Russia puts on a Soviet show of might
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 21 minutes ago
By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow DMitry Medvedev, Russia's new president, delivered a coded rebuke to the West yesterday as Russia paraded its nuclear missiles ...

Times Online
Dimbleby in Tolstoy's Russia
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
After a journey of about 10000 miles from one end of Russia to the other, this quiet backwater is etched more indelibly in my memory than anywhere else in ...

Canada.com
Russia Displays Military Might
NPR - 2 hours ago
New Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said in a speech that Victory in Europe Day is Russia's most sacred holiday. Tanks and missles appear in Red Square ...

Five European Union foreign ministers will travel to Georgia next week to try to help to cool tensions with Russia over the separatist region of Abkhazia, Slovenia said Friday.

AFP
Serbia adopts EU, Russia deals ahead of crunch polls
AFP - 2 hours ago
BELGRADE (AFP) — Serbia's coalition government, which collapsed in disarray over East-West ties, adopted deals with the European Union and Russia on Friday, ...

Russia showcased its military might and youthful new president to the world Friday, as heavy tanks and missile launchers rumbled across Red Square in a Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.

Serbia's coalition government, which collapsed in disarray over East-West ties, adopted deals with the European Union and Russia on Friday, two days before crunch general elections.

Lithuania seen allowing Russia-EU talks -diplomat
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
WARSAW, May 9 (Reuters) - Lithuania is likely to lift its veto on talks between the European Union and Russia on a strategic partnership by the end of this ...
PM: Lithuania hopes to build reciprocal ties with Russia Xinhua
Poland and Lithuania to coordinate positions on Russia EUobserver.com

TBILISI, May 9 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Georgia will overcome any problems or misfortunes if they preserve centuries-old friendship, Russian Ambassador to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko told the media in Tbilisi on Friday.

An arms procession shows Putin's presidency revived Russia's fortunes, national pride, and that he still calls the shots

An arms procession is designed to show how Putin revived Russia's fortunes, armed forces and its national pride

A procession of firepower was designed to show that Putin's eight years as president revived Russia's fortunes and its national pride, and that he is still calling the shots

Telegraph.co.uk
Ricksen says loyalties are with Zenit in UEFA Cup final against ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 2 hours ago
PETERSBURG, Russia: Former Rangers captain Fernando Ricksen has no doubts where his loyalties will be when he plays for Zenit St. Petersburg in the UEFA Cup ...

Goal.com
Ricksen says loyalties are with Zenit in UEFA Cup final against ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours ago
AP ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: Former Rangers captain Fernando Ricksen has no doubts where his loyalties will be when he plays for Zenit St. Petersburg in the ...

Washington/Moscow, May 9 : The US has dismissed Russia's expulsion of two US military officials as a "tit for tat" move by Moscow after Washington kicked out at least two Russian diplomats in recent months.

Paperback - Self Help by Edward Docx
Times Online, UK - 8 minutes ago
There are deliberate echoes, too, of the great Russian novelists in the novel's depiction of St Petersburg. Summoned to the city by his dying mother, Maria, ...

Russia Parades Military Might
New York Times, United States - 3 hours ago
It was intended as a tribute to the surviving veterans and as a display of Russia’s efforts to revive armed forces left moribund by the Soviet Union’s ...

Voice of America
Russian tanks, missiles to Red Square parade
Hindu, India - 1 hour ago
Moscow (AP): Russia showcased its revived military might and a new, young-faced president to the world on Friday, as tanks and missiles rolled across Red ...

Telegraph.co.uk
In photos: 'Russia Victory Day'
Monsters and Critics.com - 6 hours ago
... Dvortsovaya Square during the military parade, devoted to the 63rd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, St.Petersburg, Russia 09 May 2008. ...

Esmark to vigorously defend itself vs ArcelorMittal suit, calls it ...
Forbes, NY - 1 hour ago
... been sold to Esmark and E2 for $1.35 billion. ArcelorMittal later said it sold the plant to another buyer, Russia's Severstal, for $810 million net of debt.

Hindu
Pranab heads to South Africa, UAE, Russia
Thaindian.com, Thailand - 1 hour ago
This will be the first meeting among foreign ministers of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), a concept first articulated by Goldman Sachs ...

BBC News
Serbian Govt Adopts SAA, Russian Energy Deal
BalkanInsight.com, Serbia - 1 hour ago
Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia, DSS, members left the session before the vote was taken; Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic presided. ...

Wall Street Journal
A parade of power in Russia
Economist, UK - 53 minutes ago
Such parades are held every year, but this was the first time since the cold war that Russia brandished its military hardware. The parade was supposed to ...

TRANSDNIESTER: Still banned from worshipping in church
Forum 18, Norway - 20 hours ago
He leads the Full Gospel Church of Christ the Saviour in the city of Tiraspol, capital of the internationally unrecognised Republic of Transdniester in ...

It feels like stock market in World Championships: Anand
Hindu, India - 3 hours ago
... of the competition to be played in matchplay format in Bonn, Germany, he was "working harder" to defend his title against Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. ...

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- Slovenia's foreign minister says the European Union will send a delegation to Georgia in the upcoming days to try to prevent an escalation in tensions in the former Soviet state's relations with Russia.

CNN
Slovenia says EU will send a delegation to Georgia to ease rising ...
CNN - 3 hours ago
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Thursday that the threat of war with Russia was high as Russia has moved to increase ties with Georgia's ...

Euronews.net
Russia puts its military might on display
Euronews.net, France - 17 minutes ago
Russia celebrated Victory Day today with a show of military might not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The annual parade marks the victory over ...

Canada.com
Russia puts its military might on display
Euronews.net, France - 1 hour ago
Russia celebrated Victory Day today with a show of military might not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The annual parade marks the victory over ...

Alalam News Network
Looking Forward to the Medvedev Administration in Russia
US Department of State, DC - 8 hours ago
Even more troubling, opposition leaders like Maksim Reznik, the leader of the St. Petersburg branch of the liberal opposition Yabloko party, were detained ...