Moscow: In one of the biggest show of military might since the collapse of USSR, Russia mobilised 20,000 troops and state-of-the-art weapons in a drill, with President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday asserting that his country is a “great” naval power capable of defending its interests. Medvedev watched the impressive drills of the Russian Navy as part of the strategic Vostok-2010 (Orient-2010)... 

Russia will have to respond as it is concerned by NATO’s active eastward expansion and the U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Russia’s top military officer said on Wednesday. “If we say that we should tackle possible threats together, we should respect each other and trust each other instead of strengthening military blocs near the Russian border,”... 

Russian victims of the Israeli "negligence" Israeli co-owner of club in which blast killed 117 Friday night to be charged along with three others. Russia’s Prosecutor General filed Monday an indictment against four people suspected of causing a giant explosion that killed 117 people in a nightclub late Friday night. One of the suspects possesses an Israeli passport. About 30 of the... 

The head of Russia’s Orthodox Church on Sunday called on authorities to give a “powerful reply” to the people behind a train bombing that killed 25 people, as police probed whether Islamist rebels were involved. A blast derailed a high-speed Russian train on Friday night on the main line between Moscow and Russia’s second city, St Petersburg, raising fears of a new wave of... 

Terror attack in Russia: Moscow-St Petersburg train blown up; Islamic extremists suspected. At least 39 passengers were killed and about 96 were injured when the Nevsky Express train #166 derailed at 18:34 GMT Moscow time at Bologoye, between Moscow and St. Petersburg, an emergencies ministry source said Saturday. The FSB has confirmed that the derailment was caused by a terrorist bomb. Just prior... 

MOSCOW: Russia will revise its military doctrine to allow a preventative nuclear strike against would-be aggressors, a top Kremlin policy-maker was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the powerful security council, said the conditions under which Russia could resort to atomic weapons are being reworked in the main strategy document and will be reviewed by President Dmitry...