Russia's top AIDS official on Friday lambasted the government's approach to fighting HIV, saying the number of registered cases was growing 10 percent a year despite increased federal funding.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans to seek savings on preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics because of the global economic downturn, the deputy prime minister who is in charge of preparations for the Games said on Friday.
Russia and Georgia started talks on Wednesday to resolve tensions over breakaway regions that led to a war in August, and one senior official predicted negotiations could take years.
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Tbilisi's U.N. envoy said on Monday that he expects U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will maintain strong U.S. support for the NATO ambitions of Georgia, still reeling from a military defeat by Russia.
Nov 16 - Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev says he hope U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will take some of the strain out of relations between Washington and Moscow.
Russia is ready to discuss existing missile defense programs with the United States, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday, signaling an easing in Russia's outright opposition to U.S. plans.
The leaders of the Group of 20 nations, including the world's richest countries and such major developing economies as China, Brazil, India and Russia, issued a joint statement and detailed action plan after their meeting Saturday pledging to take a variety of steps to combat the current economic crisis and make sure it doesn't happen again.
Nineteenth-seed Norway upset 3rd-seed China in round three of the 38th Chess Olympiad on Saturday, while top-ranked Russia rolled on by beating Cuba 3.5-0.5.
Russia will pull out of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty if ex-Soviet Ukraine and Georgia are set on the path to NATO membership, Interfax news agency quoted a government official as saying on Friday.
As the European Union prepares to restart talks on cooperation with Russia, the United States is warning that the move could undermine Western attempts to rein in the Kremlin's aggressive foreign policy.
