The United States will pursue a missile defense plan that has angered the Kremlin, Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday, but he also left open the possibility of compromise on the issue and struck a more conciliatory tone than the Bush administration on relations between the countries. ...more

February 8, 2009

Church bells tolled, candles flickered under falling snow and national flags, adorned with black ribbons, flew in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Saturday as the country marked the anniversary of the start of a Soviet-era famine that killed millions. ...more

November 23, 2008

Sharply criticizing the United States while offering to rebuild relations with its new leader, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in a nationally televised state of the union address Wednesday he would deploy short-range missiles near Poland if the Obama administration pressed ahead with plans to build a missile defense shield in Europe. ...more

November 6, 2008

Diplomats from every NATO nation demanded immediate Russian withdrawal from Georgia in a show of support from the U.S. ally's capital on Monday that made no promise of faster membership in the alliance. ...more

September 16, 2008

Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday insisted that Georgia will join NATO and backed its attempts to rebuild from its war with Russia, using a trip to former Soviet republics as a show of U.S. support for their pro-Western leaders. ...more

September 5, 2008

Russian commanders said Wednesday that they were growing alarmed at the number of NATO warships sailing into the Black Sea, saying NATO vessels now outnumbered the ships in their fleet anchored off the western coast of Georgia. ...more

August 28, 2008

Russia on Tuesday formally recognized the independence of the two Georgian regions that its military now occupies, further inflaming relations with the United States in a standoff that recalls the Cold War. ...more

August 27, 2008

The Kremlin said Sunday that Russia's military would begin withdrawing its forces from Georgia today, although it was not clear how far or how fast the troops would move. ...more

August 18, 2008

Former President Vladimir Putin was appointed Russia's prime minister Thursday, securing a new place in power a day after leaving the Kremlin. ...more

May 9, 2008

Dmitry Medvedev, a corporate lawyer tapped and groomed for the Kremlin by Vladimir Putin, was sworn in as president Wednesday under the watchful gaze of his mentor and predecessor. ...more

May 8, 2008