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May 7, 2010 (IOL, Ludmila Danilova) - Russian forces seized a hijacked Russian oil tanker from Somali pirates and rescued its crew in a helicopter-backed operation in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday that killed one of the pirates, authorities said.

May 6, 2010 (AFP) - Somali pirates seized control of an oil-laden Russian tanker in the Gulf of Aden early yesterday setting up a high-seas standoff with a Russian destroyer steaming to the zone. The 230m-long Moscow University was heading east from the Gulf of Aden early yesterday when it was boarded by pirates around 350 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast, the EU anti-piracy mission said.

Experts say that U.S. missile defences and Prompt Global Strike weapons, far from promoting nuclear disarmament, may trigger a new arms race.

April 28th (Business Week) - Norway and Russia have resolved a four-decade struggle over contested borders beneath the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean, opening the area for development

NEW DELHI, April 21st (Financial Express) - Putting developmental aspirations of common people at the heart of the BRIC engagement, the leaders of so-called BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China at a recently concluded summit have decided to scale up cooperation in areas ranging from science and technology, trade and investment, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure.

Last week’s BRIC countries summit in Brasilia witnessed the beginning of what will surely become a trend over the next few decades: BRIC coordination against the United States on important issues in international society.

April 15th (BBC News) - Economists call them the Bric countries. Hiding behind the obscure title are some of the world's fastest growing and potentially largest economies - Brazil, Russia, India and China. Now the leaders of these countries are meeting in Brazil's capital Brasilia for the second Bric summit.

MOSCOW, April 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will give Kyrgyzstan a $20 mln grant and a $30 mln concessional loan to help stabilize the economic situation in the ex-Soviet republic after recent riots, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, April 7th (Washington Post) - As President Obama prepares to sign a landmark arms control treaty with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, a chorus of skeptics here is quietly expressing concerns that Moscow has conceded too much in the deal.

April 6, 2010 (RIA Novosti) - Russia may withdraw from the arms reduction treaty if Washington significantly increases its missile defense, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.