Russia Warns West Against Meddling in Ukraine
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During a visit to Turkey, Russian President Vladimr Putin warned western countries against fomenting divisions in Ukraine and other countries, describing such attempts as counterproductive and destabilizing.
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President Vladimir Putin said in a  veiled warning to Poland and other East European nations on  Wednesday they risked creating fresh divisions in Europe by  treating Russia as an enemy instead of a strategic partner.
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MOSCOW Russia warned the West on Thursday not to interfere in its policies toward Chechnya and said the granting of political asylum to rebel figures by Western governments only worsened problems for most Chechens.
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The Bush administration is hoping for a pro-Western outcome in today&#39;s presidential election in Ukraine, but at the same time has to be careful not to antagonize Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell rejected on Tuesday Russian charges the West is engaging in political manipulation to expand its influence in Ukraine and other former Soviet republics.
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MOSCOW, Dec 24  - Russia will not use its influence behind the scenes in the former Soviet republics, President Vladimir Putin said Friday, ahead of a key election in Ukraine.
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Russia warns it will position rockets close to Polish border and point missiles at US bases in Europe if Washington rebuffs latest offer on missile defence.
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KIEV : Ukraine stepped up security nationwide as it braced for a landmark presidential election fraught with East-West rivalries certain to impact the course of one of Europe&#39;s largest states for years ahead.
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Russia warned NATO on Tuesday against unilateral policies that could destabilise security on the European continent, but agreed to keep talking on deep divisions between the former Cold War foes.
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President Vladimir Putin warned Georgia on Wednesday not to provoke or blackmail Russia as Moscow tightened the screw on its southern neighbor.
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Ukraine's top court was poised to rule on the disputed presidential election that has plunged this strategic nation into crisis as Russia fired off yet another blast at the West for what it said was "destructive" interference that could destabilize the continent.
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Moscow is not prepared to bargain over Kosovo or Washington's plans for a missile shield in Europe and the West must understand this, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
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Russia's refusal to cooperate with the  West to ensure a fair election in Ukraine signals that Moscow  is slipping back to Soviet-style tactics, a senior Polish  diplomat was quoted Wednesday as saying.
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President Vladimir Putin's high-profile support for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych during his visit to Ukraine this week, ahead of Sunday's close-run presidential election, is raising fears in Kiev that ...
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MOSCOW - After sharply cutting the number of of Western observers permitted to view polling places and drawing criticism from the United States, the Kremlin warned foreigners yesterday not to interfere in Russia's parliamentary elections.
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Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov believes that Western intelligence services have crudely interfered in the situation in Ukraine in the run-up to the October 31 presidential election.
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In the wake of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko&#39;s apparent victory, Moscow has been wary of Ukraine&#39;s perceived drift towards the West, and the Kremlin recently