Dmitry Medvedev signs law on longer presidential terms
Submitted by Ljubomira Kalcheva on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 17:42.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday signed into law a bill extending presidential terms form four to six years, the Kremlin said.
Medvedev says Russia "ready" for better relations with Obama
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 21:02.President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday Russia was ready for better
relations with US president-elect Barack Obama, one day after a speech
that seemed to be a direct challenge to the next US leader.
Medvedev and Sarkozy lay plans for EU-Russia summit
Submitted by William Kaelin on Sat, 11/01/2008 - 21:27.The presidents of France and Russia telephoned Saturday in preparation for the resumption of talks about closer ties between Russia and the European Union, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday.<
Russia's Medvedev to begin two-day official visit to Armenia
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 15:15.
President Dmitry Medvedev began a two-day visit on Monday to Armenia, caught in a precarious security deadlock in the Caucasus following Russia's recent war with Georgia.
Gadaffi to travel to Moscow for arms deals this month
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 12:27.Lybian leader Moamer Gadaffi will travel to Moscow on October 31 to meet with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev over weapons purchases and energy deals, business daily Vedemosti cited a Foreign Ministry source as saying.
Medvedev convokes Russian state bankers
Submitted by William Kaelin on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 11:15.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday summoned the head of the country's state banks to the Kremlin after Russia's leading indexes free fell in the sharpest decline since their inception.
Russia's Medvedev meets with Germany's Merkel
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 19:04.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday were at odds over the Caucasus but in agreement over the US financial crisis, during meetings in Russia's Baltic Sea port of St Pete
Russia will modernize nuclear deterrent
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Sat, 09/27/2008 - 09:04.President Dmitry Medvedev has announced a comprehensive modernization of Russia's armed forces and its nuclear weapons, Russian media reported Saturday.
By 2020, there would be complete overhaul of the nuclear deterrent, Medvedev said at the conclusion of military exercises in the Urals.
The Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) Tuesday said its derivatives and Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) markets set new trading records last year with volume surging to 
When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone their fifth.
The San Antonio Spurs turned up their trademark defense down the stretch to turn back another opponent. 
Popular US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, 54, has vowed to battle her recent weight gain, blaming it on "food abuse."
After the Taipei Zoo received two giant pandas from China, another Taiwan zoo said Friday it is seeking to receive a pair of pandas from China.