A senior U.S. official says Moscow's decision to invade Georgia is having a major impact on the Russian economy with financial markets losing nearly a third of their value. VOA correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Washington. U.S. Undersecre...
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says recent events in South Ossetia have complicated the country's financial markets, but there is no economic crisis. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting...
Russian officials say 88 people were killed early Sunday when a Boeing 737 crashed in the Ural mountains just outside the Siberian city of Perm. The passenger jet was getting ready to land after making the trek eastward from Moscow. Emma Stickgold h...
Life is returning to normal in parts or northern Georgia - two months after open warfare there between Georgian and Russian troops and Russian-backed separatists from the enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russian troops pulled out of their sel...
The European Union has welcomed the withdrawal of Russian troops from Georgian territory as was stipulated by a cease-fire agreement between Moscow and Tbilisi, but views are mixed as to whether the Russians have fully complied with the conditions o...
Russia's currency and stock market have suffered substantial losses since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia three weeks ago. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports investors are nervous going into the weekend over the possibility that...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization has failed to give Russia full support for its actions in South Ossetia. VOA Moscow correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports. Presidents of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states pose for a photo during...
The United States Tuesday condemned Russia's recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, with President Bush urging Moscow to reconsider. U.S. officials say there is no chance the United Nations will accept the two r...
The Russian parliament has voted unanimously to recommend the government recognize the independence of the breakaway Georgian republics of South Ossetian and Abkhazia. VOA Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports from Moscow the move could be a violatio...
Russia says all of its forces in Georgia will be withdrawn by late Friday into a 'buffer zone' around the separatist region of South Ossetia, where Georgian troops will no longer be allowed. Georgia, however, doubts Moscow's assurances, and says the...