The international community should put pressure on Israel to resolve the Middle East conflict and prevent an "explosion" of tensions in the region, a Russian MP said on Monday.
In 1958, Van Cliburn conquered millions of Russian hearts and shot to instant international fame when he won the first international Tchaikovsky Competition at the height of the Cold War. Legend has it that Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev had to give his personal permission for first prize to go to an American.
MOSCOW. (Andrei Fedyashin, RIA Novosti political commentator) - Russian sources in Geneva expect the new START Treaty to be ready by February 27. The two countries have been trying since last May to find a mutually acceptable arrangement to legally document a limit on the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear delivery vehicles and warheads.