The majority of analysts believe incumbent President Barack Obama will easily win reelection in the 2012 U.S. presidential race. The fight for the Republican nomination to face Obama in the November presidential elections became clearer on January 11, when former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary by a healthy 13 points with 40 percent of the vote.
A brawl broke out in the Ukrainian Parliament on Thursday ahead of the consideration of a bill designed to expand the use of Russian language in the country, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
The U.S. Department of State criticized Russia for continuing violation of human rights and democratic freedoms in an annual report published on Thursday.
Russia has denied a NATO request to allocate $10 million for the support of the Afghan Army, the Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said on Thursday following the alliance’s summit in Chicago.
Almost third of Russians approve of the closure of the Occupy-style camp at Moscow’s downtown Chistoprudny Boulevard where people were protesting against Vladimir Putin's return to the presidency, a poll held by the Public Opinion Foundation has revealed.