Russia has asked China for information after a petrochemical plant fire in the border city of Harbin Saturday raised concerns that a toxic river spill last year might be repeated, a spokesman said.
Venezuela's president has dropped the heaviest hint yet that his country may buy Russian-made fighters by saying warplanes could take to the skies during a July 5 military parade to celebrate Independence Day.
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.