Putin, in a surprise, replaces prime minister (News) 5 discussions President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday replaced his long-serving prime minister with an obscure Cabinet official -- a surprise move that could put him in the running to succeed Putin in next year's pre.. Tags: Politics, Viktor Zubkov, Boris Gryzlov, Mikhail Fradkov, World Politics, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Elections Voting, Grigory Yavlinsky, Dmitry Medvedev, Sergei Ivanov, Stanislav Belkovsky, St. Petersburg, Ekho Moskvy, Russian Politics, Sergei Ivanenko, El
	Russian novelist, former dissident, Solzhenitsyn dead (News) 2 discussions Russian novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn, whose works detailed the horrors of Stalin's Soviet labor camps, has died at 89, Russian news agencies reported Monday. Tags: U.S.S.R., Politics, France, Alexandr Solzhenitsyn, Communism, Uzbekistan, Russian Politics, World Politics, Books, Germany, Dmitry Medvedev, Nobel Foundation, Moscow, Ivan Denisovich, Paris, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Russian Armed Forces, Media, Stanford
	Georgia agrees to Russian-French plan to settle conflict (News) 2 discussions The presidents of Georgia and Russia have agreed to a six-point plan to calm the conflict over Georgia's separatist territories, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said late Tuesday. Tags: United States, Russia, French Politics, Republic Georgia, War Conflict, World Politics, Russian Politics, South Ossetia, Politics, Political Policy, Georgian Politics, Diplomacy, Mikhail Saakashvili, Armed Forces, European Union, Dmitry Medvedev, Inte
	Gas dispute threatens western Europe (News) 1 discussions Ukraine's natural gas company on Tuesday threatened to begin diverting gas supplies headed for western Europe, after Moscow warned it would halve gas deliveries to Ukraine in a long-running debt dispu.. Tags: Yuliya Tymoshenko, Politics, Ukrainian Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Europe, Moscow Kremlin, OAO Gazprom, RosUkrEnergo AG, Vladimir Putin, NAK Naftogaz Ukrainy, Ukraine, Russian Politics, Sergei Kupriyanov, Volodymyr Ohryzko, Russia, Warsaw, Moscow, World Po
	Pastor who smuggled ammo into Russia will be freed (News) 1 discussions A Russian court on Monday reduced the three-year prison sentence of a U.S. pastor convicted of smuggling rifle ammunition and ordered him set free. Tags: Conway (South Carolina), Phillip Miles, United States, Vladimir Ryakhovsky, Vladimir Lukin, World Politics, Russia, Golovinsky District Court, Dmitry Medvedev, Russian Politics, Politics, Vladimir Putin, Winchester Rifles, Moscow
	U.S.-Czech missile deal raises Russian ire (News) 1 discussions Russia's Foreign Ministry Tuesday threatened a "military-technological" response if the United States deploys a missile defense system in former Soviet-bloc nations near Russia's borders. Tags: International Relations, Political Policy, Russian Ministry Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy, U.S. Politics, World Politics, Poland, Russia, Warsaw, Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Republic, Politics, Bryan Whitman, Condoleezza Rice, Military Weapons, Dmitry Medve
	USA is behind the Georgia - Russian War (Video) 1 discussions Check out "Operation Immediate response" for proof enough of USA complicity. Take a look and make your own mind up!. This seems a Cold War return over Oil, always Oil. Cuts the Russians off from Ira.. Tags: georgia mercenaries mercenary usa ussr Eduard Kokoity South Ossetia Vladimir Putin Saakashvili Dmitry Medvedev un russia russian war declared olympic games iran iraq terror afghanistan bin laden bhutto pakistan bush blair,
	Fox News Journalist runs for his life - From Georgians! (Video) 1 discussions Steve Harrigan chased by Georgian gunmen "This is an irregular, undisciplined, chaotic, angry, humiliated Georgian force. They don't listen to orders. They fire on civilians, from what we have just s.. Tags: fox news harrigan steve shot Tamara Urushadze sniper murdoch sky georgia mercenaries mercenary usa ussr Eduard Kokoity South Ossetia Vladimir Putin Saakashvili Dmitry Medvedev un russia russian war declared olympic games i
	Chavez interested in nuclear help from Russia (News) 1 discussions Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday said he was interested in working with Russia to develop a civilian nuclear power program. Tags: Venezuelan Politics, Technology, Venezuela, Science Technology, Hugo Chavez, Caracas, South American Politics, Brazil, European Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Moscow Kremlin, Energy Technology, Peter Great, Vladimir Putin, Argentina, Russian Politics, Nuc
	Russia slams U.S., threatens missile deployment (News) 1 discussions Just hours after U.S. President-elect Barack Obama delivered his victory speech, Russia's leader delivered a scathing rebuke of U.S. policy and reminded Obama of some of the major foreign policy chall.. Tags: Bryan Whitman, Russia, Moscow, Business, Poland, World Politics, Kaliningrad, Politics, Financial Markets, Political Policy, United States, U.S. Politics, International Relations, Russian Politics, European Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Europe, Barack Obama,
	Russia to deploy missiles in Baltic - Nov 5 2008 (Video) 1 discussions Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has said that Moscow will station new missiles near the border with Poland following the United States' decision to deploy an anti-missile system in the country.. Tags: Russia Al jazeera aljazeera Neave Barker Dmitry Medvedev missiles
	Russia to deploy missiles near Poland (News) 1 discussions President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that Russia will deploy missiles in territory close to NATO member Poland in response to U.S. missile defense plans. Tags: Poland, United States, World Politics, Economic Issues, Russia, Military Weapons, Financial Markets, Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. Presidential Election, NATO, Barack Obama, Czech Republic, Russian Politics, U.S. Politics, Elections Voting, Politics, Economic C
	Obama adviser: No commitment on defense shield (News) 1 discussions U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has made "no commitment" to plans for a missile defense program in eastern Europe, despite a report on the Polish president's Web site, an Obama adviser sai.. Tags: European Politics, World Politics, Bryan Whitman, Dmitry Medvedev, Iran, Moscow Kremlin, U.S. Department State, Russia, Politics, Sean McCormack, Military Weapons, Lech Kaczynski, Denis McDonough, Kaliningrad, Barack Obama, Russian Politics, Polish Poli
	Russia: Sub returns to base after 20 killed (News) 1 discussions Russia's navy says the nuclear-powered submarine involved in an accident in the Sea of Japan that killed at least 20 people has returned to its base. Tags: Technology, Igor Dygalo, Military Defense Policy, Moscow Kremlin, European Politics, Nuclear Energy, Politics, Vladimir Putin, Russia, RIA Novosti, Dmitry Medvedev, Vladivostok, Russian Politics, Submarines, Political Policy, World Politics, Kursk, Scie
	Russian parliament approves extension of presidential term (News) 1 discussions The Russian parliament approved a constitutional amendment Friday to extend the presidential term from four to six years. Tags: European Politics, Politics, World Politics, Moscow Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, Russian Politics, Dmitry Medvedev, Russia