The architecture of the global financial system hurts emerging market economies but the alliance has yet to offer an alternative
Full support for Ukraine along with structural reforms to accelerate the transition away from oil and gas will challenge the West’s established way of life, but is necessary
The incident involving the Russian-made Angosat-1 followed a similar one in November when Russia lost contact with a weather satellite
Several leaders, including US President Barack Obama, will visit Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman after the death of his predecessor, King Abdullah.
Russia has vetoed UN action against Syria, but Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says he’s unsure what role Assad will have in the nation’s future.
Syrian forces sent shells crashing into a rebel Homs neighbourhood for a seventh straight day, hours after Russia warned Damascus to avoid civil war.
Was it fear, was it rage – or was the ex-KGB tough guy exploring his feminine side when he wept during during his victory speech?
Russian president’s growing popularity among the elite increased tension with the prime minister, Vladimir Putin.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is ready for dialogue with the Russian protest movement to ensure that presidential polls are fair.
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/ 24 December 2011
In a damning statement, the Kremlin’s rights panel has called for the resignation of Russia’s election chief and snap parliamentary elections.
Russian President Dimitry Medvedev has unveiled proposals days before huge demonstration over a disputed parliamentary vote.
Russia’s leaders have promised to listen to protesters who have been disputing their parliamentary elections amid widespread allegations of fraud.
Tens of thousands of protesters say they are prepared to take to Moscow’s streets in the biggest challenge yet to the country’s government.
Opposition leader condemns ‘theft of votes’ after reports of pre-filled ballots, invisible ink and multiple visits to polling booths.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has moved closer to the presidency he relinquished after two terms in 2008 by accepting his party’s nomination.
Russia has threatened to deploy missiles to target the US missile shield in Europe if Washington fails to assuage Moscow’s concerns about its plans.
World leaders meeting at the G20 summit are discussing boosting their funding of the IMF to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis.
Emerging giants are pressuring EU countries at the G20 to solve their debt crisis, with Beijing dangling $100-billion in rescue funds.
The outgoing Russian president denies political rivalry with current prime minister, claiming he was happy to step aside.
Russia’s President Medvedev says ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin, whom he dramatically fired live on television this week, was "bored" of his job.
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/ 27 September 2011
Vladimir Putin’s strategy for a smooth return to the Kremlin appears to have gone off script with the departure of Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin.
Liberal minister says he will quit if Medvedev becomes prime minister after announcement that caught many off guard.
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/ 24 September 2011
Vladimir Putin declared on Saturday that he planned to reclaim the Russian presidency in an election next March.
At least 44 people were killed when a Russian plane carrying hockey players to a match in Belarus crashed on takeoff near Moscow.
The South African government says it will not pre-empt negotiations on Libya and prescribe the future of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
President Zuma has returned from Russia, where he and President Dmitry Medvedev discussed the AU’s political solution to the Libya conflict with Nato.
President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday added to the uncertainty surrounding Russia’s 2012 presidential polls, saying he wanted a second term.
Nato aircraft destroyed the guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, then staged a daytime strike on the city, a Nato official has said.
President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday warned of a new Cold War era if Russia and the West failed to agree on missile defence.
Russian and Ukrainian leaders marked 25 years since the world’s worst nuclear disaster on Tuesday as they paid an historic visit to Chernobyl.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation foreign ministers gathered on Thursday in Berlin amid calls for increased air strikes on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
On sale soon to the highest bidder: Boris Yeltsin’s favourite dacha.