The Czech Republic has been asked by Russian officials to hold off on a decision to host part of a United States missile defense shield system. Yuri Baluyevsky, the Russian military chief of staff, told Czech officials that it would be better to wait on a decision until after the next US presidential elections, saying, [...]

Georgia has accused Russia of firing a rocket near the breakaway region of South Ossetia on Tuesday. The rocket was fired by a Su-24 bomber manufactured by Russia which Georgian officials claim violated their airspace from the Russian side. The rocket was a Kh-58 tactical anti-radiation missile that had been produced by Raduga, a Russian [...]

Russia’s explorers who were responsible for placing the Russian flag below the North Pole received a hero’s welcome in Moscow today while the rest of the world denied the territorial claims made by Russia.

Russia has decided to expel four British diplomats along with suspending counterterrorism efforts with London. The action comes after British officials announced they would be expelling four Russian diplomats because of the refusal of Moscow to extradite a Russian businessman, Andrei Lugovoy, who has been accused of murdering the former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko in [...]

Russia has declined to accept a draft resolution put forth by the United States and Europe on Kosovo that would remove the United Nations peacekeeping force and replace it with a European based one. The West is unsure now on how to move forward towards the eventual independence of Kosovo. They could call for a [...]