MOSCOW, March 26 (UPI) -- Sources in the Russian Defense Ministry are very dubious about the new U.S. proposals. Off the record, they insist that all proposals brought by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Moscow this time do not change the gist of the problem.

MOSCOW, March 25 (UPI) -- The head of the Russian military said he tendered his resignation following a row with the defense minister over the restructuring of the armed forces.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Since the collapse of communism it has been widely assumed by U.S. policymakers that gigantic, full-scale land wars on major continents involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops have become inconceivable.

MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- If the Kremlin's new military doctrine endorses the General Staff's nuclear ideas, Russia will have new armed forces, with all the ensuing consequences.

MOSCOW, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Barely a month into the new year, the Russian military has already attracted a lot of attention. Following a mild verbal skirmish over anti-ballistic missile components after the holidays, Russian and foreign generals have decided to talk in the open.

MOSCOW, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Russia's top military commander said Saturday that if his country or its allies are attacked, it is prepared to use nuclear weapons if necessary.

MOSCOW, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- The Russian defense industry, like any modern institution, plans ahead. Thus four-star Army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky, chief of the General Staff of Russia's armed forces, told a meeting of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, in mid-November 2007 that "we have already started creating a new program to last until 2020."

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Russia's 21st success in selling weapons to the world is rooted in its experience as a successful arms manufacturer for the largest mechanized army in history in World War II.

MOSCOW, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Russia's chief military officer said U.S. interceptor missiles deployed in Central Europe may trigger Russia's automated missile warning systems if launched.