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A Russian Foreign Ministry source said there were signs Tuesday that North Korea was preparing to launch new missiles, Interfax news agency reported.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 in an all-Russian final of the French Open on Saturday to take away her second Grand Slam title.

Two Canadian diplomats have been expelled from Russia in retaliation for NATO's expulsion of two Russian envoys, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow confirmed Wednesday.

Serena Williams still rates herself as the best player in the world even though she has been toppled from the top spot by Russia's Dinara Safina.

Russia's foreign minister will visit North Korea next week, a source said on Friday, as regional powers try to prevent the state from restarting its nuclear arms plant and defuse tensions that have rattled regional security.

Russia has not supplied Iran its advanced S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, an official in Russia's state arms export service was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

President says he'll visit China to talk money matters later this year, also accepts invitation to visit Moscow.

Russia and the United States will pursue a new deal to cut nuclear warheads, presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama said on Wednesday, making good on a pledge to rebuild relations from a post-Cold War low.

Predictions have the major emerging markets—Brazil, Russia, India and China, a.k.a. the BRICs—overtaking the combined GDP of the G7 nations by 2027, nearly a decade sooner than the forecast in a landmark study a few years back.

NATO foreign ministers agreed Thursday to resume high-level formal ties with Russia, suspended last year after Moscow's military thrust into Georgia.