Eastern Europe

Official: Russian ship with 30 crew ‘could sink’

The Smolninsky refrigerated vessel was being battered by side winds and listing dangerously to its port side, said a duty officer for a search and …
Interns

Georgia officially completes pullout of CIS

The Georgian parliament passed a ruling on Aug. 14, 2008, severing its CIS ties. The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Aug. 18, 2008, forwarded a note to …
Interfax-Ukraine

Fitch upgrades Russia’s rating outlook to stable

The upgrade reflects signs of economic and financial stability as evidenced by a recovery in capital inflows, slower inflation as well as reduction in …
Interns

Russia arrests YouTube police whistleblower

Former police major Alexei Dymovsky became a household name in Russia earlier this year when he used the video-sharing website to appeal to Prime …
Reuters

Russia warns against rushing to Iran sanctions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Tehran to work constructively to allay Western fears over its nuclear programme but said world powers …
Reuters

Liquid fuel components sent from Ukraine to Russia for disposal

"The first echelon consisting of six containers each with 50 tonnes of melange has left the military warehouses today," Ukrainian Defense Ministry …
Interfax-Ukraine

Lavrov: Russia not ready to set up missile defense shield together with U.S.

"As far as missile defense issues are concerned, we have told the U.S. and NATO that it is necessary to start everything from scratch – to jointly …
Interfax-Ukraine

NEWS.am: Georgia quits CIS Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

As Chairman of IPA CISCouncil Sergei Mironov stated earlier, according to IPA procedures, Georgia’s statement on the withdrawal from CIS enters into …
Interns

Russia bans turnover of smoking blends

"In line with the law individuals involved in the illicit turnover of the said narcotic substances will be held criminally liable, the same as for …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russian FM ‘doesn’t understand’ Polish missiles

Lavrov was reacting Friday to an announcement Wednesday by the Polish Defense Ministry saying a base with up to eight launch pads and manned by some …
Interns

Russia says U.S. nuclear talks to start in early February

The two largest nuclear powers say they are close to agreement on a successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), although U.S. …
Reuters

Official: Russian ship with 30 crew ‘could sink’

An emergency spokesman on Russia’s Far Eastern Sakhalin Island says the captain of the Smolninsky refrigerated cargo vessel sent a distress signal …
interns

Russia says to start Iran nuclear plant in 2010

"2010 is the year of Bushehr," Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko told reporters after a cabinet meeting in Moscow. "There is absolutely no doubt that it …
Reuters

Medvedev, Hammarberg to discuss human rights issues in North Caucasus

"Taking into account the report prepared by the commissioner after visiting the Chechen Republic and the Republic if Ingushetia in September 2009, the …
Interfax-Ukraine

Russia responds to U.S. missile plans for Poland

"The surface, underwater and aviation elements of the Baltic Fleet will be strengthened," RIA quoted the unidentified Russian navy official as …
Reuters

U.S. urges Kazakhstan to lead by example in OSCE

Rights groups have criticised the West for allowing Kazakhstan to assume the rotating chair of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe …
Reuters

New Europe: Nord Stream startled by Ukraine’s plans

Interns

Deployment of U.S. missiles in Poland anti-Russian move – general

"Though from the military point of view those systems in Poland don’t pose any particular threat to Russia, it’s not a good signal, one that won’t …
Interfax-Ukraine
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