Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev today presented nominations to newly-inaugurated President Vladimir Putin for a new Russian cabinet that will reportedly see the exit of two heavyweight ministers.

Newly-inaugurated Russian President Putin will not attend next week’s G8 summit in the United States ‘due to his busy schedule.’ The decision raises new questions about Moscow-Washington ties on the eve of the NATO summit

Newly-inaugurated Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday presided over an annual display...

Moscow will seek closer ties with the United States but will not tolerate interference in its affairs...

Putin was inaugurated as the Russian president in Kremlin after serving four years as prime minister.

Russia's new President Vladimir Putin today won parliamentary approval for his predecessor Dmitry Medvedev to become prime minister.

Vladimir Putin takes office today as Russian president for a historic third term in a glittering Kremlin ceremony shadowed by bloody clashes between police and the protest movement against his rule

Russia's newly sworn-in President Vladimir Putin today proposed his Kremlin predecessor Dmitry Medvedev as the country's new prime minister.

Russia's newly sworn-in President Vladimir Putin was handed the black suitcase...

Moscow will conduct a pre-emptive strike on a US-led NATO missile system if the US goes ahead with the plan and refuses dialogue, Russia’s top military officer says

Russia said today its dispute with the United States over missile defense was near a "dead end" and warned it might have to deploy new rockets in Europe to take out elements of the controversial shield.

Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin today joined over 100,000 people in a Soviet-style march through Moscow to celebrate labor day and underline public support ahead of his inauguration.

Fed up with high unemployment and austerity, May Day protesters took to the streets across Europe yesterday in a wave of anger that threatens to topple leaders in Paris and Athens.

President Dmitry Medvedev said today that Russia had become a freer nation during his four-year term, citing the mass protests of recent months as evidence of change.

Russia's outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev outlined his liberal credentials...

The Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter yesterday with a service attended by the political elite in a now familiar sign of its growing power in post-Soviet Russia.

Russia said Tuesday that continued US funding of groups supporting the spread of democracy in the country was turning into a problem in advance of Vladimir Putin's return for a third Kremlin term.

Setting aside fears for a new arms race with the United States or the conflict in Syria, President Dmitry Medvedev took to Twitter Wednesday to reassure Russia on another burning issue -- the wellbeing of his cat.

Syria has accepted a proposal crafted by Kofi Annan that aims to end bloodshed in the strife-hit country, according to reports, but the U.N.-Arab League envoy has cautioned that only the implementation of the measures will produce peace.

US president warns Pyongyang and Tehran that their options are few while they are pursuing nuclear programs. He also vows to reduce US stockpile along with Russia