Complete coverage of the U.S.-Russia summit, being held July 6-8 in Moscow.

Beslan mothers have put up street signs that read ""Putin's Course"" and point the way to School No. 1, where more than 330 people died in a terrorist attack three years ago.

It was only a matter of time before someone asked Alexander Karelin for his autograph. Karelin, a State Duma deputy and a champion wrestler with three Olympic gold medals, was facing an audience of several hundred residents of this small, hard-up farming town in southern Russia.

United Russia's dominance on national airwaves ahead of Sunday's State Duma elections appears to be playing with people's minds.

A Middle East summit in Moscow could bolster the country's prestige and please Arab nations such as Syria, but progress would depend heavily on the actions of Israel and the Palestinians, analysts said Thursday.

After Putin makes his case to voters in a televised appeal, Zhirinovsky and Zyuganov also get a chance to speak out on state television.

The United States and Russia accused each other of trying to manipulate an international security organization as it opened an annual meeting Thursday in Spain.

Former chess champion Garry Kasparov was released from jail Thursday after serving a five-day sentence for resisting arrest and taking part in an unsanctioned procession.

Gazprom, BP and its Russian venture TNK-BP will not have time to close the Kovykta deal in December amid talks over a broader range of issues, Gazprom said Thursday.

Uzbekistan wants to charge Russia more for its gas supplies from next year and will negotiate a new deal in December, an Uzbek energy official said Thursday.