?If we are so concerned that Iran may be making nuclear weapons, why are the Russians completely unconcerned? They are even helping the Iranians.? Fox anchor John Gibson asked....

The ambassador's answer was unexpected. He told of how passionate arguments over Iran were going in within the Kremlin right now. According to Bolton, several high Russian officials are concerned that, not far at all from the Russian border, there is a state that could soon have nuclear arms. That group is inclined to apply pressure on Iran, Bolton says. The American administration has to do everything it can to see that that point of view prevails in the Kremlin. But there is a second, pro-Iranian group of Kremlin officials as well, who point out that Iran is causing a lot of problems for the United States, many more than for Russia. ?That is a dangerous game,? Bolton noted.

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President Vladimir V. Putin dismissed Russia's chief prosecutor, officials said on Friday, only a week after the prosecutor had promised to disclose "new so-called high-profile criminal cases" involving government corruption.

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Russia's defence minister has confirmed that Moscow intends to honour a controversial deal to supply Iran with surface-to-air missiles....

Washington wants all countries to stop exporting weapons to Iran. Russia insists its short-range Tor-M1 system is purely defensive.

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MOSCOW - Prosecutors are investigating a journalist for publishing an article mocking President Vladimir Putin over his call to pay Russian women to have more children, an official said Wednesday....

If convicted of insulting a representative of the authorities, Rakhmankov faces up to 12 months of corrective labor or a fine, Galchenko said.

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