 Syrian Arab News Agency | Russia, China block UN vote on Syria ABC Online Russia and China have joined forces in a double veto to knock down a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step aside. The other 13 council members voted in favour of the resolution, which would have said that ... Russia and China block UN resolution as Syria shaken by 'massacre' Russia and China Veto Arab-Western Draft Resolution on Syria at Security Council Russia and China veto resolution on Syria at UN |
 New York Times | Russia: Sort of, but Not Really New York Times Putin's Russia is at a crossroads. It has become a “sort-of-but-not-really-country.” Russia today is sort of a democracy, but not really. It's sort of a free market, but not really. It's sort of got the rule of law to protect businesses, but not really ... Russia protest movement shows its staying power with massive rally Russians stage rival protests over Putin Tens of thousands of Russians brave brutal cold to rally against Putin's rule |
Russia, China Veto UN Security Council Resolution on Syria BusinessWeek 4 (Bloomberg) -- Russia and China vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that backed an Arab League plan to “facilitate” a political transition in Syria. Thirteen of the council's 15 members voted in favor today of a proposal by Western ... |
 Fox News | Russia admits brief cut of gas supplies to Europe Long Island Press By AP on February 4th, 2012 MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had briefly reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a spell of extreme cold. Gazprom deputy chief Andrey Kruglov ... Russia's Gazprom says unable to pump extra gas to Europe Russia's Gazprom acknowledges cutting gas supplies to Europe |
 USA TODAY | Fed Cup: Russia leads Spain 2-0 USA TODAY MOSCOW (AP) – Maria Sharapova and Svetlana Kuznetsova won opening singles matches Saturday to give Russia a 2-0 lead over Spain in the first round of the Fed Cup. By Anna Shevelyova, AFP/Getty Images Maria Sharapova of Russia raps a forehand during her ... Sharapova Wins for Russia in Fed Cup Fed Cup: Russia leads Spain 2-0 after 1st day Russia take control |
 Kansas City Star | NATO: Going ahead with missile shield despite Russian concerns, threats Washington Post MUNICH — NATO leaders on Saturday downplayed Moscow's fears that a new Europe-based missile defense system represents a threat to Russia, while vowing to move ahead with it, even if those concerns cannot be fully addressed. Missile defense cooperation could be "game-changer" US-Russia differences |
 Kansas City Star | Czechs, Russians in Fed Cup control Ninemsn Titleholders Czech Republic and last year's runners-up Russia both grabbed commanding 2-0 leads to put themselves a point away from victory in their Fed Cup World Group first round ties on Saturday. In Moscow, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Maria Sharapova ... Czechs, Russia in control in Fed Cup with 2-0 leads; Italy and Serbia concede ties |
 Fox News | Russian scientists eye mission to moon this decade Fox News Russia's space agency and training center for cosmonauts is launching a campaign to choose a new team of cosmonauts to train for a special mission, most likely for the moon this decade, Pravda.ru reported The selection is open to any Russian citizen ... Russians to take a giant leap for the space program Russia to Build Astrology Labs on the Moon by 2020 Is Russia's Space Program Viable? |
 New York Times (blog) | “We Are not Friends or Allies of Assad.” New York Times (blog) By JUDY DEMPSEY | February 4, 2012, 4:39 pm Johannes Simon/Getty ImagesSergey V. Lavrov, Russia's foreign affairs minister, at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. MUNICH — With the United States and the European Union imposing unprecedented ... |
 Scientific American | Russian Scientists Poised to be First to Reach Ice-Buried Antarctic Lake Scientific American By Andrea Mustain and OurAmazingPlanet | February 4, 2012 | 3 Russia's Vostok Station, in a photograph taken during the 2000 to 2001 field season. Image: Josh Landis, National Science Foundation At a tiny outpost in the middle of Antarctica, ... |
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