President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that Russia and Japan would continue talks on the South Kuril Islands, a territorial dispute that has overshadowed trade ties.
Russia will respond to U.S. missile shield plans in Central Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday, pledging at the same time that Moscow would not resort to 'hysterics' over the issue.
A total of 135 people in the Krasnoyarsk Territory in East Siberia have been diagnosed with yersiniosis, a bacterial stomach infection, as of Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman for the local consumer safety regulator said.
G8 leaders said Robert Mugabe's reelection as president of Zimbabwe was illegitimate and called on the African state to peacefully resolve its political crisis following the violence-ridden vote.
Georgia's actions with regard to its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia pose a real threat to peace and stability in the South Caucasus, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Leaders of rich and developing nations failed to overcome differences on tackling climate change but agreed on the need for major emissions cuts, as the G8 summit concluded in Japan on Wednesday.
Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program that are set to resume in the Chinese capital on Thursday may run into disagreements over key issues, Russia's chief nuclear negotiator has said.
A Georgian border post in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone came under attack early on Wednesday, the Rustavi-2 TV channel reported, citing eyewitnesses.
