Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Tuesday set out Russia's latest attempt to foil a growing Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus, calling on local leaders to reduce grinding poverty.
Ukrainian customs officials say they've seized $60 million worth of cocaine in the Black Sea Port of Odessa, in the country's biggest cocaine bust ever.
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin was accused of "cynicism" over recent comments on the August 2008 conflict between Russia and Georgia by a Georgian first deputy foreign minister on Tuesday.
Warmer ties between Ukraine and Russia are needed to improve the regional economic climate, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.
The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan took their longest stride to date in linking their economies, forming a customs union that they say will soon evolve into a more ambitious common market, with Russia at its hub.
The supervisory council of the Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies has approved a project on the development and commercialization of Russian innovative medicine.
Moscow and Sofia have discussed details of their ‘road maps’ on the construction of the South Stream gas pipeline and a nuclear power plant in Belene, northern Bulgaria.