United Russia, the country's dominant political party for more than a decade, might be radically reformed or even dissolved...

... operating officer of UBS, the mother of two children and also chairman of the board for the charity United Way of Russia. She answered questions about the charity work she and United Way are involved in. Elizabeth Sullivan is the...

United Russia is developing a system of rating party members' effectiveness that will factor in the use of Twitter. United Russia is...

United Russia is searching for a way to reinvent itself, considering options ranging from a name change to dissolving the party and creating...

The head of United Russia's State Duma fraction Andrei Vorobyov proposed Tuesday that the other parties in the Duma sign a statement declaring the...

A United Russia party website was knocked offline Thursday after hackers from the group Anonymous claimed to have directed a denial of...

Russia has circulated a revised UN Security Council resolution on the violence in Syria, but Western diplomats said it fell short of their demand for strong condemnation of President Bashar Assad's crackdown on civilians. UNITED NATIONS — Russia has circulated a revised UN Security Council resolution on the violence in Syria, but Western diplomats...

Charges that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his United Russia party dominate the country's politics are unfair. Charges that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his United Russia...

... writer and Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Brodsky may open in St. Petersburg as a joint cultural project between Russia and the United States. ST. PETERSBURG — The apartment-museum of Russian-born writer and Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Brodsky may...

... said it was possible that U.S. radar could have disabled the probe, several experts viewed the suggestion with skepticism. The United States has yet to respond to the allegations. News of the investigation came as it was reported that the United States... ... of the probe "lay in the zone of activity of powerful American radars located in Alaska." But Rogozin conceded that Russia's recent failures in space could be caused by "defects in equipment that was produced about 12 to 13 years ago,"...

The U.S. Commercial Service is sending more trade officers to Russia as part of an effort to help American companies gain more business in fast-growing markets, as it reduces... ... with issues such as business and finance laws, according to the agency. Cutting staff in markets such as Libya will hurt the United States, even if the trade-off is adding staff in larger emerging markets, said Chuck Dittrich, vice president of regional...

Russia will issue 100 million carbon certificates worth 500 million euros ($650 million) in 2012, a Sberbank executive said in... ... helps administer projects for the government said in an interview. Russia has issued 28.6 million credits to date under the United Nations Joint Implementation mechanism, a scheme to spread green technology in countries that have pledged to reduce greenhouse...

Russia is considering withdrawing its military helicopters servicing the UN peacekeeping force in South Sudan after voicing alarm at attacks on Russian personnel there. UNITED NATIONS — Russia is considering withdrawing its military helicopters servicing the UN peacekeeping force in South...

Russia's defiance of international efforts to end Syrian President Bashar Assad's crackdown on protests is rooted... ... and has nothing to lose if it fails. The Kremlin has put itself in conflict with the West as it shields Assad's regime from United Nations sanctions and continues to provide it with weapons. But Moscow's relations with Washington are already strained...

... forces bombarded Homs on Saturday in a campaign to crush a revolt against President Bashar Assad, whose ally Russia said it would not support an Arab peace plan circulating at the United Nations. Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Saturday in a campaign to crush a revolt against President Bashar Assad, whose...

The European Union will impose harsher sanctions on Syria, a senior EU official said Wednesday, as Russia tries to broker talks between the vice president and the opposition to calm violence. The European... ... crackdown on dissent. Five European countries and six Arab Gulf nations have pulled their ambassadors out of Damascus, and the United States has closed its embassy in Syria. Germany, whose envoy left Syria this month, also said he would not be replaced...

... security forces and armed opposition groups roils the country, the crisis has opened heated divisions at the United Nations Security Council. As the violent standoff between Syria's security forces and armed opposition groups roils the... ... Council resolution that demanded Syrian President Bashar Assad step down. A watered-down version of this resolution was vetoed by Russia and China— both contending that the Security Council must not abandon neutrality by siding with one party to a conflict...

Russia has signed a contract to sell combat jets to Syria, Kommersant reported Monday, in apparent support... ... opposition to international efforts to put pressure on Assad's regime over its attempts to snuff out the country's uprising. The United Nations says more than 5,400 people have died over 10 months. The report of the sale comes the same day that Human Rights...

Kyrgyzstan received military trucks and communications equipment from Russia on Wednesday, the first part of an aid package to reinforce its fragile borders ahead of the planned... ... financial aid to Kyrgyzstan as part of a three-year program to fight the trafficking of drugs from Afghanistan. Russia, like the United States, operates a military air base in Kyrgyzstan. Both countries have been in talks about the construction of separate...

Western and Arab countries responded with outrage on Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian President Bashar Assad to give up power. UNITED NATIONS — Western and Arab countries responded with outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council...