Moscow has played down the arrest of alleged Russian spies in the US, saying the issue would "not negatively affect relations".
Russia is technologically prepared to introduce a visa-free regime with European Union, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
The humanitarian crisis in Kyrgyzstan entered a new phase Wednesday as relief agencies rushed to shift their aid to refugees returning to their burned and looted homes and warned of more widespread violence if they fail to dampen tensions.
Arrest of 11 alleged Russian spies jolts relations between Obama and Medvedev
Combat ships from the Russian Pacific Fleet started on Wednesday a series of drills in the Sea of Japan as part of the Vostok-2010 strategic exercises in Russia's Far East.
A suicide bomb blast ripped though the center of the capital of Russia's Chechnya region on Wednesday and was believed to have caused at least one death.