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Despite official statements to the contrary, Russia will not transfer a shipment of advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, an unnamed senior Russian official told the Sunday Times.

Georgia is ready to provide all assistance that Russia needs to ensure security during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said on Friday.

Serbia and Russia will sign the declaration on strategic partnership as an expression of their ambitions to develop future cooperation in key areas.

WASHINGTON. May 24 - Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met in Washington to discuss the possibility of forming specialized working groups that could include officials of their agencies.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on Friday, the Kremlin reported.

Aleksandar Vueiae has arrived on a two-day visit to Moscow, where he will meet with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Thursday.

VTB said it has completed its 102.5 billion-rouble offering of new shares at 4.1 kopecks each.

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Russia is facing a renewed barrage of international criticism, led by the European Union, over its human rights record in connection with an ongoing clampdown on non-governmental organizations and a State Duma proposal to ban so-called 'homosexual propaganda.' Last Friday, the EU expressed growing concerns about the situation, including the impact ... (more)

As Russia congratulated its forces for foiling an alleged Islamist plot on Moscow, the discovery of the plan also pointed to the growing security threat before the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Dr Alexander Yakovenko, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Deputy foreign minister .

The rebels facilitated the New York-based group's access to facilities that had belonged to a government security agency and In Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended his country's continuing arms shipments to Syria, saying they violate no international norms.

Sunday's reports that the Syrian conflict was spilling over into Lebanon can be taken as further evidence that the sectarian civil war is destabilising the region.

A key witness in the investigation into Alexander Litvinenko's killing, who helped the murdered dissident compile a report on a senior businessman with strong ties to the Kremlin, is willing to give evidence at a public inquiry, The Independent has learnt.

In this Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010 file photo, then, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, second right, Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone, second left, and Oleg Deripaska, toast after a signing ceremony in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia.

In this Wednesday, Jan, 2, 2008 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to the state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller as they tour the newly opened alpine ski center that will be used in the 2014 Olympics at Krasnaya Polyana in the southern Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi.

The United Nations chief has voiced hope that North Korea will abandon its missile tests, after the Stalinist state fired three short-range missiles into the sea on Saturday.

Photo: AFP Russia's foreign minister said on Friday he did not understand the international uproar created by Moscow's continuing weapons co-operation with regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "I do not understand why the media is trying to create a sensation out of this," said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russia sold advanced Yakhont antiship cruise missiles to Syrian President Bashar Assad, outfitted with an advanced guidance system that makes them more effective than the older version of the missile Russia sold to Syria, The New York Times cited two American officials as saying on Thursday.