Obama and Putin exchange messages, lead Russia-US relations out of deadlock
A source in the Kremlin has confirmed that the U.S. Department of State is expecting Patrushev to arrive in Washington on May 20 to deliver a message to Obama from the Russian president
FSB warns CIA against further spy recruitment
FSB has officially confirmed that it cautioned the CIA station in Moscow against further attempts to recruit officers of Russian special services
New text of Russia-Estonia border treaty states absence of mutual territorial claims - Margelov
A new border treaty of Estonia and Russia is fully ready for signing, Federation Council International Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov told
Russian Navy plans to reestablish Mediterranean presence
The Russian Navy is planning to reinstate in the Mediterranean the squadron it dissolved 20 years ago. Its presence should become a stabilizing factor for the region
Russia could join OECD in two years if politics do not get in way, official says
Russia could complete negotiations to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in two years if this issue is not politicized, Russia's representative in talks to join the organization told
British and Russian secret intelligence to cooperate for Sochi Olympics
Following his meeting with President Putin, the British Prime Minister Cameron said that Russia and the UK will resume intelligence cooperation
FSB arrests CIA agent in Moscow
Russia’s Federal Security Service has announced that it apprehended a US spy in the process of recruiting a Russian agent
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to visit Russia
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans a visit to Russia from May 16 to May 19, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. It will be Ban's sixth visit to Russia
Poppy: The growing Afghan threat
Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is expected to rise in those areas where foreign troops have been withdrawn, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan reported
Resumption of 2+2 talks between Russia and U.S. topical, but no decision made yet - Ryabkov
The resumption of the 2+2 format of engagement with the United States involving the foreign and defense ministers is topical but no concrete understandings to this end have been reached yet, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has said
Syrians should decide for themselves
A leading Russian expert Vladimir Isayev comments on the situation in the Middle East
Russia and the US to call conference on Syria
Moscow and Washington have agreed to call an international conference to help resolve the Syrian crisis
Great Gamble: How NATO can apply the Soviet experience in Afghanistan
Gregory Feifer, a former correspondent of National Public Radio (NPR) and the author of the book “The Great Gamble: The Soviet War in Afghanistan” talked to RBTH to share his views on the Afghan crisis and NATO-Russia cooperation
Foreign Policy magazine names 23 most powerful Russians
Twenty-three Russian officials and businessmen have been included in the list of 500 most powerful people on the planet compiled by the influential Foreign Policy magazine
Moscow to address problem of weapons of mass destruction in Middle East in 2013
Moscow wants an international conference on turning the Middle East into a zone free from nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction, and their delivery means, to be convened before the end of 2013
Why NATO remembers the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan
Russian and Western experts make their guesses as to what lies behind NATO’s keen interest in the Soviet experience in Afghanistan and what impact it may have on the Russia-NATO dialogue
Russia founders in three Media Freedom ratings
Russia performed miserably in three major ratings by prominent Western media watchdogs released this week to mark World Press Freedom Day on Friday
Lavrov: talks with Kerry to help Kremlin prepare reply to Obama message
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed confidence on Thursday that planned talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry would be "useful for us to prepare a maximally concrete" response to U.S. President Barack Obama's message to his Russi
Political analyst Knyazev not allowed to Kyrgyzstan
The National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan has banned entry to Alexander Knyazev, a political analyst and citizen of Russia, Interfax was told at the press service of the committee on Thursday
Georgia will take part in Olympic Games in Sochi
The Georgian National Olympic Committee at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday decided on the country's participation in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014