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Jason A. Weisberg of Seaport Securities discusses market expectations ahead of the Group of 20 leaders gathering in Russia on Thursday.

The world may be as close to World War III as it was in October of 1962.

President Obama is visiting Sweden only after canceling plans to meet with Russia President Putin in Moscow.

Russian nuclear power experts are joining forces with South African educators.

The conviction of a top Russian opposition leader has spooked observers and the Russian stock markets.

A new video game reportedly lets players kill members of Pussy Riot, building on a trend of news-inspired games and apps that sometimes push the boundaries of taste.

Russia's president said Snowden is a “free man" and signaled that he won’t interfere with his travel plans.

Protesters breached the security perimeter surrounding the G-8 summit venue in Northern Ireland on Monday, but dispersed after police warning.

New England owner Bob Kraft revealed he is missing one of his three championship rings.

Key politicians, whose job requires an endless and wearying array of public appearances, are bound to make some embarrassing gaffes.

The FBI said it interviewed Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his family in 2011, but "did not find any terror activity" at that time.

Russia released a list of alleged human rights violators after the United States passed the Magnitsky Act, but trade will keep the two together.

Cyprus is in intense negotiations with Russian and European Union leaders for help to avoid a financial collapse.

Russia is the third-largest emitter of coal mine methane in the world after the United States and China.

Depardieu was detained in Paris in November after he was found to be three times over the legal alcohol limit.

France proposes a 75 percent tax rate next year for the super-wealthy, while Russia has a 13 percent income tax.

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen confirmed that Syria was using Scud missiles against the rebels, and its own people.

In the first State of the Nation speech of his third term, Putin urged Russia to make babies and maintain national sovereignty.

Congress has passed a bill that would ease U.S.-Russia trade, but the Magnitsky Act brings human rights into the equation.

Meeting with Turkey's Erdogan on Monday, Russia's Putin draws on Chekhov to explain why he still opposes Patriot missiles near Syria.

Russian sci-fi writer Boris Strugatsky died on Monday at 79.