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About 250 people were evacuated early on...
About 250 people were evacuated early on Tuesday from a residential building in downtown Moscow due to a fire in an adjacent night club, a spokesman for the local emergencies service said.
According to the results of a public opinion...
According to the results of a public opinion survey released on Thursday, most Russians are positive about U.S. President Barack Obama.
A combination of heavy snow and the build...
A combination of heavy snow and the build up to the New Year holidays saw some 9 million people use the Moscow metro on Tuesday.
A false bomb threat forced on Wednesday...
A false bomb threat forced on Wednesday an emergency evacuation of 409 passengers on board a Russian train in a Belarusian city of Orsha, local emergencies services said.
A former Iranian consul to Norway, who had...
A former Iranian consul to Norway, who had resigned in late 2009 over the crackdown on opposition protests by Iran"s government, asked Norwegian authorities for political asylum, the Norway Post newspaper said on Thursday.
A German luger, who won a silver medal at...
A German luger, who won a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, broke his tooth after reporters asked him to bite his medal, Moscow-based radio Business FM reported.
Ahead of the celebrations of the 65th anniversary...
Ahead of the celebrations of the 65th anniversary of Victory Day in the Second World War, British photographer James Hill introduced his vision of people who made one of the greatest contributions to defeat Nazis.
A Moscow court sentenced a doctor and her...
A Moscow court sentenced a doctor and her assistant to a six-month conditional prison term after they were found guilty of forgetting a surgical instrument in their patient"s abdomen, a local prosecutor"s office said on its website on Thursday.
Anzhi Makhachkala became the first of the...
Anzhi Makhachkala became the first of the three promoted sides to win in the Russian Premier League this season with a 2-0 home win over fellow newcomers Alania Vladikavkaz on Saturday.
A Russian General Staff official suggested...
A Russian General Staff official suggested on Thursday draft age should be extended to 30 years and remaining deferrals scrapped.
A Russian human rights activist was jailed...
A Russian human rights activist was jailed for seven days on Saturday after authorities said he took part in illegal rallies in support of a police officer who made an online appeal for a probe into force corruption.
A Russian journalist who spent almost two...
A Russian journalist who spent almost two weeks in a coma after he was beaten and sexually assaulted at a sobering-up facility died on Wednesday, a doctor in the West Siberian city of Tomsk said.
At least 18 people have been killed and...
At least 18 people have been killed and another 80 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a police crime laboratory in Baghdad, Aljazeera news agency reported on Tuesday.
At least 35 people have been killed and...
At least 35 people have been killed and 47 wounded when a series of explosions described by the Taliban as a message to NATO hit Afghanistan"s southern Kandahar province, CNN has reported.
A U.S. delegation will arrive in Moscow...
A U.S. delegation will arrive in Moscow this month for discussions on poultry imports from the United States after Russia tightened its regulations, Russia"s chief sanitary official said on Sunday.
Bishop Irinej of Nis has been elected the...
Bishop Irinej of Nis has been elected the 45th head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the church patriarchate said Friday.
Bomb attacks by Al-Qaeda militants killed...
Bomb attacks by Al-Qaeda militants killed at least 24 and wounded over 60 people in Baghdad as Iraqis voted on Sunday in a general election, the local media reported on Sunday.
China once again urged U.S. President Barack...
China once again urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to immediately cancel his meeting with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama due next week, Xinhua said.
Drivers shoveling their way to their cars...
Drivers shoveling their way to their cars or helping other drivers push cars out of snowdrifts have been a usual sight in Moscow in the last four days as the Russian capital has been battling blizzards.
Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat has said his...
Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat has said his talks with the Russian football officials on a deal to become a coach of the Russian national team "were on the right track," a Russian sports newspaper said on Friday.
Dynamo Moscow insisted on Tuesday that Liverpool...
Dynamo Moscow insisted on Tuesday that Liverpool attacking midfielder Yossi Benayoun was still a transfer target.
Fifteen people were injured on Sunday when...
Fifteen people were injured on Sunday when the bus they were traveling in collided with a car on the highway between Stavropol and Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, an emergencies official said.
Iran is likely to make a new announcement...
Iran is likely to make a new announcement regarding its controversial nuclear program during a ten-day celebration to mark the 31st anniversary of the country"s 1979 Islamic Revolution starting Monday.
KIEV, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine...
KIEV, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine may face difficulties in paying for Russian natural gas in January if a "pause" in contacts with the IMF persists, the country"s deputy prime minister said on Tuesday.
Libya will buy 1.3-billion-euro ($1.8 billion)...
Libya will buy 1.3-billion-euro ($1.8 billion) worth of arms from Russia under a new contract, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
Major Russian youth organizations will hold...
Major Russian youth organizations will hold a mass rally to announce their federal projects in downtown Moscow on March 31, the Young Russia movement leader said on Tuesday.
MINSK, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Belarus...
MINSK, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Belarus has completed the procedures necessary to sign documents on joining a post-Soviet regional security bloc"s rapid reaction force, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday.
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The planned...
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The planned deployment of a new Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan is a defensive measure that will not pose a threat to any countries, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, February 26 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the European Court of Human Rights Monday to speed up the hearing of an appeal lodged by a Russian World War II veteran against Latvia. Vasily Kononov, 84, a Russian World War II partisan, was convicted by Latvian authorities of war crimes for ordering the killing of several Nazi collaborators in 1944, while Latvia was occupied by German troops. He filed an appeal to the court in Strasbourg in 2004, but the court has not yet begun hearing the case. "It looks as if they have openly decided to drag out the Vasily Kononov case," the ministry said in a statement. "Such a course is, first of all, advantageous for Latvia, which is interested in closing the case "naturally," considering Vasily Kononov"s advanced age and deteriorating health." The ministry reiterated that two other Russian WWII veterans, Nikolai Tess and Nikolai Larionov, who also lodged appeals to the court in Strasbourg after being accused by Latvian authorities of genocide, died in 2006 and in 2005, correspondingly, before the court could begin hearings. "The current situation demonstrates a tendency to increasingly politicize the work of the European Court on Human Rights, which, in turn, concerns Russia," the ministry said. Russia joined the Kononov case as a third party in May 2006. While Kononov was in custody, his son and brother died, and his daughter was sent to a psychiatric hospital. In the fall of 2005, doctors diagnosed Kononov with a life-threatening illness. Latvia, along with neighboring Estonia and Lithuania, was taken over by the Soviet Union in 1940, and the Soviets regained control of the three Baltic nations from Nazi Germany in 1944. While Russia maintains that the Red Army liberated the Baltics from Nazi invaders, many local residents see the advent of Soviet soldiers as an act of aggression.
MOSCOW, July 5 (RIA Novosti) - The government...
MOSCOW, July 5 (RIA Novosti) - The government will formulate proposals on establishing a state monopoly on the wholesale of ethyl alcohol by fall, Economic Development Minister German Gref told a Tuesday news conference.
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - A court in...
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - A court in Portugal has returned a six-year-old girl, adopted by a Portuguese couple, to her Russian mother, Russia"s TV Channel Five said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) -- India...
MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) -- India wants to buy another 50 Sukhoi-30MKI multi-role fighters, an Indian daily reported on Friday.
MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - The wife...
MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - The wife of Moscow"s mayor, the richest woman in Russia, is suing a former Russian deputy prime minister for defamation, her construction company said on Friday.
MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian automotive industry is to receive $2 billion in foreign investments within the next two or three years, but experts warn current policy may put it at risk, a respected business daily reported Wednesday. Vedomosti wrote that Trade and Economic Development Minister German Gref believed that the automotive industry was thriving because of a decision to reduce import duties on foreign car parts. He said four investors were ready to sign investment agreements and another six were in negotiations. A ministerial official said Gref was referring to investment agreements with the Avtoframos Russian-French joint venture, and Severstal-Avto and IzhAvto, which both produce South Korean cars. Overall investment now respectively total 230 million euros, $75 million and $90 million. Toyota has already started building a plant in Russia and will also sign a similar agreement soon. Gref estimated this investment at $1 billion this spring, the paper said. Vedomosti quoted Yelena Sakhnova, a market watcher with the United Financial Group, as saying that carmakers were planning to earn more on foreign, rather than Russian, models. "For instance, EBITDA at AvtoVaz (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) totals 10.4%, whereas companies assembling foreign cars in Russia earn at least 15%," Sakhnova said. According to the paper, easy-term customs clearance makes this business even more profitable. IzhAvto earned just $4 million in 2004. By assembling KIA Spectras, it hopes to make $200 million in net profits in five years. Since 2002, $1.15 billion has been invested into foreign-car assembly projects in Russia. A partnership between American giant General Motors and domestic producer Avtovaz had invested $338 million by the time it opened a plant and then pumped in another $195 million, the paper reported. The paper said that experts had warned about potential risks with the government"s current auto-industry policies. Alexander Agibalov, the managing director of AG Capital, told the paper: "China once had big tax breaks, but the policy created large concerns and one-day companies. The latter used the privileges they were entitled to and then curtailed production. The problem is knock-down assembly does not require major investment."
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Sunday he did not rule out the possibility for Russia to join the alliance"s operation in Afghanistan.
NEW DELHI, January 24 (RIA Novosti) - The...
NEW DELHI, January 24 (RIA Novosti) - The Sukhoi Design Bureau will assist India in testing an air-to-ground version of the Brahmos cruise missile, a RIA Novosti correspondent said Wednesday.
Over a thousand employees of the Baikal...
Over a thousand employees of the Baikal pulp and paper mill, which closed last October amid environmental concerns, have returned to work, a company board member said on Thursday.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia...
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will attend the inauguration of Viktor Yanukovych as president of Ukraine, a source in the Moscow Patriarchate said on Friday.
Poland"s decision to deploy a battery of...
Poland"s decision to deploy a battery of U.S. Patriot missiles just 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Russian border is neither political nor strategic, the Polish defense minister said Wednesday.
Polish Prosecutor General"s office said...
Polish Prosecutor General"s office said on its website it was looking into four preliminary versions of the recent air crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski.
Russia and the United States will continue...
Russia and the United States will continue discussions on a new strategic arms cuts treaty on February 1, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
Russia could unite the Urals and Siberian...
Russia could unite the Urals and Siberian time zones as part of a project to slash the time difference across the country"s vast territory, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.
Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S...
Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S. missile defenses in Europe in a new strategic arms reduction treaty between the two countries in order to ensure nuclear parity, Russia"s top military commander said.
Russia may abandon its rigid registration...
Russia may abandon its rigid registration rules, seen as a check on labor mobility and a source of human rights abuse, under a new bill drafted by the state migration agency, a leading business daily said on Tuesday.
Russian and U.S. negotiators will wrap up...
Russian and U.S. negotiators will wrap up a new strategic arms reduction pact in the very near future, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
Russian court authorities on Friday closed...
Russian court authorities on Friday closed two disco bars and a cafe at the leased Cosmodrome Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan in line with a nationwide safety campaign launched after a disastrous fire in a Urals night club.
Russian dealers have sold some 7,000 cars...
Russian dealers have sold some 7,000 cars as part of a new car scrapping program since it was launched a week ago, an Industry and Trade Ministry official said Tuesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his new Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych promised on Friday a big improvement in ties between Moscow and Kiev.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has offered...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has offered his condolences to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over mudslides that killed at least 64 people in southeastern Brazil, the Kremlin press office said on Sunday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed 21 pardons of convicted criminals, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has welcomed...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has welcomed signs of a "steady normalization" in Iraq, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered humanitarian aid sent to Chile, which was severely damaged by a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake over the weekend, the Kremlin said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet on Tuesday with Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt to discuss economic ties and international issues.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on March 9 in Moscow, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin approved on Tuesday the dismissal of Deputy Regional Development Minister Sergei Kruglik for failing to cut construction costs, a government statement said.
Russian producers are ready for the potential...
Russian producers are ready for the potential ban on U.S. poultry imports, a spokeswoman for one of Russia"s largest meat manufacturers said on Friday.
Russian state-run businesses plan to inject...
Russian state-run businesses plan to inject over 2 trillion rubles (about $68 bln) into investment programs in 2010, the same amount as in 2009, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
Russia"s Air Force has denied claims by...
Russia"s Air Force has denied claims by Britain that Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers violated UK airspace on March 10.
Russia"s envoy to NATO promised on Friday...
Russia"s envoy to NATO promised on Friday to give $1 million to anyone who can prove that the alliance"s plans regarding Russia are peaceful.
Russia"s foreign minister said on Tuesday...
Russia"s foreign minister said on Tuesday there was no connection between the ongoing international dispute over Iran"s nuclear program and a delay in launching the country"s first nuclear power plant.
Russia"s most controversial factory, the...
Russia"s most controversial factory, the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill, which has worried environmentalists for 25 years, could restart operations within a month, a business daily said on Tuesday.
Russia"s new ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail...
Russia"s new ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov, arrived in Kiev on Monday to take his office delayed by last year"s spat between the two presidents, but may face a diplomatic scandal over his credentials.
Russia"s Public Chamber said on Thursday...
Russia"s Public Chamber said on Thursday it would take control of the case of a RIA Novosti photo correspondent fined by a court for participating in an unsanctioned opposition meeting.
Russia"s Vladimir Chagin, piloting a legendary...
Russia"s Vladimir Chagin, piloting a legendary Kamaz Team truck, has finished the seventh leg of the 2010 Dakar Rally in Chile in the first place, ahead of his countryman and teammate Firdaus Kabirov about half a minute.
The administration of Russian President...
The administration of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has invited Poland"s general Wojciech Jaruzelski to the 65th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II, the Polish Radio Foreign Service reported on Saturday.
The election of Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine"s...
The election of Viktor Yanukovych as Ukraine"s new president may further delay Ukraine"s bid to enter NATO, the president of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer told RIA Novosti on Friday.
The extension of Russia"s lease on its Black...
The extension of Russia"s lease on its Black Sea Fleet base in Ukraine will not affect NATO"s relations with Moscow and Kiev, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.
The number of people killed in a devastating...
The number of people killed in a devastating earthquake in Chile over has risen to 795, the country"s president told the Mercurio paper.
The Russian government will continue helping...
The Russian government will continue helping the jobless create their own businesses in 2010 and intends on maintaining the practice even after the economic crisis is over, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
The Russian military will not abandon plans...
The Russian military will not abandon plans to develop the troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), the defense minister has said.
The Russian Udaloy class missile destroyer...
The Russian Udaloy class missile destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov is escorting four civilian vessels off the coast of Somalia, a Russian Navy spokesman said.
The showing of a two-minute hardcore porno...
The showing of a two-minute hardcore porno clip on an outdoor advertising screen in Moscow will be investigated, city officials said on Friday.
Thousands of patients have been successfully...
Thousands of patients have been successfully treated by Koran readings alone at a free clinic in Chechnya"s Grozny, a statement on the Chechen president"s website said on Wednesday
Three men have been charged with involvement...
Three men have been charged with involvement in the assassination of the top police official in Russia"s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, Russia"s special investigations committee said on Friday.
t least 53 people have died as a powerful...
t least 53 people have died as a powerful storm has hit the western coast of Europe, CNN said.
Turkey signaled on Saturday that it may...
Turkey signaled on Saturday that it may use countermeasures against the U.S. if a controversial bill condemning as genocide the World War I killings of Armenians by Turks was passed.
Two PACE co-rapporteurs for Russian-Georgian...
Two PACE co-rapporteurs for Russian-Georgian relations will visit the region in mid-April, a senior Russian lawmaker told RIA Novosti on Friday.
Ukraine"s national security service said...
Ukraine"s national security service said Tuesday it had uncovered a Russian spy network and detained one of its members, while expelling five others.
Ukraine"s new leader Viktor Yanukovych will...
Ukraine"s new leader Viktor Yanukovych will have to work hard to sell the idea of a gas consortium with Russia according to a poll published on the Ukrainian government"s website on Tuesday.
Ukraine"s new President Viktor Yanukovych...
Ukraine"s new President Viktor Yanukovych expressed hope on Monday that his country could sign a new gas deal with Moscow during the upcoming visit of the Russian president to Ukraine.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Sunday in the Gaza Strip as part of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving the peace process.
U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle named...
U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle named on Wednesday four main nuclear-connected threats to international security.
With copyright issues still a major problem...
With copyright issues still a major problem in Russia, Moscow remains one of the biggest markets for unlicensed Microsoft software, a business daily said on Monday.
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