Russia's emissary to the UN has mentioned that Russia will be contributing about $6.5 million to the IAEA Nuclear Security Fund between 2010 and 2015.
 
The International Atomic Energy Agency developed NSF supports the implementation of nuclear security measures for the prevention, detection ...

Ahead of the meeting of the G20 finance ministers in Scotland next month, India, Russia and China on Tuesday pooled in their collective economic weight to push for greater voting power and representation of developing and emerging countries in global economic bodies.
 
"They stressed ...

The ninth trilateral meeting between Russia, India and China (RIC) kicked off today to explore business opportunities in key sectors, including infrastructure and energy.
 
India's IT capital, Bangalore, is holding such a major international meeting 23 years after it played host to the ...

Sources from external affairs ministry have mentioned that the fluctuating India and China relationships may eclipse the ninth trilateral meeting of India, Russia and China, which is slated to take place on Oct 27 in Bangalore.
 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had stated at Hua Hin (Thailand) ...

Diplomats from Russia, France and the US have submitted their formal approvals of a deal to process Iran's nuclear fuel abroad.
 
It was not immediately clear when Iran would provide its answer to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, which has drafted the plan to ship ...

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has mentioned that India’s relation with Russia will always be given the top priority when foreign policy of India is considered. He mentioned this while holding discussion with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on a range of international bilateral ...

The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers will meet in Bangalore for discussing on aspects related to bring the India-China back on track. India – China relation has been experiencing a strain since the Arunachal Pradesh issues sparked off.
 
External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna will ...

Iran has mentioned that it has plans for procuring weapons from Russia, for which an Iranian military delegation will be visiting Moscow.
 
"A large delegation from the Iraqi defence ministry will travel soon to Moscow for talks on arms purchases (from Russia)," Abbas al-Bayati ...

Foreign Minister of China Yang Jiechi will be visiting India next week for holding trilateral talks with his Indian and Russian partners on Oct 29.
 
The minister will arrive on Oct 28.
 
The trilateral meeting is to discuss issues of regional importance and "touch upon various ...

India will be receiving the Akula-II class Nerpa nuclear attack submarine from the Russian Navy on lease during early 2010.
 
"The submarine has undergone a range of sea trials, and state tests will begin in late October or early November, after which the Nerpa will be commissioned by ...

Russia is concerned by US missile defence talks with countries outside NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.
 
The statement came following reports on talks between the US and Ukraine on the possible use of the latter's radars or deployment of a new radar in the ...

Russia's federal space agency has started work to design a new carrier rocket for manned flights from a new space centre in the country's Far East, an official said on Tuesday.
 
Russian space agency Roscosmos chief Anatoly Perminov said priority would be given to the rocket's reliability ...

Russian Deputy Prime Minister mentioned on Tuesday that Russia has signed business deals worth $3.5 billion with China.
 
The bilateral business forum coincided with a visit to China by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
 
Russian deputy premier Alexander Zhukov mentioned that ...

The premiers of China, Russia and four Central Asian nations on Wednesday held a summit under the security-focussed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, host nation China said.
 
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and their counterparts from Kazakhstan, ...

Indian Defence Minister A K Antony has arrived in Moscow for holding discussions to finalise new joint ventures in strategic weapons, including the investment and technical parameters of 5th generation fighters.
 
Antony, who is on a three-day itinerary, will hold meetings with his Russian ...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is in China on a three-day itinerary. The visit is aimed at giving a boost to the political and economic ties of the two nations.
 
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi received the Russian PM at the Capital International Airport, Beijing. ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be holding talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow so that she can urge him to support the US for further sanctions on Iran.
 
She had warned earlier that the world will not allocate more time for Iran to prove itself. Iran had ...

The ‘strategic and military partnership' between India and Russia will get a 10 year extension during the meeting between PM Manmohan Singh and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, which is slated to take place in December in Moscow.
 
The foundation for the extension of the treaty till ...

Even though the US and Russia have agreed to find a solution for the Iranian nuclear issue by conducting diplomatic dialogues, they also added that new sanctions may be adopted, if Iran fails to deliver a response.
 
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mentioned that he and Barack Obama have ...

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Sergei Ivamov, mentioned on Tuesday that the defence budget for the nation will be increased by 8% to touch $36 billion.
 
The defence budget for 2009 is expected to be $33 billion, which includes $10.9 billion for the procurement and maintenance of military ...

After both Russia and the US scrapped their respective missiles plans, Moscow and Washington are gearing up to resume the dialogue for the revamping of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, START -1, which will expire on Dec 5, 2009.
 
The sixth round of talks on the new nuclear weapons ...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has put aside the speculation that his relation with the Prime Minister of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has hit the rocks. He mentioned that the reports were just rumours and added that they were having a comfortable working relation.
 
Putin had been the ...

With US president Barack Obama announcing the scrapping of the implementation of Missiles in Poland and other European nations, Russia has also announced its calling off of the implementation of missiles near Poland.
 
Vladimir Popovkin, while talking over the radio station, Ekho Moskvy, ...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told that Russia is happy with the scrapping of the plans, of installing a missile shield in Central Europe, by Barack Obama.
 
Obama had revealed on Thursday that US has scrapped the installation of long-range missile in Central Europe, instead of which ...

According to the air force commander of Russia, the country is planning to come up with a new generation of air and space defences so that any strikes form a potential foreign threat can be countered.
 
"By 2030...foreign countries, particularly the US, will be able to deliver ...

The South Stream gas deal that was signed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoganon on Thursday will allow the planned South Stream pipeline to pass through Turkey's waters.
 
The pipeline is a Russian-Italian project that would bring Russian gas ...

The latest Borey class nuclear submarine of Russia, the Yury Dolgoruky, will undergo at least six more sea trials before it is inducted into the Russian Navy.
 
The submarine that will be armed with the new Bulava sea-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) had completed its first round of sea ...

The Russian Navy has plans for developing a balanced nuclear missile force by 2050, the Russian Navy commander said on Sunday.
 
"In our understanding, it is important to know exactly what the navy should be by the year 2050, proceeding from two things: it must be a balanced nuclear ...

Delegates from the US and Russia have started a new round of talks on Wednesday for reviving START, the nuclear arms reduction treaty which will expire by 2009 end.Diplomats from both countries told DPA that the teams had begun their meetings at the Russian diplomatic mission in Geneva in the late ...

G8 on Thursday has called for an increased coordination among countries to check the abuse of internet by terrorist organizations for misinformation. 
"Special attention must be paid to the abuses by terrorist organisations of both modern and more traditional means of public ...