Obama, Putin, Iran's S-300 Missiles ... and Face Saving.

Based on President Obama's rocking speech last night ... an economic, social and foreign policy home-run... it is very easy to understand why foreign states - allies and adversaries - continue to celebrate the departure of Bush 43. Obama's candid and unabashedly...

Medvedev in Cuba to improve ties

After visiting Peru, Brazil and Venezuela, Russian President Medvedev called upon Havana. His visit is most welcome as Cuba and Russian had distanced themselves after the end of the cold war. But now and amid the...

Russia-Venezuela nuclear accord after Brazil bought weapons

After paying a short visit to Brasilia and meeting Lula da Silva, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev agreed to sell helicopters and tanks to Brazil. Both countries agreed on the need to build a new financial...

Russia's new presence in Latin America

"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit this week with Venezuela's leftist leader Hugo Chávez is the first ever for a Kremlin leader to this oil-rich nation. And the meeting – part of a Latin...

Duma Cleared Road For Putin: Reform Bill Passed

Today Duma has cleared the way for Putin , by extending presidential term to six year."A bill to extend the presidential term from four to six years has passed the lower house of the Russian parliament, the Duma,...

Medvedev Retracts Missile Threat, Has Stipulation For Obama

Within the recent months, relations between the United States and Russia have been tense at best due to the missile defense shield. Back in 2007, then-Russian President Vladimir Putin had given warning about the United States missile shield program. He had addressed leaders...

France Live: Sarkozy & Medvedev EU/RUSSIA talks prepare US money talk G20

Live image report solarlife Nice France VIDEO Sarkozy & Medvedev EU/RUSSIA talks prepare US money talk  G20 NICE, FRANCE. Dimitry Medvedev took part in the 22th Russia–European Union summit. Dmitry...

Medvedev Urges Obama to Rethink Missile Shield Plans

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said he will call of his threat to deploy missiles in the Kaliningrad region, a Russian excave within the EU, if Barack Obama calls off the Bush Administration's plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. An...

Russia and Cuba to rebuild ties

Russia and Cuba warm up bilateral relations. They will engage in energy cooperation not resume Russian military presence in the Caribbean island. "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has announced Moscow's...

'I Like Your Tan': PM's Obama Gaffe

"The Italian Prime Minister has been blasted for his blundering welcome of the US president-elect after he praised Barack Obama's "suntan". Silvio Berlusconi made the comment at a joint press conference with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev."I will try to help relations...

Russia threatens to deploy missiles

During his first ever state of the nation speech, Russian President  Dmitry Medvedev unveiled a plan to deploy Iskander missiles " as a military response to US plans to deploy missile-defense...

Medvedev: US to blame for global financial crisis

Blame game is started now everybody is blaming US for the global finencial termoil .It was Europians who started and now Russian also shoughting on USA for sheading the poison in the system." MOSCOW - Russia's president says the United States is to blame for the global...

Libya and Russia 'in nuclear deal'?

As Libya continues to improve relations with the international community and the US, its leader Muammar Gaddafi is believed to have procured a civil nuclear cooperation deal with Russia. Gaddafi was in...

Russia's Medvedev test fires long-range missile

"   A Reuters reporter said the truck-mounted Topol was fired at 3:23 a.m. EDT in drizzling rain from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, which is nestled among the taiga forests of Russia's north. Half an hour later it hit the Kura testing site, 6000 km (3700 miles) away on...

Russia to upgrade nuclear systems

"     Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has announced plans to build a "guaranteed nuclear deterrent system", to be in place by 2020. He said he wanted military chiefs to submit plans by December. He called for a programme to build new nuclear...

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