- 22:56 18/09/2013
A Russian deputy foreign minister met with the Chinese ambassador to Moscow on Wednesday to discuss recent developments in Syria and the chemical-weapons-disarmament deal.
- 20:04 18/09/2013
No matter how exotic was the purpose of the drill, three Russian military officers managed to resort to the common crime of theft when arranging it.
- 19:22 15/09/2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that that the deal he reached with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Syria's chemical weapons was capable of removing all its arsenal, media reports said.1
- 21:54 14/09/2013
US President Barack Obama said Saturday that he “welcomes” the surprise deal Moscow and Washington reached on chemical weapons in war-ravaged Syria, but warned that the US will use military force if diplomacy fails.
- 11:23 13/09/2013
As the US and Russia follow up Friday on an apparently contentious opening round of talks the night before, their top diplomats will search for agreement on the nuts and bolts that go into a Russian proposal for securing Syria's chemical weapons stocks.
- 14:05 12/09/2013
Whereas I usually write these columns in Texas, this week I am visiting the UK. The last time I lived here permanently “Macarena” was still on the radio.1
- 10:40 12/09/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 18:11 11/09/2013
Members of the European Parliament are officially nominating fugitive US leaker Edward Snowden for a prize celebrating freedom of thought, a parliamentary representative said Wednesday.2
- 16:03 11/09/2013
Tense negotiations have begun on a proposed UN resolution that would put Syria's chemical weapons under international control – a plan initiated by Russia, which appeared to ease one diplomatic stalemate only to open up new potential for impasse as Moscow rejected US and French demands for a binding resolution with "very severe consequences" for non-compliance.1
- 11:11 11/09/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today.
- 17:45 10/09/2013
Iranian and Syrian diplomats on Tuesday met in Moscow to discuss a proposal to put Syria’s chemical weapons under international control, an idea backed by both countries in hopes that it could prevent US airstrikes against Syria.
- 17:44 10/09/2013
The value of the cybercrime market in Russia dropped 6 percent to $1.93 billion last year, compared with $2 billion the year before, a top cyber security expert said Tuesday.
- 17:38 10/09/2013
Russia will soon put forward a “workable” plan for placing Syrian chemical weapons under international control, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, following up on a day-old Russian proposal that has shifted the international debate on military intervention in war-torn Syria.
- 16:53 10/09/2013
A Russian lawyer said Tuesday that he had asked the Investigative Committee to start criminal proceedings against US President Barack Obama on charges of planning a “war of aggression,” but most Russian experts doubted the case would go anywhere.
- 22:49 09/09/2013
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear energy watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Monday that his agency was divided about nuclear risks from a potential US airstrike in Syria.
- 21:47 09/09/2013
Russia on Monday threw its backing behind a proposal that Syria’s chemical weapons be put under international control, leading Damascus to say it “welcomes the … initiative” if it would indeed help prevent a US strike on the war-torn country – a suggestion floated by Washington earlier in the day.1
- 22:45 07/09/2013
EU foreign ministers have called for a “clear and firm” response to those guilty of using chemical weapons in the conflict in Syria, the EU’s top diplomat Catherine Ashton said Saturday at a security policy meeting in Vilnius attended by US Secretary of State John Kerry.7
- 23:12 05/09/2013
Russia has handed over an official request to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to analyze potential nuclear risks of a US airstrike on Syria, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.
- 12:47 04/09/2013
The French government says punitive action against Syria in response to its alleged use of chemical weapons would "balance" a situation that has seen gains for Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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