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Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday called on the people to make their own, independent choice at the March 2 presidential poll to elect his successor.
Putin called on all Russians “to turn out for Sunday’s elections and to vote for our future, Russia’s future”.
“Each of your votes will be important on March 2. The opinion of [...]

Moscow, May 2 (RIA Novosti) Georgia Wednesday said that it may consider to host a US missile shield system on its soil if Washington puts up a request.

“If [the US] come and tell us that they want to (set up a missile base), we would certainly be willing to talk about it,” Gela Bezhuashvili said [...]

Moscow, April 26 (Xinhua) Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday said in his national speech that his government would postpone implementing the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty since the West made no progress in its ratification.

Signed by NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organisation in 1990, the CFE treaty was redrawn in 1999 and a [...]

Moscow, April 24 (RIA Novosti) World leaders have expressed their condolences over the death of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, calling him a courageous fighter for democracy who championed reforms in Russia and promoted rapprochement between East and West.

Yeltsin, 76, Russia’s first ever democratically elected leader (1991-99), died Monday afternoon at a Moscow hospital as [...]