Dmitry Medvedev visits Cuba in show of Russian support amid U.S. hostility
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev kicked off an official two-day visit to Cuba on Thursday in a strong show of Russia's support for the communist-run island as it faces escalating pressure from the United States and resulting fuel shortages. Medvedev laid a wreath of flowers ...
Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev visits disputed island off Hokkaido despite protest from Tokyo
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Friday made his first visit since 2015 to one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that are claimed by Japan, despite a request from Tokyo to have the trip canceled, according to Russia's Interfax news agency. Medvedev traveled ...
Japan asks Russia to halt Dmitry Medvedev's planned visit to disputed island
Japan has asked Russia to halt Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's planned visit to a disputed island off Hokkaido, officials said Wednesday. The government made the request in response to a Russian media report that Medvedev is planning in August to visit Etorofu, according to the ...
Russia designates isles claimed by Japan as special economic zone
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday signed a document designating disputed islands controlled by Moscow but claimed by Japan as a special economic zone, Interfax news agency reported. With the designation, companies operating on the islets off the north of Hokkaido would receive tax ...
Mass arrests reported as thousands across Russia protest corruption, confront Kremlin
Tens of thousands of protesters held anti-corruption rallies across Russia on Monday in a new show of defiance by an opposition that the Kremlin had once dismissed as ineffectual and marginalized. Hundreds were arrested — including opposition leader and protest organizer Alexei Navalny, who was ...
Made-in-Siberia: Russia boasts 'cool' new midrange jetliner to vie with Boeing, Airbus
Russia on Wednesday presented a new medium-range passenger plane that state media said was superior to its Western-made counterparts in many respects and would be snapped up by both Russian and foreign carriers. In a glitzy ceremony at a factory in Siberia attended by Prime ...
Russia's government announces yet another set of impotent plans to develop its long-neglected Pacific region.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday criticized the visit by Russia's prime minister to one of the islands disputed by Tokyo and Moscow, but added he "will continue dialogue" with President Vladimir Putin to resolve the issue. "It is extremely regrettable . . . hurting ...
Japan urges Russian prime minister not to visit disputed isles
Japan has urged Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev not to visit disputed islands off Hokkaido, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, calling the planned trip to the isles at the center of a long-standing bilateral dispute “unacceptable.” The planned visit, seen by experts as underlining ...
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev indicated Thursday he plans to inspect economic development on some of the Kuril Islands, including the four claimed by Japan. The inspection may be designed to demonstrate Russia's effective control of the four islands, which were occupied by Soviet forces ...
As Ukraine truce holds, Russia vows 'pragmatic' approach with economic pain
Fighting in eastern Ukraine between government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces has ground almost to halt. That should be good news for Ukraine, but Russia looks intent to pile on the economic misery. In a detailed Op-Ed piece Monday, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev painted ...
Russia's Medvedev gives pep talk in surprise visit to Crimea
On a surprise visit Monday to Crimea, Russia's prime minister promised to quickly pour funds into the newly annexed peninsula so residents see positive changes after the Russian takeover. Dmitry Medvedev, who led a delegation of Cabinet ministers to Crimea, pledged that Russia will quickly ...
