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Kalashnikovs given the bullet by Russian police Russia’s Interior Ministry is set to wave goodbye to its famous Kalashnikovs as part of its modernisation. The iconic rifles will be replaced by two other weapons – SMGs PP-2000 and Vityaz – that...

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Abkhazian and South Ossetian officials denied U.S. visas Officials from Abkhazia and South Ossetia have been denied American visas ahead of an informal meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the future of the two countries. The development has been criticised by the...

Thursday's Russian Press Review On Thursday Russian newspapers proclaim global government, analyse the future of Russia-EU relations and the possible outcome of the U.S. election, and comment on the Ukrainian political agenda. Here is the review of...

Georgia officially quits CIS Georgia has officially left the Commonwealth of Independent States, with the move rubber-stamped at a meeting of the organisation’s foreign ministers in Kyrgyzstan.

Leaflets for the illiterate Ukrainian military officer and journalist Dmitri Timchuk spent more then a year in Iraq with the Ukrainian troops stationed there. RT is the first to publish his observations of daily life in the Middle Eastern country...

UN General Assembly gets ICJ to rule on Kosovo independence The UN General Assembly has voted to have the International Court of Justice assess the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. The hearings on the issue could take more than a year, delaying the country's...

Reports of another Great Depression were exaggeration - IMF Olivier Blanchard, the chief economist for the International Monetary Fund, confirmed on Wednesday that the world economy is facing a major downturn, but added that the chances of it sliding into another Great...

Russian troops withdrawal complete - official All Russian checkpoints in the security zone between Georgia and South Ossetia have been closed. The commander on the ground says almost all peacekeepers have left the area and pledges the full withdrawal by midnight.

Georgian military aggression was a mistake – Sarkozy French President Nicolas Sarkozy has condemned the “Georgian aggression” in South Ossetia. It’s the first statement of its kind by a Western European leader, although Sarkozy also criticised the scale of...

UN court to judge Kosovo’s independence The UN General Assembly has asked the International Court of Justice to determine whether Kosovo broke international law by declaring independence.

Ukraine’s political crisis goes into extra time Ukraine’s President Viktor Yuschenko has given party leaders more time to find a way out of the ongoing political crisis. The country has been caught up in political deadlock since the ruling coalition between Prime...

First World Policy Conference meets in Evian Into the myriad of international clubs, meetings and summits, a new one is emerging. The French Institute of International Relations is hosting 25 world leaders and a bevy of diplomats, representatives of international...

Chavez names ‘Comrade Bush’ a socialist George Bush has been the target of fresh jibes by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez for doing exactly what he was criticising the socialist leader for – overriding market laws to protect the economy.

NASA to dump Russian cargo ship for domestic firms NASA has announced it will stop using Russia’s Progress cargo ships after the Space Shuttle programme is scrapped. The carriers are currently used for deliveries to the International Space Station, but the decision...

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War is no political instrument - Medvedev at Evian Dmitry Medvedev praised the world leadres to give up war as a political instrument. The Russian president was speaking at the First World Policy Conference, which is seeking to launch a new type of dialogue between...

Team Russia’s yacht tipped as world’s fastest The Volvo Ocean Race which begins this weekend will see the fastest yachts in the world compete against each other around the globe. And there’s every chance new speed records will be set, with Team Russia’s boat...

Ukrainian MPs agree on early election? Political party leaders in Ukraine have reportedly given their support for calling an early general election.

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Will Yushchenko dissolve Rada? Ukraine’s president and parliament are striving to find a way out of the political deadlock. The parties failed to form a new ruling coalition by the deadline set by the president, and now Viktor Yushchenko has the...

Russian troops withdrawal nearing completion All Russian peacekeepers are set to dismantle their checkpoints in the security zone around South Ossetia before October 10. They will be replaced with EU monitors, who are watching the Russian pullout.

Russian banks get $36 BLN shot in the arm The Russian government will inject an additional $US 36 BLN into the country's financial sector to prevent a major crisis.

Yushchenko might force political enemies to unite Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has given the country's bitterly rivalling parties till Tuesday evening to form a ruling coalition. On Monday he also reiterated his readiness to dissolve the parliament if deputies...

Arms ship saga: proof of life and ransom cuts The Somalian pirates who seized a Ukrainian ship carrying military cargo have agreed to cut down their ransom demands. They also showed the crew to a U.S. Navy ship blocking the hijacked ‘Faina’ vessel to prove they are...

God bless Interpol: Vatican joins in The Vatican has been accepted to Interpol to become the 187th member of the international crime fighting organisation. The official ceremony took place during Interpol’s General Assembly currently underway in St...

Russia high and dry just days before epic race begins Team Russia faces a race against time to repair its yacht before the start of the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. The Kosatka, or Killer Whale, was punctured by a hole during last weekend’s port race after hitting...

Murdered Politkovskaya remembered two years on It is two years since investigative journalist Anna Politskovskaya was shot dead near her apartment in Moscow. Hundreds have attended a special service in the city to commemorate her death.

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