Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has ranked Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the president of the Russian North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, among the world"s worst "predators" of freedom.
MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's strategic aviation started Wednesday an active phase of military exercises to fly over the North Pole and conduct test launches of cruise missiles, an Air Force spokesman said.
Talks on the prohibition of tactical nuclear weapons deployment in third countries should be the next step in arms control, the Russian foreign minister said on Friday.