Making an appeal to countries from the Asia-Pacific region, Putin said his government will increase efforts to develop Russia's Far East.
Ukraine's president said his country must increase the number of contract soldiers as Russia remains a long-term threat.
To date, Russia has refused to cut its production, despite a steady decline in the price of oil.
Twenty students at a school in Khabarovsk, Russia, are scheduled to take the new course at the start of the semester.
The alleged attack came after rumors that the Islamic State group was attempting to recruit experienced fighters from the region to fight in Syria and Iraq.
Venezuela is seeking to ramp up production in coming months to offset steep losses caused by falling prices for crude, the nation’s main export.
Amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine, NATO forces are boosting defense measures.
Restrictions "imposed by certain Western countries" have not affected Sino-Russian relations, Russia's president said before he visits China on Wednesday.
"We do not seek to make Russia an enemy," Carter said during a panel discussion with troops Tuesday.
The new law has caused uncertainty among companies and sparked fears over surveillance and privacy rights.
“We are now seeing that Russia's military activity in the area is increasing, both in terms of scope and content," Sweden's defense minister said Monday.
"Today's continuing pressure on prices ... remains a cause for concern for OPEC and its members -- indeed for all stakeholders in the industry," OPEC said in its most recent bulletin.
Over 100 people were wounded in the fighting outside parliament Monday, and at least one person, a police officer, was reported dead.
Some 12,000 soldiers will march through Beijing's central Tiananmen Square on Thursday, mostly Chinese but with Russian and a few other foreign contingents, accompanied by tanks and armored vehicles, as fighter jets scream overhead.
Presidential hopeful Scott Walker outlined his foreign policy platform at a speech in South Carolina.
The news came at the end of a three-day visit to Moscow by Egypt's president.
Russian Speaker Sergey Naryshkin urged Ukrainian President Poroshenko to ensure all Ukrainians followed peace agreements, especially ahead of local elections in Russia and Ukraine in the fall.
Both countries stand to benefit from adopting Russia's currency in tourism transactions.
Ukraine will have to advance to several more rounds of military mobilization in order to meet its goal of 25,000.
In what appears to be an accident, a Russian website published the numbers of troops killed and seriously injured in Ukraine.
Moscow rejected the ruling, claiming that the Dutch court had no jurisdiction and the ruling legalized disruptive and harmful protests.
Choe Ryong Hae, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, will attend the Sept. 3 parade, Chinese deputy foreign minister Zhang Ming told a news briefing.
