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

Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov on Thursday night said there was no contradiction between Bulgaria's European Union membership and friendship with Russia as he welcomed President Vladimir Putin to Sofia.

Investors clung on to Russia's treasured safe-haven status Thursday as the country's stock market continued its headlong plunge for a third straight day.

The British Council gave up its fight to keep two of its Russian offices open Thursday, saying a ""campaign of intimidation"" by security services had forced it to suspend work in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.

Tony the Tiger would growl proudly. Kellogg, whose cartoon tiger is pictured on its Frosties cereal boxes, announced Thursday that it had purchased United Bakers Group, the country's biggest breakfast cereal maker, to take almost complete control of the local market.

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Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev criticized foreign missionaries on Thursday as a threat to national stability and urged lawmakers to curb their activities.

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Georgia's president-elect, expressing hope that long-troubled relations between the two countries can be now be improved.

First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is set to unveil his election platform Tuesday at the second national Civic Forum.

After a decade of rapid economic growth fired by the animal spirits of unfettered capitalism, Russia isn't about to turn back into a Soviet-style cradle-to-grave welfare state.