MOSCOW, July 10 (UPI) -- Russia can defend its national security against potential threats posed by the planned U.S. defense missile shield in Europe, a Russian minister said Thursday

MOSCOW, May 5 (UPI) -- On May 2, the foreign ministers of Russia, China, the United States, Britain, France and Germany met in London to discuss a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear problem.

MOSCOW, April 4 (UPI) -- It was reported last month that chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, four-star Army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky was going to retire. There was no official denial of this report, and political analysts have interpreted it as valid.

MOSCOW, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. officials have delivered new proposals for a European missile shield to their Russian counterparts, a Russian deputy foreign minister said Wednesday.

MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A new U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran may prove to be tougher than expected, after Moscow said it wanted to send serious signals to Tehran.

MOSCOW, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- A Russian official, in a statement released Tuesday, urged Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program.

BERLIN, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic may be delayed because Poland wants extra security guarantees. Warsaw also hopes a government change in Washington won't affect the controversial system.

WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- The Russian deputy foreign minister traveled to Poland to discuss the potential deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe.

MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Russia's deputy foreign minister said the International Atomic Energy Agency is in full control of Iran's contentious nuclear program.