Russia and the US have signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Plus ca change
The eight-year presidency of Vladimir Putin will come to an end today according to a carefully scripted scenario as his successor Dmitry Medvedev is sworn into office.
Russia on Tuesday signed off on a series of steep price rises for domestic gas, power and railway services for the next four years on the eve of Dmitry Medvedev’s inauguration as the country’s new president.