Russia has urged Assad to follow through faster on promised reforms, but has opposed Western efforts to condemn his crackdown in the UN Security Council.
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Russian FM Lavrov hosts representatives of recently reconciled rival Palestinian factions, praises unity deal, does not comment directly on Hamas official's claim to have secured support ahead of planned September move at UN.
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More than 300 protesters called on the Kremlin to stop feeding the Caucasus, a violence-plagued region.
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After losing her entire family at the age of 12, Russian Jew Liora Tamir was certain there was no one left; at 65 her daughter found that she had a long-lost cousin in Israel.
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France, Germany and the U.K. are pushing for announcing a new international peace initiative which may include setting up two states on the basis of the 1967 borders.
by Barak Ravid 54 comments
In Moscow visit, PM urges Russia to increase pressure on Iran over its nuclear program.
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Attack on Moscow's busiest airport bears hallmarks of militants fighting for an Islamist state in the north Caucasus region; Netanyahu and Obama condemn attack.
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Foreign Ministry strike that prevented Medvedev from visiting Israel kept Netanyahu from having to sweat through a meeting and dismiss Russia's promise to recognize independent Palestine.
by Akiva Eldar 147 comments
Russian president had been planning to tour Israel as well, but was forced to cancel due to a strike at the foreign ministry.
by The Associated Press and Haaretz Service 22 comments
Move comes ahead of new round of nuclear talks in Turkey with six major world powers; U.S. not on the invite list.
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Foreign Ministry workers threatened to cause problems upon Dmitry Medvedev's arrival, so the planned visit was cancelled to avoid an embarrassing diplomatic incident.
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Treaty to reduce long-range, strategic atomic weapons deployed by each country to no more than 1,550 within seven years.
by Reuters and Natasha Mozgovaya 0 comments
The Daily Telegraph reports that Turkish-led secret talks are underway in order to reduce Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium.
by Haaretz Service 12 commentsRussia's biggest potash producer, Uralkali, is on the verge of merging with another Russian giant, Silvinit, and the combined company would be the world's second largest producer after Canada's Potash Corp.
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Comment by Kermlin source comes amid harsh U.S. criticism over the whistle-blowing site's recent release of over 250,000 classified diplomatic cables.
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