president with a Russian leader on Saturday, telling Dmitry Medvedev he had worked hard to make it a "cordial relationship" despite difficult disagreements...

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Source: Reuters

Russia's Mededev to Discuss World Economic Crisis with APEC

The Russian president will discuss the world economic crisis and all aspects of security with APEC leaders, who are gathering for their 16th summit on Saturday....

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Source: Russia Today

Russian President Meets Oligarchs in Barikhva

Oleg Deripaska, Viktor Vekselberg, Mikhail Prokhorov, Alisher Usmanov and Vladimir Potanin were be among the guests at a dinner with the president in Barvikha, a luxury village near Moscow...

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Source: Russia Today

Obama Should Look Into Putin's Record, Not His Eyes

Even as Barack Obama faces front-page issues like Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan, he will still have to find the time and courage to deal with a certain nuclear-armed autocracy that controls much of the world's oil and gas...

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Source: Wall Street Journal

Barack Obama Can Be More Dangerous for Russia

Focus Magazine has recently published an interview with Hans-Henning Schroeder, the chairman of the research group for Russia at the Berlin-based Institute for International and Security Affairs...

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Source Pravda

Spotlight: Svetlana Medvedev and Michelle Obama

Barack Obama prepares to move into the White House. He does not know what challenges he will have to face as the new president of the United States, although he does realize that the USA has lost its function of the only guarantor of global stability...

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Source: Pravda

EU Promises to Smooth Russia's Path to WTO

European Union officials called last week's Nice summit between Russia and the European Union constructive and said talks would resume to draw up a "road map" to help Russia join the World Trade Organization...

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Source: Moscow Times

Russia: Putin To Hold Q&A Session as Party Leader

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold a live televised session with the public, his first as leader of the ruling pro-presidential United Russia party in December, a respected business daily said on Tuesday...

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Source: RIA Novosti

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Signs Tariff Pledge in U.S.

President Dmitry Medvedev joined the other leaders of G20 nations Saturday in pledging not to introduce new trade barriers over the next 12 months, a commitment that might complicate the government plans to insulate the national economy from the global crisis...

Russain President Dmitry Medvedev Signs Tariff Pledge in U.S.

Source: Moscow Times

Vladimir Putin: 21st-Century Sultanate

Vladimir Putin has harnessed patronage, nepotism, and cronyism to build Russia’s corporatist state...

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Source: The American

Medvedev sees chance for good ties with Obama

The start of a new U.S. administration under President-elect Barack Obama offers a good opportunity to repair damaged relations between Moscow and Washington, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

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Source: Reuters

Russian plan raises foreign policy stakes for Obama

Amid all the justified light-headedness and hosannahs to democracy that greeted Barack Obama's victory last week, some chilly, undemocratic calculations were spinning in a very different part of the world...

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Source: The New Zeland Herald