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

But Yabloko is sponsoring a bill to defend the rights of the owners of rakushki, the omnipresent little metal outdoor garages.

Russian energy ambitions in the Balkans received a shot in the arm Tuesday as Serbia backed Gazprom taking a major stake in its state oil and gas company and approved a branch of the South Stream gas pipeline through the country.

In his first major campaign address, presidential front-runner Dmitry Medvedev pledged Tuesday to stay the current Kremlin course but hinted at a softer stance in several key policy areas and opportunities to mend some fences with the West.

Russia hinted on Tuesday that it would retaliate after neighboring Latvia expelled a Russian diplomat in an apparent spying case.

Russia on Tuesday sent two long-range bombers to the Bay of Biscay, off the French and Spanish Atlantic coasts, to test-fire missiles in what it billed as its biggest naval exercise in the area since Soviet times.

But in an ironic twist, treacherous conditions on the city’s roads may be reducing serious accidents.

Poland expects to clinch a deal with the United States in February to host U.S. missiles as part of a defensive shield in Europe, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said Tuesday.

President Vladimir Putin met with Moldovan counterpart Vladimir Voronin in the Kremlin on Tuesday to discuss trade and possibly a solution for the issue of Transdnestr.

The government has submitted an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code in the State Duma that would allow for retrials in criminal cases that end in acquittals.