MILAN, Italy — Former Milan defender Kakha Kaladze says he will retire from football to start a career in politics in his homeland. The 34-year-old Kaladze, who is from Georgia, says venturing into politics after a 19-year career in football will be "the most important game of my life, for freedom and democracy...

... battered trust between the countries. This corrosive situation is only amplified by the fact that both countries are in an election year when moderation is viewed as a weakness and hyperbole is the norm. So it is surprising that a low-profile group of retired general officers from the United States and Russian military and intelligence services should be a voice of reason. Their recommendation is to shift competition away from the military sphere and to seek trust and strategic stability in our relations...

Retired P&G chief John Pepper ducked under his desk in elementary school, practicing a precaution in case of a Russian bomb strike. Retired P&G chief John Pepper ducked under his desk in elementary school, practicing a precaution...

... could very well damage the investment climate,” said a senior U.S. lawyer who represents several major Western companies in Russia. He asked for anonymity so as not to draw attention to himself and his clients. Gudkov, a former KGB officer who retired with the rank of colonel, said he believed that he had angered someone by attending the mass opposition rallies that erupted after disputed Duma elections in December, and he said his company might have been targeted because it has provided 10...

... Marigold Hotel (2011): A charming British comedy directed by John Madden, written by Ol Parker and starring a stellar cast of British veteran actors including Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith. The film observes a group of retirees entering a retirement home in India. Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Thurs. to Wed. at 3:20 and 9:35 p.m. Dubbed. The Dictator (2012): Larry Charles directs a comedy about a dictator who heroically risks his life to ensure that democracy will never come to the country...

... Marigold Hotel (2011): A charming British comedy directed by John Madden, written by Ol Parker and starring a stellar cast of British veteran actors including Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and Maggie Smith. The film observes a group of retirees entering a retirement home in India. Pyat Zvyozd-Novokuznetskaya Thurs. to Wed. at 5:30 p.m. Dubbed. The Dictator (2012): Larry Charles directs a comedy about a dictator who heroically risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he opressed...

... Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper reported the pending cessation of the Air Force's activities as an independent entity from the military. Zelin has held the position for almost five years. He will turn 59 in May, just one year short of the armed forces retirement age of 60. Media reports speculated that he may now head one of the holding companies within the military-industrial complex, an unidentified source told Interfax. As part of a broader reshuffle, Medvedev simultaneously transferred three other...

... including the crash of the unmanned Russian Progress cargo vessel that broke up in the atmosphere in August and the loss of a $170 million probe, whose engines failed to break it out of Earth orbit to begin its mission to the Martian moon Phobos. After retiring its space shuttle fleet last year, the U.S. is now dependent on Russia as the only country able to shuttle astronauts to the space station, at the rate of $60 million per passenger. Several private firms are seeking to get commercial space programs...

... P-Orridge, who was born Neil Megson, claims to have had problems with the British authorities because of his/her radical art and declared a self-imposed exile to California in the early 1990s. In 2009, the now-Brooklyn-based P-Orridge announced his/her retirement from touring in "any and all bands" to concentrate on art, writing and music, but lately seems to have had second thoughts. However, the festival's organizers warn that "every concert could be the last, and it can't be excluded...

... the same procedure a few minutes later. Speaking from the touchdown site, NASA spokesman Rob Navias called it "a bullseye landing." "The spacecraft landed almost exactly where it was forecast to," he told NASA television. The retirement of the U.S. shuttle fleet has left Soyuz spacecraft as the only means to deliver crews to the space outpost. The Soyuz capsule's voyage from the space station started 3 1/2 hours earlier, when it undocked and began a slow, gentle drift away...

... defected to the West, they recall Rudolf Nureyev, certainly, and Mikhail Baryshnikov. But there was also a formidable woman among them: Natalia Makarova, who defected in 1970 and went on to win glory in Europe and the United States. Now 71, Makarova is retired, but she was the undisputed star over the weekend at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater as ballet greats gathered to pay her tribute. It was part of a rare and wonderful dance weekend courtesy of the Youth America Grand Prix, or YAGP, a global...

...." "Guys keep joking about how tough our job is, 'Oh, you get to go to Moscow and play hockey' — it's hard to complain," he said. Friday's game was the first of three, with an exhibition match to follow on Saturday involving several retired stars from the National Hockey League and the Soviet era, such as Ron Duguay, Mark Janssens, Yuri Lyapkin and Viktor Shalimov. On Sunday, a third match will be held between the New York firefighters and the Grad Hockey Club, whose rink at the...

... awards list of 57 people. Moreover, Medvedev handed the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky at Thursday’s ceremony to Vasily Petrov, a World War II veteran who served for 70 years in the armed forces, rising from a cadet to first deputy defense minister and retiring with the rank of marshal. News reports circulated late Thursday that the order might have been bestowed on Churov in secret, a gesture that would be more typical for intelligence officers than public servants. Kremlin and elections commission...

... Russian as a state language. During parliamentary debate Thursday, opposition lawmakers prevented Party of Regions supporters of the bill from reaching the podium. Their actions made it impossible to vote on the measure, so Party of Regions deputies retired to consider their next move. Yanukovych, whose mother tongue is Russian, promised to make Russian the second state language during his campaign in 2009. But he did not press the issue after coming to power in February 2010, leaving him open...

... little came out of any of that. But the liberals were not the only ones who were disappointed in Medvedev. President Vladimir Putin, too, has plenty of reasons to be angry with his protege. After his second presidential term, Putin clearly wanted to retire from politics and enjoy the great wealth he reportedly amassed during his years in power. But he understood very well that every new Russian leader since Josef Stalin gained legitimacy by attacking and disgracing his predecessor. Putin, while not...

... fellow veterans. "There used to be more of us. I remember that 10 years ago there were at least 70 veterans in the city; now there are only 17," he said, holding out a list of names and phone numbers, many of which had been crossed out. A retired colonel in the Soviet Red Army, Kolotushkin volunteered to serve on the western front with his father and two brothers and went on to take part in the Battle of Kursk and the race to Berlin. He was later awarded the Order of the Red Star and...

... Russia’s capacities. “We would need 20 times more interceptors,” he said. The deputy secretary-general complained that government officials downplayed facts that were well-known in the country. As proof, he produced an article published last month by retired Generals Viktor Yesin and Yevgeny Savostyanov in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, who concluded that NATO’s missile system won’t significantly reduce Russia’s capabilities. But Makarov reiterated the official position Thursday by saying Defense Ministry research...