Russia denies planning missiles for Iran
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The federal agency overseeing Russia's military exports on Friday denied reports that the country is planning to deliver a powerful new anti-aircraft missile system to Iran.
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MOSCOW A senior Russian official says his country is going to continue its nuclear energy cooperation with Iran in spite of concern that Tehran could be trying to develop atomic weapons.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Bush administration is not willing to replace its plan for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe with Russia's counterproposal for a radar site in Azerbaijan.
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Russia and Iran said Thursday they had finished construction of an atomic power plant in the Islamic Republic -- a project the United States fears Tehran could use to make nuclear arms.
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Russia is ready to back  sanctions against Iran aimed at preventing it from building  military nuclear potential, Interfax news agency quoted Foreign  Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Friday.
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At a press conference during his recent visit to Tehran, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia does not support the idea of referring Tehran&#39;s nuclear case to the United
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Russia has indicated it will not allow  the United States to use a radar station in Azerbaijan for  missile defense against Iran, an Iranian foreign ministry  spokesman was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying on  Sunday.
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Russia's President Putin denies claims that Russia is using its energy exports as a foreign policy tool.
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Russia dismissed accusations that  Russian firms abused the U.N. oil-for-food program imposed on  Iraq, saying on Wednesday that there was no proof of wrongdoing  by Russian companies.
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Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems that other powers do not have in order to protect itself against future security threats, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
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Russia is developing a new form of nuclear missile other nuclear powers do not have and are unlikely to develop in coming years, President Vladimir Putin reportedly said Wednesday.
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Germany said on Wednesday Iran could not   be allowed to harm the United Nations by pursuing its nuclear   programme, but Russia said using force against Iran must be   ruled out and also questioned the need for sanctions.
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Russia denied Friday it was withholding information from a panel investigating alleged corruption in the multibillion-dollar U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that United States missile defence plans could worsen the Iranian nuclear stand-off and urged Washington to freeze work on the issue with the Czech Republic and Poland.
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Tehran denies Russian claims it is late on payments for work on a nuclear reactor in southern Iran.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated on Thursday that his country opposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program ahead of a meeting of major powers in London this week.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - Russia is ready to back sanctions against Iran aimed at preventing it from building military nuclear potential, Interfax news agency quoted Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Friday.