Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised Thursday to give struggling Ukraine a break by altering tough conditions in a natural gas contract, a move that could ease European supply concerns and give Putin's counterpart Yulia Tymoshenko a boost amid a bitter presidential campaign.By: Nataliya Vasilyeva|Date: Nov 19, 2009

Britain's visiting foreign secretary pressed Russia on Monday to turn over the main suspect in the 2006 killing of former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko, who died from radioactive polonium poisoning in a London hospital.By: Nataliya Vasilyeva|Date: Nov 2, 2009

Russia yields to request by US MOSCOW - Russia said yesterday that it will allow the United States to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a long-sought move that bolsters US military operations but potentially gives the Kremlin leverage over critical American supplies.By: Nataliya Vasilyeva|Date: Jul 4, 2009