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(AP) - Barack Obama opened his first Moscow summit with confidence today, predicting "extraordinary progress" out of meetings set to test his diplomatic skills on important priorities such as nuclear arsenal reductions and the fight in Afghanistan. "The United States and Russia have more in common than they have differences,... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Dmitry Medvedev

(Newser) - Barack Obama arrived in Moscow today, for a trip intended to “reset” relations that have been frosty since the Georgia conflict, the New York Times reports. The US president laid a wreath at Russia’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, before meeting Dmitry Medvedev for negotiations. Obama’s... More »

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Russia • Barack Obama • missile defense system • nuclear disarmament • Dmitry Medvedev

(Newser) - As Barack Obama arrives in Moscow for his toughest diplomatic challenge since taking office, the Guardian looks back on earlier US-Russia showdowns to gauge who had the upper hand.
  • Kennedy vs. Khrushchev, 1961: The ultimate cold war summit, shadowed by the space race and the Berlin Wall. A draw,
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Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • John F. Kennedy • Richard Nixon • Mikhail Gorbachev • Ronald Reagan • Russian president • George W. Bush • Nikita Khrushchev • Leonid Brezhnev

Russia Agrees to Let US Use Airspace for Afghan War

Deal on supply lines forged ahead of Obama's Russian visit

Jul 4, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has agreed to let American planes transporting troops and equipment to Afghanistan fly over its airspace, the BBC reports. The deal will be officially announced next week when President Obama visits Moscow. Volatility affecting supply lines through Pakistan and Central Asia made securing such an agreement one of Obama's... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • Vladimir Putin • US military • nuclear disarmament • Dmitry Medvedev • Afghanistan war • President Obama • supply route

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Paranoid Russia Poses
Big Test for Obama

President's trip to Moscow will be hard work, no fun

Jul 3, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The last time Barack Obama went to Russia, he and another senator were detained by border guards for hours—and his upcoming trip won't be much fun either, say the editors of the Economist. Russia's economy is beholden to unstable oil and gas prices, the country's mortality rate is spiking,... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • diplomacy • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Dmitry Medvedev • arms control

(Newser) - Venus Williams set up another Wimbledon final match against her sister, following Serena’s semifinal victory today over Elena Dementieva with her own thrashing of top seed Dinara Safina, the AP reports. Serena, a two-time winner of the tournament and the No. 2 seed, battled for a 6-7 (4), 7-5,... More »

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Russia • tennis • Wimbledon • Serena Williams • Venus Williams • women's tennis • Elena Dementieva • Dinara Safina

US, Russia Clash Over
Cyber-Security

Countries dueling plans could prompt new arms race

Jun 27, 09 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The cold war may be going digital, the New York Times reports, as the US and Russia clash over how to combat attacks in cyberspace. Washington has dismissed Moscow’s call for an international treaty, preferring to promote cross-border cooperation in hunting down hackers. “We really believe it’s... More »

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Russia • Internet • law enforcement • cyberwarfare • cyberattack • United States • Internet censorship • cyberspace

Russia Orders Retrial in Journalist's Murder

Supreme Court throws out acquittals in Politkovskaya case

Jun 25, 09 5:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia's Supreme Court has overturned the acquittals of three men in the murder of crusading journalist Anna Politkovskaya, and ordered a retrial, reports the BBC. Prosecutors claimed that judicial irregularities and misinformation led to an improper verdict, and Politkovskaya's newspaper colleagues have accused the police of shoddy work. Despite international... More »

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Russia • Moscow • murder • Kremlin • Chechnya • journalists killed • journalist • Anna Politkovskaya • Novaya Gazeta

(Newser) - A CD of Mikhail Gorbachev singing traditional Russian ballads has sold for $164,940 at a charity auction in London, the Guardian reports. The sole copy is now in the hands of an “anonymous British philanthropist.” The benefit was held to raise money for a foundation, named after... More »

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philanthropy • Russia • London • Soviet Union • auction • Mikhail Gorbachev • charity • album • Raisa Gorbachev Foundation • childhood cancer • benefit • ballad

Russia Bans Gambling as Mega-Casinos
Crap Out

Planned mini-Vegases stall in financial crisis

Jun 17, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gambling has played a major role in Russian life since 1989, with high-rolling casinos—more than 30 in Moscow alone—echoing the cowboy capitalism of the post-Soviet years. But July 1, Russia is shutting down all gaming and slot machine halls, confining gambling to four Vegas-style zones across the country.... More »

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Russia • gambling • casino • Mafia • slot machines • financial crisis

Ahmadinejad Foes Gang Up on Websites

'Hacktivists' overload president's blog, other government outlets

Jun 16, 09 7:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - As protests continue on the streets of Tehran, hackers in and outside of Iran are mounting an assault on the establishment's main websites, reports ZDNet. The sites of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several news agencies were crippled yesterday after activists flooded them with traffic. The campaign appears to... More »

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Iran • Russia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Georgia • CNN • Distributed Denial of Service • hackers • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Twitter • denial of service attack • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi

Russian Veto Forces UN Out of Abkhazia

Mission in breakaway Georgian republic ends after vote deadlocks

Jun 16, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia today vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to keep troops and observers in Abkhazia, one of the two breakaway Georgian regions in last year's war. Western nations say that Abkhazia remains part of Georgia, but Russia has recognized its independence. The veto means that the UN will have to... More »

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Russia • United Nations • Georgia • separatists • UN Security Council • Abkhazia



 Paris Air Show 
 Hits Turbulence 



Tragedy, economic losses hang over 100th show

Jun 15, 09 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clouds hang over the launch of the 100th anniversary Paris Air Show today as investigators continue to pore over the wreckage of Air France flight 447. Bad business news combines with the tragedy to make this year's event less than stellar. Russia's first post-Soviet jetliner is expected to upstage Western... More »

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Russia • air show • airline industry • Paris Air Show • plane crash • Air France

 We'll Dump Nukes If 
 Everybody Does: Putin 

German leader echoes 'global zero' aim

Jun 10, 09 12:46 PM CDT
(AP) - Russian PM Vladimir Putin says his country is willing to abandon nuclear weapons if the US and all other nuclear-armed countries do the same. Putin was speaking at a meeting with Germany's foreign minister, who said earlier that the idea of scrapping nuclear arms altogether was a real prospect. The... More »

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Russia • Germany • Vladimir Putin • nuclear disarmament • nuclear arsenal • President Obama

(AP) - Barack Obama and his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, stood together today on thwarting Iran's nuclear ambitions and furthering a Mideast peace that provides for separate Israeli and Palestinian states. "We want peace. We want dialogue. We want to help them develop. But we do not want military nuclear weapons... More »

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Iran • nuclear proliferation • Russia • Barack Obama • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Guantanamo Bay • D-Day • Normandy

(Newser) - US and UK law enforcement authorities are planning a preemptive strike on hackers to protect national security, reports the Guardian. The secret plans are triggered by skyrocketing computer crimes launched from China, Russia and North Korea believed to be state sponsored. The "strikeback" attacks will target hackers' computers,... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • CIA • hackers • cybercrime • hacking • computer • computer crime • preemptive strike

(Newser) - The Institute for Economics and Peace has released its annual list of the world’s most peaceful countries, Bloomberg reports. The index is based on things like "international security" and "tolerant solidarity." New Zealand is No. 1; the US is No. 83. A sampling:
  1. New Zealand:
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Russia • United States • Norway • New Zealand • Denmark • Iceland • peace • Institute for Economics and Peace • peaceful



 UFO Saved Earth 
 in Suicide Mission: 
 Russian Scientist 

He points to mysterious crystals as proof

May 27, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alien spacecraft crashed into a giant meteor 100 years ago to stop it from hitting Earth, according to a Russian scientist. Most scientists say an exploding meteorite caused 1908’s Tunguska event, which flattened 80 million trees across 100 miles. But researcher Yuri Labvin says crystals found in sparsely populated... More »

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Russia • Siberia • space • UFO • aliens • meteor • Yuri Labvin



 5-Year-Old 
 Russian Girl 
 Raised by 
 Cats, Dogs 

Russian, 5, was locked in unheated flat with animals

May 27, 09 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russian police have removed a feral girl from the home where she was raised by cats and dogs, the Times of London reports. Natasha, 5, who mimics the animals rather than speaking, has never been outside her family's unheated apartment. Her grandparents and father also lived there, but she had... More »

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Russia • crime • Siberia • child abuse • dog • child • cats • Mowgli Syndrome • feral child

(AP) - Facebook is getting a $200 million investment from a Russian Internet investor that values the social networking company at $10 billion. The investment gives Digital Sky Technologies a nearly 2% stake in the Palo Alto, California-based company's preferred stock. More »

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Russia • social networking • Microsoft • Facebook • investment

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