Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has welcomed US ratification of a landmark treaty to cut nuclear arsenals and says he hopes Russia’s parliament will ratify it too.

The Russian president is expected to sign nuclear and defense deals worth billions of dollars during a two-day visit to India.

Ministers from several countries gathered Sunday in St. Petersburg at the invitation of Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to begin a five-day meeting with the goal of protecting tigers. Only a little more than 3,000 are estimated to be living...

A Russian diplomat said on Thursday that U.S. authorities pressured suspected arms dealer Viktor Bout to admit guilt during his extradition flight to the United States, offering him unspecified benefits in return.

The public can help Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin choose the name for his new pup, a source in his press service said on Tuesday. Anybody can send their suggestions to the premier’s website, www.premier.gov.ru.

Three years after Russian divers thrust a rust-proof flag into the seabed below the North Pole, the country is again staking its claim on the Arctic region. An international forum held in Moscow Wednesday aimed to “present the world community...

In a rare show of openness, the Kremlin allowed outspoken Russian critics a voice at a state-sponsored two-day modernization conference that opened Thursday. High-profile foreign guests and Kremlin advisers mixed with political leaders and...

A car bomb exploded outside a cafe in a restive region of southern Russia on Tuesday, injuring 23 people, police said. The explosion occurred just outside the cafe in downtown Pyatigorsk, a city in Russia’s North Caucasus, said Stanislav...

People in this Russian town used to stare at Jean Gregoire Sagbo because they had never seen a black man. Now they say they see in him something equally rare – an honest politician. Sagbo last month became the first black to be elected to office in...

The Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization held urgent talks Monday on how to deal with an outbreak of ethnic violence in member state Kyrgyzstan that has killed at least 170 people and injured more than 1,500. The violence could prove a...