Sochi

SOCHI - Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has revealed that he may want to stand for his old job as president in 2012.ccording to a report in The Independent, Putin has refused to rule out the possibility of contesting another term, and drew comparisons between himself and Franklin D Roosevelt.

MOSCOW - Russia must rebound from its disastrous performance at the Vancouver Olympics by topping the medals table at the 2014 Winter Games on home soil in Sochi, the new head of Russia's national Olympic committee said.

SOCHI - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to discuss the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks, a Kremlin source said.

SOCHI - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday the new arms cut pact with the US has almost been agreed upon.