The Moscow Times (Russia)
Friday, October 2, 2015 - 06:46
The mostly Muslim country of 6 million people has swung closer to Moscow and further away from the West. Faced with new challenges, Atambayev, two of whose predecessors as president were overthrown in revolts in 2005 and 2010, has snuggled closer to Russia.
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 06:32
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov says that Russia will not be able to afford its current level of military spending in the long term, as an economic slowdown amid declining oil prices and Western sanctions forces Moscow to drastically alter the expected funding environment.
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 11:38
Russia's Security Council has sounded the alarm about Islamic State fighters from former Soviet countries returning home "politically and religiously 'loaded,'" TASS news agency reported Friday.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 07:35
Russia will construct a second naval base on the Black Sea and reinforce its fleet with 80 warships to ward off what it sees as an increasing NATO presence in the waters around the recently annexed Crimean Peninsula, the head of the Russia's Black Sea fleet said Tuesday.
Friday, March 21, 2014 - 08:21
"The results of the referendum in Crimea reflect the views of the region's absolute majority, and this is reality," Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 10:53
President Vladimir Putin will pay a one-day working visit to Azerbaijan to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues, including trade, energy and transportation, a presidential aide said.
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 11:29
Kyrgyzstan has agreed to sell its shares in Dastan, a factory that produces torpedoes, with Russia emerging as the most likely buyer, Kommersant reported Wednesday.