By Peter Heinlein United Nations 08 March 2006 Russia's foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has indicated Moscow will oppose U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran. The Council could begin discussing...
By David Gollust State Department 07 March 2006 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow has made no compromise offer to deal with Iran's nuclear program. He spoke after talks with U.S. Secr...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 21 February 2006 Russian and Iranian officials are discounting reports of failure after two days of talks in Moscow ended without Iran accepting a Russian compromise proposal. T...
By Steve Schy Cesana, San Sicario 16 February 2006 Biathlon competition at Cesana, San Sicario It was hazy and mild in Turin, but it was snowing hard up in the mountains as 83 women started the 7.5-ki...
By Bill Gasperini Moscow 29 January 2006 Georgian man wheels in a barrow of free firewood distributed by the authorities in Tbilisi, 29 January 2006 Russian natural gas has begun to flow through the m...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 26 January 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin says allegations that surfaced this week that British spies are funding non-governmental Russian charities justifies the controv...
By Marlene Smith Vienna 02 February 2006 The International Atomic Energy Agency is considering reporting Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council, but hopes a Russian deal will avoid escala...
By Stefan Bos Lithuanian election officials say a party led by a Russian-born millionaire has won the initial round of the country's first parliamentary ballot since it joined the European Union and N...
By Michael Drudge A Russian cabinet minister says the trial of the former chief of the Yukos oil company is proceeding correctly within Russia's legal system. The official, Defense Minister Sergei Iva...
Bill Gasperini Workers for a Russian energy contractor in Iraq are being pulled out of the country following the killing of two employees in an ambush near Baghdad Wednesday. The Russian government sa...