Russia consider Iran sanctions

PARIS — Russia and France launched a new era of close partnership on Monday, with the Kremlin signalling it could support targeted sanctions against Iran and France offering to sell warships to Moscow.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made his most explicit threat yet to act against Tehran after talks with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy at [...]

Russia and U.S. close in on nuclear disarmament deal

PARIS — Russia and the United States are getting close to a deal on reducing their nuclear arsenals through a follow-up to the START treaty, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev and US officials said Monday.
“We are close to agreeing all issues,” Medvedev told reporters in Paris. “We are already agreeing on the nuances of the text. [...]

Russia must match Western advances in military technology :Dmitry Medvedev

MOSCOW  - Russia must stop “patching up” old weapons and build new ones as it tries to adapt its armed forces to current threats, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday, Russian news agencies reported.
“A fundamental task stands before us: to re-equip the army and navy with new weapons,” state-owned RIA quoted Medvedev as saying at [...]

Netanyahu to visit Russia next week

MOSCOW — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Moscow next week, the Kremlin said Thursday, after Russia toughened its stance on Iran’s nuclear programme.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem February 7, 2010 (Reuters)”
Netanyahu will hold talks with President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday, the Kremlin said [...]

US, Russia close to new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) deal

WASHINGTON,  — U.S. President Barack Obama called his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday. The two presidents agreed the negotiations on a successor treaty for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) are nearly complete, the White House said.
The White House made the announcement in a brief statement, saying Obama called Medvedev to thank him for [...]

Russian Navy to buy new carrier-based fighters

MOSCOW,  – Russian Navy plans to buy the first batch of MiG-29K fighters set to be deployed on an aircraft carrier later this year, said a Navy official on Friday. “This year we are planning to buy the first batch of several machines,” the RIA Novosti news agency quoted the unnamed official as saying.

The Russian [...]

NATO chief in first Russia visit to rebuild trust

MOSCOW — NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen was to meet Russian leaders Wednesday in Moscow, the first visit by a head of the Western military alliance since the Georgia war blew a Cold War chill through ties.
Furious disputes over Russia’s actions in its war with Georgia last year led to a halt in cooperation between [...]

European security treaty ‘to end Cold War legacy’ : Dmitry Medvedev

MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday unveiled a much-vaunted draft European security treaty which he said would finally end Cold War mentalities, despite a lukewarm reception in the West.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smile at the Victory Day parade at Red Square in Moscow May 9, 2009 (Reuters)
Medvedev’s proposal [...]

Designer of Kalashnikov named a “Hero of Russia” by Dmitry Medvedev

MOSCOW  – The designer of the Kalashnikov, sometimes called the world’s most lethal weapon, was named a “Hero of Russia” on Tuesday by President Dmitry Medvedev who lauded him for creating “the brand every Russian is proud of.”
“In our country, such phenomena do not happen every day,” Medvedev told Mikhail Kalashnikov after decorating him with [...]

Russia warns of new Iran sanctions over nuclear dispute

MOSCOW — New sanctions against Iran cannot be excluded if there is no movement forward in the standoff over its nuclear drive, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in comments released by the Kremlin on Saturday.
In an interview with German weekly Der Spiegel, Medvedev confirmed Russia was prepared to help with work in enriching Iranian uranium [...]