All News, Russia and former Soviet Union

Lukashenko: Belarus will always be one with Russia Minsk - The time of Russia's misunderstanding Belarus is gone, said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Yesterday at 18:43 | Interfax-Ukraine
Medvedkov: WTO documentation could be ratified in two-three months St. Petersburg - The State Duma will consider the documents concerning Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the next two or three months, said Maksim Medvedkov, Director of the Department of Trade Negotiations at the Russian Economic Development Ministry.
Yesterday at 18:08 | Interfax-Ukraine
Belarus seeks release of three Belarusians detained in Libya Minsk - Belarusian diplomats are taking steps to secure the release from custody in Libya of three Belarusian citizens during their trial under the guarantees of the Belarusian Embassy in Tripoli, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Savinykh told Interfax on Friday, May 18.
Yesterday at 17:22 | Interfax-Ukraine
Explosions rock Russian military arsenal Emergency officials say a fire at a military ammunition depot in Russia's far east has left at least two soldiers wounded and prompted authorities to evacuate villages and halt traffic on a key railway.
Yesterday at 16:01 | Associated Press
Putin gives top job to tank factory worker MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has given a senior government post to a tank factory worker who had offered to come to Moscow with fellow laborers to disperse opposition protests.
Yesterday at 14:40 | Associated Press
Turkmenistan pardons 1,000 prisoners for holiday ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Turkmenistan's president has ordered the release of 1,000 prisoners as part of a mass amnesty to mark a major annual holiday in the gas-rich former Soviet Central Asian nation.
Yesterday at 13:26 | Associated Press
Mission of Russian destroyer off coast of Syria extended SEVASTOPOL - The command of the Smetlivy destroyer of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has received orders to continue its combat mission off the coast of Syria as the situation required it, Interfax-AVN was told at the fleet's headquarters.
Yesterday at 12:54 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian defense plant worker convicted of treason MOSCOW — A court says it has convicted a Russian defense company worker of passing missile secrets to foreign intelligence.
Yesterday at 10:56 | Associated Press
Georgian Railway to hold IPO in London on May 24 TBILISI - Georgian Railway will hold an initial public offering for up to 25% of its shares in the form of Global Depositary Receipts (GDR) on the London Stock Exchange on May 24, a source in the Georgian government administration told Interfax.
Yesterday at 09:17 | Interfax-Ukraine
Russian police detain protest leader, five others MOSCOW - Russian riot police detained a prominent protest leader and five other demonstrators on May 17 as authorities extended a crackdown on Occupy-style protests in central Moscow against newly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin.
Yesterday at 07:00 | Reuters
Russian markets hit 8-month low on oil price drop MOSCOW — Russia's MICEX benchmark has shed nearly 3 percent to hit its lowest point since Oct. 5, as oil prices keep falling, lowering revenue from its lucrative sector and as fears grow that Greece's political crisis will hurt the European economy.
2 days ago at 16:27 | Associated Press
Putin may visit Germany, France after visit to Belarus Moscow - Germany and France may become the first countries outside of the former Soviet space visited by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
2 days ago at 14:52 | Interfax-Ukraine
Dozens continue to occupy Moscow square MOSCOW — Several dozen people continue to occupy a square in central Moscow after some of their fellow protesters were detained Wednesday night.
2 days ago at 13:51 | Associated Press
Russia faces fuel crisis after railway wagon ban MOSCOW - Russia, the world's largest oil producer, faces domestic fuel shortages after authorities restricted the transport of crude oil by rail, forcing several refiners to cut production, industry and market sources said.
2 days ago at 12:57 | Reuters
Transneft says repairs to Yaroslavl-Moscow pipeline hindered by bureaucrats, homes Repairs to the section of the Yaroslavl-Moscow trunk oil pipeline that passes through the Losiny Ostrov national park are being hindered by bureaucrats and owners of cottages located along the pipeline, the spokesman for oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, Igor Demin told Interfax.
2 days ago at 09:59 | Interfax-Ukraine