The international criticism of North Korea's planned launch of a rocket is increase as the deputy Russian foreign minister joined the call cautioning the reclusive-communist country on Friday against increasing tensions in the region.

After 10 years of armed conflict in breakaway Chechnya, is Russia about to declare victory and pull out?

The Russian defense minister reiterated on Tuesday that Moscow would not place Iskander missiles on the EU's doorstep if Washington abandoned its plans to deploy missile defenses in Central Europe.

Besides the International Space Station (ISS) and satellites, there are thousands of objects orbiting the earth, so you had to expect some sort of devastating collision sometime. Perhaps not between two satellites, though: an Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian Cosmos 2251 satellite.

Natural gas may soon start to flow from Russia to Europe: the prime ministers of Russia and the Ukraine have agreed to a deal after a marathon series of talks.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday he was certain that the dispute over the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine would be resolved "in the near future."

Russia's president opened an international gas summit in Moscow on Saturday by calling on participants to agree on a permanent mechanism to ensure the transit of Russian gas to Europe.

Katia Verber has been called the Paris Hilton of Russia by Marie Claire. It's hard to say which of those two would be more insulted by that comparison.

Russia and its European customers are close to a solution to the natural gas transit dispute that led to a cutoff of supplies to the EU via Ukraine, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

The European Union is giving Russia and the Ukraine until Monday to settle their gas dispute, saying it will reassess relations with the two countries if the dispute is not resolved.

U.S.-Russian relations have sunk to post-Cold War lows amid disagreements over NATO expansion, missile defense, and Moscow's relations with its neighbors. Are Washington and Moscow ready to turn the page as Barack Obama prepares to take office?