In a possible sign of increased business activity amid the "reset" in U.S.-Russian ties, a U.S. government agency that assists U.S. companies enter and expand in Russia has seen an increase in demand over the past year. In a possible sign of increased business activity...

The architect of U.S. President Barack Obama's Russia policy arrived in Moscow this weekend to become the new U.S. ambassador at a critical time for the nations' "reset" of relations. The architect of U.S. President Barack Obama's Russia policy arrived in Moscow this weekend to become the new U.S. ambassador at a critical time for the nations' "reset" of relations, which has grown imperiled by...

In the wake of growing tension around Iran's nuclear program, 2012 looks like it will be another challenging year for both the United States and Russia. Perhaps the most difficult and time-consuming question confronting Washington and Moscow today is how best to proceed on Iran. In the wake of growing tension around Iran's nuclear program, 2012 looks like it will be another challenging year for both the United States and Russia. Perhaps the most...

... to Russia Michael McFaul has rejected as "nonsense" accusations by a senior member of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party that he's trying to encourage revolution. President Barack Obama sent him to Russia to pursue the policy of a "reset" of U.S.-Russian relations, McFaul said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper. He met with opposition activists earlier this month, within days of taking up his appointment. "The point of the reset isn't to prepare a revolution...

... Interfax reported. President Dmitry Medvedev in November threatened to deploy new missiles against the shield if no deal is reached. NATO leaders have said they hope to arrive at a solution at a Russia-NATO summit in Chicago in May 2012. The “reset” of ties with the United States has been overshadowed by election campaign rhetoric in both countries. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused Washington of supporting mass protests that broke out after last month’s State Duma elections...

... Prikhodko, Kremlin chief-of-staff Sergei Ivanov and Prime Minister Putin's foreign policy adviser Yury Ushakov, the U.S. Embassy said. "Ambassador McFaul has worked closely with these officials for the last three years and was a key architect of the reset in relations between the United States and Russia over the past three years," an embassy spokesman said in a statement. 418973 170907 179742

... liberalization.” Putin’s presidency “is likely to mean more continuity than change in Russian domestic politics and foreign policy, at least during the next year,” Clapper said. As for foreign policy, Putin might harden the “reset” process with the United States because of an “instinctive distrust of U.S. intentions,” the report said. 170907 179742

... 31, Rogozin said. But some experts were skeptical about the impact of U.S. radar. Defense expert Igor Korotchenko told The Moscow Times that should the suggestion that U.S. radar caused the probe's crash be confirmed, it would put an "end to the reset" in bilateral relations and mark "the start of a new Cold War." "But I can hardly believe in such a version — the United States is a responsible international partner," he said. In case of an electromagnetic impact...

... Petersburg. In addition, a trade desk could appear at the Yekaterinburg consulate. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow had no comment Friday. But figures the embassy shared with The Moscow Times last month suggested an increase in U.S. business activity amid the reset in U.S.-Russian ties. The U.S. Commercial Service, a federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department, helped 177 U.S. companies enter Russia or increase their sales here during fiscal year 2011 that ended Sept. 30, an embassy source said. That...

... partnership but is actually plotting to weaken Russia's nuclear deterrence capabilities. The Kremlin's stance is schizophrenic. On the one hand, it proposes developing a joint missile defense system with the United States as a key step to boost the "reset," while at the same time it suggests that the United States is developing its own missile defense system to allow it to launch a massive first strike and protect itself against a retaliatory strike. It is as if Rogozin, Putin and many other...

... the Putin regime. During this program, we were also told that the high-sounding missions of U.S.-funded nongovernmental organizations — "defending human rights and building democracy" — is only a cynical decoy. So is the "reset," McFaul's brainchild. All of this "technology," developed in Langley and Foggy Bottom, is a prime example of the United States' subversive "soft power" that helps destabilize its enemies and execute regime change. The beauty...