The top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, told a Senate panel on Thursday of his strategy for the country's future. RT military analyst Evgeny Khrushchev has commented on the issue.

Dmitry Medvedev is in Kazakhstan. The Director of the Eurasian Political Studies Network Vitaly Merkushev shared his thoughts with RT on why Medvedev chose it for his first official visit as President.

Russia's new president is heading to Kazakhstan for his first international visit in his current job. Political analyst Arutyun Ulunyan, from the Institute of World History, spoke to RT about the visit’s significance.