Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin was ousted on Monday after rebelling against a plan to install President Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister when Vladimir Putin returns to the Kremlin in 2012.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday stunningly announced that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin should return to the Kremlin in 2012 elections for a new six-year mandate.

Medvedev told the annu

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday that all issues were on the table for the two sides' first bilateral meeting since 2005.

"I expect this visit to

North Korea has expressed readiness to impose a moratorium on tests of weapons of mass-destruction and resume the stalled six-party talks on its nuclear programme, at a summit with Russia held at a se

North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il on Monday trekked through Siberia aboard his special armoured train to the city of Ulan-Ude for talks with President Dmitry Medvedev later this week.

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il arrived in Russia on Saturday for his first visit in nearly a decade, reaching out to the giant neighbour as Pyongyang battles isolation and hunger.

The reclusive Kim

Two young women stripped down to bikinis in central Moscow on Thursday to express support for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, in the latest exposure of bare flesh ahead of 2012 polls.

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday recommended taking the Tupolev-134 out of service after 45 people were killed in the latest disaster involving one of the Soviet-made jets.

Russian envoy Mikhail Margelov was headed for Tripoli on Thursday seeking to mediate in Libya's conflict, as rebels made gains in the west and Nato insisted it needs no ground troops to back its mission.

The special envoy of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said he was preparing to visit Tripoli to find a solution to the Libya conflict after meeting the opposition in their Benghazi stronghold.