Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama agreed on Wednesday to order the speedy completion of a new strategic arms reduction deal, the Kremlin said.
A search and rescue team has found the bodies of eight people from under an avalanche after a helicopter with a group of German tourists went missing on the Kamchatka Peninsula earlier on Saturday, a Far East Emergencies Ministry spokesman said.
The head of a leading Russian privately-held bank said on Thursday that a new financial bubble was emerging in Russia and could threaten its economic recovery.