Russia Tops Sluggish U.S.
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Russia beats the United States in straight sets to win the bronze medal in men's volleyball Sunday, bringing the Americans' respectable Olympic run to a frustrating end.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin accused  the United States on Thursday of imperialism and starting a new  arms race, but Washington said its ex-Cold War foe&#39;s foreign  policy showed it was behind the times.
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MOSCOW -- Russia's foreign minister said the United States was perhaps Moscow's "most difficult" partner and urged Washington to learn from its mistakes on the world stage, according to a news report issued yesterday. Sergey Lavrov also faulted Washington for impasses in the Middle East, suggesting that the US approach there was too confrontational, Interfax news agency reported. "Like any ...
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Even without two injured players, Russia still had enough talent to overcome Venus Williams and the United States yesterday in the semifinals of the Fed Cup, 3-2.
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RSFâs third annual worlwide press freedom index says East Asia and Middle East have worst press freedom records EU members among the first 40; Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia lag behind.
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China and Russia are the two worst foreign infringers of U.S. software and music copyrights and they should remain on the U.S. government's priority watch list, a group representing the software, music, books, and movie industries said Monday.
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Russian newspapers are lukewarm about the country's progress towards joining the World Trade Organization.
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Russia's No. 2 cell phone provider slows down, but just a bit.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 27, 2004 - Weighed down by high energy prices, the economy was even more sluggish than initially believed during the second quarter.
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ATHENS, Greece - Sheryl Swoopes made three big plays at the end - two baskets and another on defense - to help the United States squeeze out a 66-62 semifinal victory over Russia on Friday. Now, only one game stands between the U.S...
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Fewer Americans filed jobless claims last week and growth in worker productivity slowed sharply in the third quarter, government data showed on Thursday, hinting that conditions in the sluggish U.S. labor market have improved.
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Forget all that talk about Team USA having goalie problems. Robert Esche and Rick DiPietro combined on a shutout, and John-Michael Liles arrived just in time to score a goal to lead the defending champion Americans to a 2-0 victory over Russia on Friday night in their final World Cup exhibition game.
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Russia said on Friday &quot;certain states&quot;  were hampering efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass  destruction and other armaments, pointing a finger at the  United States over space-based weapons.
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The U.S. economy will grow at a  sluggish pace for the remainder of this year and into 2007 as  the worst of inflationary pressure is yet to come, a survey of  top forecasters showed on Thursday.
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Russia's foreign minister said the United States was perhaps Moscow's "most difficult" partner and urged Washington to learn from its mistakes on the world stage, according to a news report on Sunday.
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Old Russia hands who open up the United Nation&#39;s new World Investment Report are in for a surprise. Foreign direct investment into Russia hit a four-year low in 2003, the report found, plunging to $1.
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Russia, seeking the first victory over   the United States in Davis Cup, comfortably won both of their   singles matches on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in their   semi-final.