U.S., Allies Weigh Punishment for Russia

" Scrambling to find ways to punish Russia for its invasion of pro-Western Georgia, the United States and its allies are considering expelling Moscow from an exclusive club of wealthy nations and canceling an upcoming joint NATO-Russia military exercise,...

Russia calls halt to 5-day invasion of Georgia

"Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia — five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. Both sides accepted the general outlines of a...

Russia's Medvedev halts military action in Georgia

"Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military action in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of air and land attacks that took Russian forces deep into its small U.S.-allied neighbor in the...

Update Moscow 6-pack EU-Peace plan South Ossetia, Medvedev / Sarkozy agreed

Preview EU: Aug 15: President Dmitry Medvedev to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel 6-pack Peace plan South Ossetia  presented by D. Medvedev N. Sarkozy:Russia will retreat it's troops behind the...

Georgia says Russian aircraft bombed its air bases

"Russia sent columns of tanks and reportedly bombed Georgian air bases Friday after Georgia launched a major military offensive Friday to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia, threatening to ignite a broader conflict. Hundreds of civilians...

U.S. Is in No Shape to Give Advice, Medvedev Says

Wow, less arrogant than Vladimir Putin  but very plain and touchy about foreign critisism. Dmitri A Medvedev Russia's new president told US to keep it's advice to itself because the state of the...

Russia Wants Domain Names In Cyrillic ... The Native Language

It appears that the leadership in Russia wants to maintain its unique Russian culture. Much like the French in wanting to maintain their language as a "global" language,  The Russian President, Medvedev,...

Russia blames US for global financial crisis

" ST PETERSBURG - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev blamed "aggressive" United States policies on Saturday for the global financial crisis and said Moscow's growing economic muscle could be part of the...

Medvedev warns Ukraine over Nato

The newly-seated Russian President rattles the saber at Ukraine over its Nato bid, and raising fuel export prices at the same time. It's difficult to see the latter as anything but a warning shot."Mr Medvedev told...

Medvedev to become Russian President

Russia is going to get a New President  today. A protege of outgoing President Vladimir Putin, new incumbent Dmitry Medvedev will take oath today in the historic Kremlin Palace. He doesn't carry...

Medvedev leads Russian presidential election

"Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov was left far behind with 18.3 percent. Liberal Democratic Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky won 10.05 percent and Democratic Party leader Andrei Bogdanov 1.3 percent, CEC figures showed. Chairman of the CEC Vladimir Churov declared the...

Medvedev emerges victor in Russian presidential elections

2008-03-03 04:52:01 Biggest democracy in the world goes to the poll to elect its president.Dmitry Medvedev win is forgone conclusion as he is backed by United Russia party of Putin.In era of Putin the Kremlin has...

Putin, Medvedev say win for Kremlin's candidate means continuity in Russia

Vladimir Putin congratulated his hand-picked successor on his apparent presidential election victory Sunday and said the win would guarantee the continuity of the course Putin set for Russia. Dmitry Medvedev,...

Medvedev to Take Over for Putin (Exit Poll)

Update: Dmitry Medvedev has won, with just over 70% of the vote, according to exit polls. the official result will be announced tomorrow by the Central Election Commission. Update: Turnout is high, induced by...

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