Russia will buy French Mistral class helicopter carriers with the complete set of navigational equipment and technical documentation, but equip the ships with its own weaponry and helicopters, a defense industry source said Monday.
Kyrgyz President Roza Otunbayeva on Monday warned that the risk of further violence in the impoverished Central Asian nation remained.
Visiting U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton said on Monday that the Georgia-Russia territorial disputes are "not an easy problem".
Russia took a step toward a common economic market with neighbors Belarus and Kazakhstan as the three countries’ leaders signed a joint Customs Code in the Kazakh capital Astana.
Consumer prices in Russia increased 5.8% year-on-year in June, the Federal State Statistics Service said Monday. A year ago, prices rose 11.9%.