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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Turkmenistan on Monday to hold talks on cooperation in the fuel and energy sphere with his counterpart President Gurbaguly Berdymukhamedov.
Problems in relations between the Russian Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in Russia have been resolved but the two churches' leaders cannot yet meet, a Russian Church representative said Monday.
Middle East states should display political will to prevent nuclear weapon proliferation in the region, experts said Monday.
Russian Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has canceled the order to fire top Moscow investigator Anatoly Bagmet and instructed Alexander Bastrykin, Chaika's first deputy, to decide on Bagmet's further duties.
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict cannot be resolved in the current political climate, a Russian expert said on Monday.
A Russian soldier has crossed into Georgia and asked the South Caucasus country for political asylum, the Imedi TV channel reported Monday.
If parties to the Mideast conflict are unable to agree among themselves, the international community should impose a collective solution, a Russian expert said on Monday.
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, expected in about a year's time, will hardly stabilize the situation in the country, a former Russian prime minister said Monday.
Russia opposes efforts to edge the UN Security Council out of the Middle East peace process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged on Monday Israelis and Palestinians to follow the roadmap of the Middle East peace settlement and give up unilateral actions.
Any attack on Iran's nuclear facilities would have "horrible and unpredictable consequences," a former Russian prime minister said on Monday.
Poor repairs to a generating unit contributed to the August tragedy at a Siberian hydropower plant, lawmakers said on Monday, citing a parliamentary commission's findings.
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A Russian senator has called the reset in relations with the United States, in particular the countries' coordinated position on a new strategic arms reduction deal, one of the key results of the outgoing year.
The international community should put pressure on Israel to resolve the Middle East conflict and prevent an "explosion" of tensions in the region, a Russian MP said on Monday.
A Russian expert expressed hope on Monday that an international Middle East conference in Jordan would help promote inter-Palestinian unity.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's Siberian tigress Mashenka will be given a ten-kilogram meat cake for New Year at her home in the Black Sea resort city of Gelendzhik.
Moscow is set to expand dialogue with the Muslim world, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
Traffic was paralyzed in Moscow on Monday as the capital saw its heaviest snowfall this winter.



