Moscow - The presidents of Russia and the United States are expected to sign an agreement on strategic offensive weapons on the sidelines of a financial summit in London next week, the Kremlin has announced.
According to the Interfax news agency, citing Kremlin officials, US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will also issue a joint statement about their nations' bilateral relations during their first meeting since Obama's inauguration in January.
The statement will have "practical applications for coming negotiations," said Sergei Prikhodko, an advisor to Medvedev.
Moscow - Russian President Dmitri Medvedev fired Moscow police chief Vladimir Pronin Tuesday, after one of his officers killed three people and wounded six in a shooting spree. Medvedev earlier Tuesday suspended several senior officers in the precinct where the shootings occurred, saying the local police should take full responsibility, Medvedev spokeswoman Natalia Timakova said.
Moscow - Russian President Dmitri Medvedev criticized a planned NATO military exercise in Georgia next month as "muscle- flexing" on Friday, according to Interfax news agency, as tensions from last summer's conflict hotted up again.
Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday called for a two-state solution in the Middle East following talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow.
Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet have called for an end to the US embargo of the Caribbean island of Cuba, at a meeting in Moscow on Saturday.
Moscow - Russia and the United States need to clear "toxic assets" souring their relations and work together on key global issues, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday in an article in the Washington Post.
