Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. Iran has r...
Syrian Refugees Go Home to Former Russian Riviera Syrias civil war has created more than one million refugees. Many live in border camps in Turkey, Jordan or Lebanon. But a lucky few are finding shelter on the Black Sea coast, in Abkhazia, a breakawa...
Cyprus Crisis Burns Russian Investors For years, construction companies in Cyprus lured Russians to invest in the Mediterranean island. Over the last decade, 40,000 Russians moved to Cyprus. They now make up five percent of the population. The lure,...
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...