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A demonstration by Waffen-SS veterans, which...
A demonstration by Waffen-SS veterans, which took place on Tuesday in the Latvian capital, is a "challenge for humanity" and should not be neglected by the international community, a senior Russian lawmaker said.
A former Russian police officer who had...
A former Russian police officer who had posted on the web two video messages urging a nationwide crackdown on police corruption said Sunday he has been released from custody.
After a long winter, Russian graffiti artists...
After a long winter, Russian graffiti artists have come out to change Moscow"s eternally grey urban landscape into something brighter even if it is illegal.
A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 civilians...
A NATO airstrike killed at least 27 civilians in southern Afghanistan, hundreds of miles away from the town of Marjah, where a large-scale offensive against Taliban militants is underway, the Wall Street Journal said on its website on Monday, quoting Afghan officials.
Andrei Arshavin has said that he will understand...
Andrei Arshavin has said that he will understand if Arsenal teammate Cesc Fabregas decides to quit the club and return to European champions Barcelona.
A police officer in Dagestan killed his...
A police officer in Dagestan killed his ex-wife on Monday after an argument, then shot himself, a police spokesman in the Russian North Caucasus republic said.
A rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly...
A rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), will pay a visit to Moscow next week to study the implementation of Strasbourg Court rulings.
A Russia-EU summit will be held in Russia...
A Russia-EU summit will be held in Russia on May 30, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday during his official visit to Moscow.
A Russian court has sentenced a man who...
A Russian court has sentenced a man who illegally cut rare species of trees to nearly four years behind bars, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said on Friday, praising the unusually harsh sentence.
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude...
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 points hit northern Japan on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Bulgaria"s concerns over the environmental...
Bulgaria"s concerns over the environmental impact of Russia-backed plans for an oil pipeline through its territory may pose problems for the project, Russia"s energy minister said.
Center-right candidate Sebastian Pinera...
Center-right candidate Sebastian Pinera is likely to get a historic win in the Chilean presidential runoff, with 99% of the ballots counted, the Spanish EFE news agency has said.
Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov, the head...
Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov, the head of the Siberian Military District, has been appointed the commander of the Russian Ground Forces, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
CSKA Moscow"s victory in Spain will inspire...
CSKA Moscow"s victory in Spain will inspire Rubin when they face Wolfsburg on Thursday for a place in the Europa League quarterfinals, the Russian champions" coach Kurban Berdyev said on Wednesday.
Frequent "treats" by visitors of a Russian...
Frequent "treats" by visitors of a Russian zoo made one of its resident, Zhora the chimpanzee, an alcoholic and nicotine addict, a Russian daily has said.
Iran has started production of two domestically-developed...
Iran has started production of two domestically-developed missiles with enhanced armor-penetration capability, the Iranian media has reported.
Italy"s Eni SpA, which is Gazprom"s partner...
Italy"s Eni SpA, which is Gazprom"s partner in the Kremlin-backed South Stream gas pipeline project, proposed uniting it with its Nabucco rival to boost overall revenues, a Russian business paper reported on Thursday.
KALININGRAD, September 28 (RIA Novosti)...
KALININGRAD, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Large-scale joint military exercises being held by Russian and Belarus are not aimed at anyone and are purely of a defense nature, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
Kommersant, Novye Izvestia
Kommersant, Novye Izvestia
Leader of the Russian Liberal Democrats...
Leader of the Russian Liberal Democrats Vladimir Zhirinovsky said on Friday cloning should be permitted in Russia and proposed cloning himself "for the nation"s benefit."
MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s justice minister said Wednesday that his ministry was looking to tighten up control over adoption of Russian children by foreigners.
MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president arrived Thursday in India hoping to strengthen Moscow's economic and military ties with its traditional partner in Asia.
MOSCOW, July 28 (RIA Novosti) - World War...
MOSCOW, July 28 (RIA Novosti) - World War II veteran Vasily Kononov said Monday the 30,000 euros ($47,000) the Strasbourg court ordered Latvia to pay him as compensation for being held in custody was "a mockery".
MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - A comprehensive...
MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - A comprehensive rearmament of Russia's Armed Forces will begin in 2011, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - At least...
MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - At least 67 militants have been killed and 233 detained in special operations in the North Caucasus since the beginning of 2009, the head of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Olympic Committee head Leonid Tyagachev resigned on Wednesday, two days after President Dmitry Medvedev said senior sports officials should quit over the country"s poor showing at the Winter Olympics, the committee"s press chief said.
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - MTS, Russia"s...
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - MTS, Russia"s largest mobile phone operator, has agreed with a group of foreign banks to reschedule its $630 million syndicated loan until 2012, a source in banking quarters said on Tuesday. MTS, which provides services to over 93 million subscribers in Russia alone, raised a syndicated loan facility worth a total of $1.33 billion in April 2006. The loan facility was granted in two tranches, $630 million and $730 million, for three and five years, respectively. The loan facility was arranged by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Bayerische Landesbank, HSBC Bank plc, ING Bank N.V., Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe Limited. Later, some other major foreign banks joined the loan syndicate as its underwriters and managers. MTS channeled the loan proceeds into the refinancing of its liabilities, and also for general corporate needs, including the acquisition of companies. According to the source, the reschedule agreement with the banks is expected to be signed next week. The first tranche will have to be repaid at an annual interest rate of LIBOR plus 6.5% compared with the original rate of LIBOR plus 0.8%. On top of that, the mobile operator will have to pay a fee of 2.5% per annum to the consortium of banks. A company spokeswoman said that MTS, like any other company, was interested in the current economic conditions in prolonging the loan repayment as much as possible at a maximally advantageous rate. MTS posted a US GAAP net income of $1.93 billion and revenues of $10.25 billion in 2008.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Former...
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has notified the International Criminal Tribunal that he would appeal the court"s decision to appoint a lawyer to defend him in the court.
MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russian prosecutors have brought new charges of large-scale fraud against fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, the General Prosecutor's Office said on its website on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - A dozen...
MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - A dozen race-hate youth groups have been uncovered in Russia's two largest cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as in the Moscow Region in 2008, an Interior Ministry official said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - An important...
MOSCOW, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - An important reason for Turkey"s decision to sign a deal on restoring diplomatic ties with Armenia is that it feels cheated by the West and wants to secure its economic interests, a Russian analyst said on Monday.
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet on October 20 with the Indian foreign minister, during the diplomat"s visit to Moscow, the Kremlin said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has instructed the government to conduct negotiations with Kyrgyzstan on rental payment for Russian military facilities in the Central Asian country in 2009.
MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Former...
MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Former Russian deputy prime minister Boris Nemtsov said on Friday he is "pleased" to be sued by Yelena Baturina, the wife of Moscow"s mayor and the richest woman in Russia.
MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that attempts to justify repressions during the Stalinist regime under the pretext of ultimate state interests were unacceptable.
MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, October 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Gazprom and Poland"s PGNiG have agreed to extend their natural gas contract until 2037 with an increase in supplies, the companies said on Friday.
MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - The French...
MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - The French carmaker Renault, which holds a blocking interest in AvtoVAZ, is willing to invest in the ailing Russian auto giant, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Tuesday.
NATO"s non-military supplies bound for Afghanistan...
NATO"s non-military supplies bound for Afghanistan via surface transit will soon flow at full capacity, Russia"s NATO envoy said on Friday, dismissing Moscow"s involvement in transit-related problems.
New charges have been brought against a...
New charges have been brought against a Russian police officer who posted video messages online urging a nationwide crackdown on corruption, a top investigator said on Wednesday.
Nine people were killed and 45 injured after...
Nine people were killed and 45 injured after an explosive device went off at a snack-bar in the town of Pune, in west India, the Hindustan Times reported.
North Korean authorities will release a...
North Korean authorities will release a U.S. human rights activist, detained in December last year for illegally entering the country, the state Korean Central News Agency said on Friday.
Residents of a disputed rural settlement...
Residents of a disputed rural settlement in the Russian capital will try to prevent authorities from razing their homes on Monday, a local resident said Sunday.
Rights activists will hold a rally to demand...
Rights activists will hold a rally to demand police reform on downtown Moscow"s Triumfalnaya Square on Saturday, a leading activist said.
Rubin Kazan take on Italian champions Inter...
Rubin Kazan take on Italian champions Inter in Milan on Wednesday evening seeking another famous away win to stay in Europe"s most prestigious club tournament.
Russia bowed to diplomatic convention and...
Russia bowed to diplomatic convention and addressed the credentials of its new ambassador to Kiev to Ukraine"s current president, but Moscow expects a new, friendlier leader to be in office to receive the papers, a Kremlin source said.
Russia has called on the Israeli and Palestinian...
Russia has called on the Israeli and Palestinian sides in the Middle East conflict to exercise self-restraint and not to let the political situation escalate, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Russia has defeated Canada and Saudi Arabia...
Russia has defeated Canada and Saudi Arabia in a tender for a plot of land in downtown Paris and will build a spiritual and cultural center on the banks of the Seine River near the Eiffel Tower.
Russia has no plans to build new military...
Russia has no plans to build new military facilities anywhere in the world similar to its naval base in Ukraine"s Crimea, the Russian prime minister said on Thursday.
Russia has started the construction of the...
Russia has started the construction of the fourth Borey-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine designed to carry the Bulava missile, a shipyard spokesman said on Monday.
Russia intends to take part in a tender...
Russia intends to take part in a tender to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt within the framework of developing cooperation in the country"s nuclear power sector, the Russian industry and trade minister said.
Russia is among the top nine seeds for Sunday"s...
Russia is among the top nine seeds for Sunday"s draw for the qualifying round of Euro 2012, UEFA confirmed on Friday.
Russia is preparing to send disaster relief...
Russia is preparing to send disaster relief to quake-struck Haiti, including a mobile air hospital, the emergencies ministry said Wednesday.
Russian Orthodox Church leaders called on...
Russian Orthodox Church leaders called on Christians on Thursday to be firm in defending traditional marriage and lamented the family crisis in the country.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who launched...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who launched a campaign to fight pervasive alcohol abuse in Russia earlier this year, pledged on Tuesday measures to battle the national woe would not be extreme.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has allocated 1.1 billion rubles ($37 million) to develop supercomputer technologies in Russia.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is to visit Venezuela in March, President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday at a cabinet meeting.
Russia plans to launch its fastest train...
Russia plans to launch its fastest train, Sapsan, between Moscow and the country"s fourth largest city of Nizhny Novgorod in the summer, the head of the Gorkovskaya railway said on Saturday.
Syria and Russia signed a cultural cooperation...
Syria and Russia signed a cultural cooperation program for 2010-2012 in Damascus on Sunday.
The Arabic edition of the Moscow News, Anbaa...
The Arabic edition of the Moscow News, Anbaa Mosku, re-launched three months ago after a 17-year break, is being extensively read across the Middle East, the MENAFN news agency reported on Monday.
The growing influence of Islam in the North...
The growing influence of Islam in the North Caucasus, a reflection of increasing disillusionment with the Russian political system, is transforming the region into Russia’s “internal abroad,” where people “have portraits of Putin and Medvedev [on their walls] but are for shariat law,” according to a leading Moscow specialist.
The inauguration of Ukrainian president...
The inauguration of Ukrainian president elect Viktor Yanukovych on Thursday will be attended by 11 heads of state and 15 foreign ministers, the country"s UNIAN news agency said on Wednesday.
The leader of the radical Palestinian group...
The leader of the radical Palestinian group Hamas said on Monday he sees no prospect whatsoever in peace talks in the Middle East as Israel is led by warmongers.
The lower house of the Russian parliament...
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday passed a bill making it easier for smaller political parties to get their representatives into regional assemblies.
The lower house of the Russian parliament...
The lower house of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, will hold on April 27 an additional plenary session on the ratification of a Russian-Ukrainian naval base deal, the head of the State Duma"s foreign affairs committee said on Thursday.
The Moscow District Military Court sentenced...
The Moscow District Military Court sentenced on Tuesday an aide to Russia"s Ground Forces commander to nine years in prison for real estate fraud.
The natural decline of Russia"s population...
The natural decline of Russia"s population in 2009 went down by almost a third, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday.
The Polish authorities have no plans to...
The Polish authorities have no plans to postpone the funeral of President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash last week, because of ash clouds from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, the Polish TVN24 channel said on Friday.
The presidential decree to streamline the...
The presidential decree to streamline the law enforcement structure would make police more effective and build up its prestige, the Russian interior minister has said.
The president of Iran said Friday the unity...
The president of Iran said Friday the unity and solidarity of the Muslim nations was key to their security and urged greater vigilance to foil enemy conspiracies, Press TV reported.
The pro-Kremlin United Russia party will...
The pro-Kremlin United Russia party will propose amendments to Russian law introducing criminal punishment for attempts to rehabilitate Nazism, a lawmaker involved in the initiative has said.
The Russian and Guatemalan presidents will...
The Russian and Guatemalan presidents will discuss the expansion of economic ties, antidrug efforts and other issues on Monday, a Kremlin source said Sunday.
The Russian and U.S. presidents will direct...
The Russian and U.S. presidents will direct their respective delegations to speed up talks on a new arms control agreement, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
The Russian liberal opposition party Yabloko...
The Russian liberal opposition party Yabloko said on Thursday media reports on a coalition with former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov"s party were "premature."
The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader...
The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused of war crimes and genocide dating from the 1992-95 Bosnian war, will resume on Monday after a four-month suspension.
The U.S. secretary of state will discuss...
The U.S. secretary of state will discuss a new nuclear arms reduction pact with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during her visit next week to Moscow, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Though seeking to find new ways of working...
Though seeking to find new ways of working with Russia, the United States will not accept Moscow"s policies in the Baltic region, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said at a news conference in Tallinn on Friday.
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to the...
Turkey has recalled its ambassador to the United States shortly after a U.S. congressional panel supported a bill recognizing mass killings of Armenians by Turkish troops in the beginning of the 20th century as an act of genocide.
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers...
Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear strategic bombers have carried out a routine patrol flight over the Pacific Ocean, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Ukraine and Russia should build reliable...
Ukraine and Russia should build reliable and confident relations based on strategic partnership, President Viktor Yanukovych said Thursday.
Ukraine will join the Unified Economic Space...
Ukraine will join the Unified Economic Space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan only on the conditions of the World Trade Organization, President Viktor Yanukovych said on Saturday.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is running as a candidate in the presidential elections on January 17, pledged to keep the gas transportation system under Ukraine"s ownership.
Viktor Yanukovych"s narrow victory over...
Viktor Yanukovych"s narrow victory over archrival Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in the presidential runoff is likely to give him Ukraine"s top job, but not a free hand to carry out his plans, analysts said on Monday.
Violence and corruption in Russia"s legal...
Violence and corruption in Russia"s legal system could ultimately spell the end for the Russian state as it is today, the jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in a newspaper article published on Wednesday.
Yulia Tymoshenko whose government was dismissed...
Yulia Tymoshenko whose government was dismissed by Ukraine"s parliament on Wednesday has criticized President Viktor Yanukovych"s plans to create a gas transportation consortium.