President Barack Obama will travel to Moscow in July, part of what he and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, are calling a fresh start in strained relations between the powers. ...more

April 2, 2009

The interim leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, seen as a modernizer who could seek a historic reconciliation with the Vatican and more autonomy from the state, was overwhelmingly elected patriarch Tuesday. ...more

January 28, 2009

Russia, Iran and Qatar made the first serious moves Tuesday toward forming an OPEC-style cartel on natural gas, raising concerns that Moscow could boost its influence over energy markets spanning from Europe to South Asia. ...more

October 22, 2008

Cuba's first Russian Orthodox cathedral was consecrated Sunday amid church bells, liturgical chants and the presence of President Raul Castro, in a sign of goodwill toward the island's former chief benefactor. ...more

October 20, 2008

Venus Williams won the Zurich Open on Sunday for her second singles title of the season. ...more

October 20, 2008

An American computer game designer boarded the International Space Station on Tuesday, floating onto the orbital outpost 35 years after his astronaut father circled the Earth on Skylab. ...more

October 15, 2008

The United States is committed to Ukraine's security and freedom, Vice President Dick Cheney pledged Friday, suggesting that Russia was posing a "threat of tyranny, economic blackmail and military invasion" to its neighbor. ...more

September 6, 2008

The news I have seen concerning the Russian invasion of Georgia and what the United States should do about it all seem to miss the point concerning why Moscow could think their actions were acceptable. We wrongly compare the action with the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia or Hungary in the bad old days. ...more

August 19, 2008

Jaromir Jagr signed with a Russian team a day after his split with the New York Rangers, leaving the NHL after nearly two decades and returning to the club he joined during the 2004-05 lockout. ...more

July 5, 2008

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on Wednesday urged the creation of a national museum and memorial to honor victims of Soviet-era repression and to document their demise. ...more

June 5, 2008