China, Russia presidents hail relations (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The presidents of historically mistrustful neighbours China and Russia Saturday hailed the strength of Sino-Russian ties as they met on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit in Singapore.
Russia, Slovenia sign South Stream pipe deal (MalaysiaNews.net)
MOSCOW (AP): Slovenia agreed Saturday to take part in a pipeline project carrying Russian natural gas to Europe, bolstering a Kremlin attempt to defend its position as the continent’s primary supplier…
U.S., Russian leaders say nations closer to deal to cut nuclear arms (CNN)
Russia and the United States are well on their way to reducing their nuclear stockpiles, President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday.
U.S. optimistic on Russian arms talks (The Washington Times)
The United States and Russia have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to replace a major Cold-War era arms control agreement and are trying to work out remaining technical issues, U.S. officials say. The U.S. administration hopes that President Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, will be able to sign a replacement for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty when Mr. Obama travels …
US, Russia warn Iran on nuclear crisis (MalaysiaNews.net)
SINGAPORE : US President Barack Obama on Sunday won the strongest backing yet from Russia on the Iranian nuclear crisis as he warned that Tehran was “running out of time”. Russian President Dmitry Med…
Russia’s Putin wins approval for gas pipeline to EU (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
* Russia’s Putin gets Slovenia to sign up to South Stream
Source: 10 militants killed in Chechnya (UPI)
GROZNY, Russia, Nov. 14 (UPI) — Ten militants were killed in a police operation in the Shalazhi forest of the Russian republic of Chechnya, a Chechen Interior Ministry source says.
Putin, Slovak PM Fico to talk cooperation in Russia (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will hold talks with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico who is arriving in Russia on a working visit on Monday, the government said Sunday.
Russia’s Putin Wins Approval For Gas Pipeline To EU (Bernama)
NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Slovenia’s approval on Saturday for the South Stream pipeline, undermining European Union efforts to reduce dependency on Russian gas supplies.
In warning to Russia, Iran says it can build S-300 (Press TV)
With the delivery of an advanced air defense system to Iran long overdue by Russia, Tehran says it is capable of mass-producing replicas of the controversial Russian-made missile in the near future.
