Issue 4280. Last Updated: 11/23/2009

2009 U.S.-Russia Summit: Obama in Moscow

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

Immersing Themselves in a Chilly Tradition

By Alexander Osipovich
It was below freezing, and many of the worshipers had been standing for hours in a poorly heated 17th-century church.

Bush Asks Burns to Leave U.S. Embassy

Staff Writer
U.S. Ambassador William Burns is leaving Moscow after a three-year stint for a promotion to the No. 3 spot in the U.S. State Department, where he will be in charge of the country's strategy on Iran.

South Stream Signed After Night Out

By Anna Smolchenko
A visit to one of the Bulgarian president's favorite bars plays a role in clinching the pipeline deal.

Cold War Chess Legend Dies at 64

Reuters
Bobby Fischer, the eccentric genius who became the United States' only world chess champion by humbling the Soviet Union's best but who spent his last years as a fugitive from U.S. authorities, has died at 64.

Opposition's NATO Protests Paralyze Ukrainian Parliament

The Associated Press
Opposition lawmakers blocked the Ukrainian parliament's work on Friday, protesting the government's latest efforts to seek NATO membership for the ex-Soviet republic.

Search On for Patarkatsishvili in London

Reuters
Georgian officials are in London pursuing a multimillionaire who prosecutors have charged with plotting a coup, a source in Georgia's Interior Ministry said Friday.

Belarussian Editor Gets Jail Time

Reuters, AP
Belarus on Friday jailed for three years an editor of an independent newspaper that reproduced cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that first appeared in Denmark in 2005 and caused mass demonstrations across the Muslim world.

Saakashvili Talking Up Conciliation

The Associated Press
Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in to a second presidential term Sunday, pledging to mend fences with Russia, push Georgia closer to the West and bring prosperity to a republic troubled by a divisive election that opponents claim was rigged.

Georgian Army Switches to U.S. Rifles

Reuters
Soldiers from NATO aspirant Georgia switched their Soviet-era Kalashnikov rifles on Friday for U.S.-designed M4 models in part of a drive to distance themselves from their Russian-dominated past.

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