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Reuters - NATO will invite Russia to take part in a U.S.-European missile defense shield at a summit on Saturday, a move that would herald the closest cooperation between the…

Reuters - A Russian diplomat said on Thursday that U.S. authorities pressured suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout to admit guilt during his extradition flight to the United States, offering him…

Reuters - Iran has developed a version of the Russian S-300 missile and will test-fire it soon, the official news agency IRNA said, two months after Moscow decided not to…

Reuters - NATO and Russia need to embark on a new relationship, the head of the Western military alliance said on Wednesday on a trip to Moscow to lobby for…

Reuters - Japan warned Moscow on Wednesday against more visits to rocky islands claimed by both countries, Kyodo news agency reported, after Russia’s president stopped off in one of the…

Reuters - Jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in an interview published on Monday that Russia could face a crisis within five years as lower economic growth rates leave the Kremlin…

Reuters - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied that President Dmitry Medvedev’s possible trip to the disputed Kuril islands ahead of a visit to Japan was politically charged, and said…

Time.com - Moscow uses the war on drugs as its pathway back to the scene of one of its most humiliating defeats

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Time.com - Moscow uses the war on drugs as its pathway back to scene of one of its most humiliating defeats

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Reuters - Russia called on Iraq on Wednesday not to carry out the death sentence on Tareq Aziz on humanitarian grounds, its foreign ministry said.

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