EX-AMBASSADORS URGE US, RUSSIA TO MEND RIFT
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Former U.S. Ambassadors to Russia James Collins listens while other former Russian and U.S. ambassadors gather together at RIA Novosti in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 2, 2013.…
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US RESTRAINT IN SYRIA COULD AID IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS
By LARA JAKES FILE – In this Oct. 30, 2012 file photo, a group of Free Syrian Army fighters carry a wounded comrade to cover in the town of Harem,…
US-RUSSIA DIFFERENCES IN EYES OF EX-AMBASSADORS
By LYNN BERRY From left, former U.S. Ambassadors to Russia Alexander Vershbow, Thomas Pickering, Jack Matlock, James Collins, John Beyrle and, right side of the table, Vladimir Lukin, former Russian…
PUTIN: RAIDS ON NGOS ARE TO CHECK FOREIGN FUNDING
By MAX SEDDON Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the BRICS 2013 Summit in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Heads of State of BRICS nations meet in the…
POLICE: NO HAZARDOUS MATERIAL AT BEREZOVSKY SITE
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD British police officers cordon off a road near a residence in Ascot, a town 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of London, Saturday, March 23, 2013. Boris Berezovsky,…
UK POLICE: RUSSIAN TYCOON BEREZOVSKY FOUND DEAD
By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD FILE – A Wednesday, July 18, 2007 photo from files showing Russian exile Boris Berezovsky, a close friend of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned…
CYPRUS TO VOTE ON NEW PLAN, EUROPE SKEPTICAL
MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Protesting employees of Laiki bank chant slogans outside the Cypriot parliament, Friday, March 22, 2013. Cypriot authorities were putting the final touches Friday to a plan they hope…
XI VISITS RUSSIA AS CHINA SEEKS BIGGER GLOBAL ROLE
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN In this March 16, 2013 photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping claps as he arrives at a plenary session of the National People’s Congress held in Beijing’s Great…