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About half of the 17 top Russian police...
About half of the 17 top Russian police officials discharged on Thursday were dismissed over violations committed by subordinates while others were removed to bring in new blood, a Kremlin source said.
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A Georgian political scientist and former...
A Georgian political scientist and former diplomat was sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of spying for Russia during the August 2008 war between the two ex-Soviet states.
All three trucks from the Russian Team Kamaz...
All three trucks from the Russian Team Kamaz have occupied the first three places of the 13th leg of the 2010 Dakar Rally in Chile.
A new strategic arms reduction treaty between...
A new strategic arms reduction treaty between the United States and Russia to replace the expired START 1 treaty may be signed in March or April, a Russian presidential aide said on Friday.
A tight race with unpredictable results...
A tight race with unpredictable results seems to be in store for arch-foes in Ukrainian presidential polls, Premier Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych, when they face each other in a run-off vote on February 7, experts predicted.
A Turkish assassin who shot and wounded...
A Turkish assassin who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released from jail on Monday after almost 30 years in Italian and Turkish prisons.
Authorities of southwest Siberia"s Kemerovo...
Authorities of southwest Siberia"s Kemerovo Region delivered in Moscow a shirt made for the Russian president by the last surviving member of a Russian Old-Believer family in the wilds of the Siberian taiga, a spokesman for the local administration said on Thursday.
A woman who hid Anne Frank and her family...
A woman who hid Anne Frank and her family from the Nazis in Amsterdam during WWII and found her diaries, has died at the age of 100, Israeli Haaretz newspaper said on Tuesday.
Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed...
Bolivian President Evo Morales has signed a decree establishing a national space agency to oversee a satellite project scheduled to be completed by 2013, the Latin American Herald Tribune said.
Bulgaria has put on hold construction of...
Bulgaria has put on hold construction of its second nuclear power plant until it finds a new investor to complete the project, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Tuesday, the daily 24Casa reported.
CHISINAU, December 11 (RIA Novosti) - Moldova...
CHISINAU, December 11 (RIA Novosti) - Moldova will seek to develop cooperation with Russia and ask the Russian authorities to provide it with a loan, the Moldovan vice premier said ahead of his visit to Moscow on Friday.
Even if Russia and the United States sign...
Even if Russia and the United States sign a new strategic arms reduction treaty, it may not be immediately ratified by the U.S. parliament, Mikhail Margelov, the head of Russia"s upper house international affairs committee, said on Thursday.
GROZNY, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen...
GROZNY, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Tuesday he intended to do his best to support the development of fashion in the republic.
Heavy fines and a 0:5 technical defeat were...
Heavy fines and a 0:5 technical defeat were imposed on West Siberia"s Omsk Avangard and the Moscow Region"s Vityaz hockey clubs after their players staged a fight on the ice, disrupting a game in Russia"s Continental Hockey League.
Igor Shuvalov, Russia"s first deputy prime...
Igor Shuvalov, Russia"s first deputy prime minister, will be in charge of improving the country"s investment image, a presidential aide said Tuesday.
India and Russia have agreed in general...
India and Russia have agreed in general on shared responsibility for the joint development of the fifth-generation fighter, the chairman of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said.
Investigators have opened a criminal case...
Investigators have opened a criminal case into Saturday"s fire in a business center in northern Moscow that killed the Russian capital"s chief firefighter, investigators said Sunday.
Iranian production of 20%-enriched uranium...
Iranian production of 20%-enriched uranium does not mean the end of a possible fuel swap scheme, the Islamic Republic said on Tuesday.
Maxim Barsky was appointed the chief executive...
Maxim Barsky was appointed the chief executive of the Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP on Thursday, the TNK-BP board of directors said.
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian nationalists and immigrant workers from the ex-Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan are to meet in Moscow for a game of football aimed at defusing ethnic tensions, the Kyrgyz ambassador said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti) - Alexander...
MOSCOW, February 2 (RIA Novosti) - Alexander Khloponin, recently appointed deputy premier in charge of the volatile North Caucausus, has been included into the powerful inner Cabinet, the government said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW. (Igor Tomberg for RIA Novosti) -...
MOSCOW. (Igor Tomberg for RIA Novosti) - On the sidelines of the Russian President's visit to India, state-run Russian company Rosneft, and state-owned Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) signed a memorandum on expanding cooperation.
Moscow investigaotors requalified into a...
Moscow investigaotors requalified into a political murder the killing of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down by suspected neo-Nazis, a source familiar with the investigation said.
MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - A man...
MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - A man in Russia's Urals has admitted killing his wife after stumbling across her details on a dating website and discovering that she had cheated on him, Russian media reported on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti)to an issue...
MOSCOW, January 3 (RIA Novosti)to an issue with air traffic control in Dubai, not any technical problems, a representative of the airline said.
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russian vodka...
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russian vodka output declined 2% year-on-year to 37.3 million decaliters in the first four months of 2008, the country"s National Alcohol Association said on Monday. Ethanol production fell 27.6% year-on-year to 13.9 million decaliters in January-April 2008. According to official statistics, wine output went up 10.5% year-on-year to 15.6 million decaliters in the first four months of 2008. Russia produced 5.2 million decaliters of champagne and sparkling wines in the reporting period, up 16% against the same period last year, and cognac production increased 19.6% year-on-year to 5.2 million decaliters. The output of low alcohol drinks doubled year-on-year to 13.1 million decaliters in January-April 2008.
MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - The lower...
MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - The lower house of Russia"s parliament has adopted in its third reading a bill to give the upper house the right to directly appoint the head of the Constitutional Court, who will be nominated by the president.
MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - Dutch...
MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat, dismissed by Zenit St. Petersburg in August, could take over from Guus Hiddink as coach of the Russian national side, a Russian sports newspaper said.
MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti) - A confidential...
MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti) - A confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said that Iran had had enough information to produce a nuclear bomb, the New York Times reported on Sunday.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic correspondent...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic correspondent Maria Selivanova) - The struggle against corruption in Russia is, more often than not, fictional. There is practically no real progress, which is borne out by the results of the annual report published on November 17 by the international non-governmental organization Transparency International.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The transfer of the aircraft carrier Vikramaditya, formerly known as Admiral Gorshkov, to India has been planned for several years already.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Romanov)
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Romanov)
MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s...
MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s recent missile launches have demonstrated that the missiles pose no threat to the U.S., Russia"s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin has said.
MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom...
MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom confirmed on Friday that Ukraine had paid for Russian natural gas deliveries to the country for August.
On April 26, President Dmitry Medvedev depart...
On April 26, President Dmitry Medvedev depart Moscow for his "Nordic tour", which will take him to Norway on April 26 and 27 and to Denmark on April 27 and 28.
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and...
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko face a February 7 runoff in Ukraine"s presidential polls after neither of them was able to secure victory in the first round of voting.
Police in the U.S. state of Oregon have...
Police in the U.S. state of Oregon have arrested a Russian emigrant on charges of moving more than $172 million into the United States and out to more than 50 countries via shell companies, the CIA said on its website.
Police investigating Tuesday"s deadly fire...
Police investigating Tuesday"s deadly fire in a downtown Moscow nightclub are looking into the possibility that the blaze was started deliberately, investigators said Thursday.
Russia and the United States will finalize...
Russia and the United States will finalize a strategic arms reduction pact within days, a Foreign Ministry official said on Monday.
Russia and Turkey on Wednesday signed a...
Russia and Turkey on Wednesday signed a joint statement regarding plans to build a nuclear power plant on Turkish soil.
Russia could still deploy Iskander missiles...
Russia could still deploy Iskander missiles in its exclave on the Baltic Sea if new threats emerge in Europe, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov warned on Friday.
Russia is a guarantor of international security...
Russia is a guarantor of international security and a reliable partner in conflict resolution on a global scale, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said on Monday.
Russian commandos from the large anti-submarine...
Russian commandos from the large anti-submarine ship Marshal Shaposhnikov on Thursday freed a Russian tanker hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, a high-ranking official from the maritime coalition forces has reported.
Russian energy giant Gazprom and Hungary...
Russian energy giant Gazprom and Hungary are set to sign an agreement later this month clearing way for building the South Stream gas pipeline across the Central European state.
Russian energy giant Gazprom and the Hungarian...
Russian energy giant Gazprom and the Hungarian MFB bank signed on Friday an agreement to set up a joint venture to build the South Stream gas pipeline in Hungary.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton have discussed the new arms cuts treaty and the upcoming Mideast quartet meeting in Moscow, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Kazakhstan on Sunday to discuss Russian-Kazakh bilateral ties and cooperation in the international area with former Soviet state"s top officials.
Russian investigators have brought embezzlement...
Russian investigators have brought embezzlement charges against a former Moscow Region deputy finance minister in a high-profile investigation involving several regional officials and a U.S. businesswoman, Russia"s Investigative Committee said on Thursday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev described...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev described on Friday the national oil sector as "a semi-sacred cow" and urged measures to combat criminal activity in it.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has nominated...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has nominated the current Tatarstan Republic premier Rustam Minnikhanov as its new president, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has nominated...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has nominated the incumbent governor of the Far Eastern Primorye Territory for another term, the Kremlin press service said on Tuesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed a law on the ratification of Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, opening the way for European Court of Human Rights reforms.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin demanded...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin demanded on Monday that the government prevent a further rise in spending on infrastructure projects and ordered the dismissal of the officials responsible for mounting expenses.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flies...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flies into Kiev on Monday as the Ukrainian parliament"s prepares to consider ratifying the deal on Russia"s naval base in Crimea in a vote of no little importance to Moscow.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will fly on Wednesday to Finland"s capital, Helsinki, to take part in the Baltic Sea Action Summit (BSAS) and discuss bilateral cooperation with Finnish, Lithuanian, Danish and Norwegian top officials, the Kremlin has said.
Russia"s Reserve Fund, set up to accrue...
Russia"s Reserve Fund, set up to accrue windfall revenues from oil exports, shrank 67% as of May 1, 2010 year-on-year to 1.19 trillion rubles ($40.6 billion), a business daily reported on Wednesday.
Russia"s two main stock exchanges opened...
Russia"s two main stock exchanges opened on Monday with their key indexes showing strong growth after the 10-day New Year break.
Russia successfully test-launched a Sineva...
Russia successfully test-launched a Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile from a submarine in the Barents Sea on Thursday, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
South Korea is continuing the rescue operation...
South Korea is continuing the rescue operation on its naval ship that sunk in the Yellow Sea near the border with North Korea late on Friday, with 46 sailors still missing, the Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.
Thailand, a major chicken exporter in Southeast...
Thailand, a major chicken exporter in Southeast Asia, is prepared to supply poultry to Russia to compensate for U.S. imports that fail to comply with Russian standards, Russia"s agricultural regulator said on Wednesday.
The average price of Russia"s Urals export...
The average price of Russia"s Urals export oil blend jumped 69% in April 2010 year-on-year to $82.5 per barrel as the world economy recovers from the effects of the global economic crisis, a Finance Ministry official said on Tuesday.
The board chairman of Russian oil and gas...
The board chairman of Russian oil and gas company Trans Nafta was found dead in his company office in the Russian capital on Saturday, a source in Moscow police said.
The final stage of construction of Iran"s...
The final stage of construction of Iran"s Bushehr nuclear power plant is moving forward at a good pace, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was told on Saturday.
The first 10 Pantsir S1 (SA-22 Greyhound)...
The first 10 Pantsir S1 (SA-22 Greyhound) antiaircraft surface-to-air missile systems entered service with the Russian Air Force, a Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
The giant on-line auction and shopping website...
The giant on-line auction and shopping website eBay has launched a Russian interface, the company announced on Thursday.
The Latin Archbishop of Baghdad expressed...
The Latin Archbishop of Baghdad expressed concern over killings of Christians in Iraq, forcing hundreds to flee the country, the Italian SIR news agency said on Thursday.
The lower house of the Russian parliament...
The lower house of the Russian parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to ban holding suspects of economic crimes in pretrial detention.
The Moscow City Court sentenced former police...
The Moscow City Court sentenced former police chief Maj. Denis Yevsyukov to life in prison for last year"s shooting spree in a Moscow supermarket which left two people dead and seven injured.
The number of Russian conscripts evading...
The number of Russian conscripts evading military service has significantly increased while the courts refuse to bring them to justice, a deputy chief of the General Staff said on Thursday.
The Russian and Belarusian prime ministers...
The Russian and Belarusian prime ministers agreed on Saturday to hold the next meeting of the Union government in March.
The Russian and Ukrainian presidents did...
The Russian and Ukrainian presidents did not discuss in Moscow on Friday the issue of the Russian gas price that Kiev believes is too high, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said.
The Russian and U.S. leaders, Dmitry Medvedev...
The Russian and U.S. leaders, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, agreed on Friday that the new arms reduction treaty will be signed on April 8 in Prague.
The Russian Foreign Ministry hopes that...
The Russian Foreign Ministry hopes that Russia and the European Union will articulate their visions of a mutual visa-free regime during the forthcoming Russia-EU summit.
The Russian government has submitted draft...
The Russian government has submitted draft laws intended to create favorable conditions for charitable activities to the lower house of parliament, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
The Russian government is planning to increase...
The Russian government is planning to increase tenfold fines for firms manufacturing substandard products, a first deputy prime minister said Tuesday.
The speaker of the lower house of Russia"s...
The speaker of the lower house of Russia"s parliament, the State Duma, said on Monday a customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan would boost economic growth in the three countries and could raise their GDP by 14-15% by 2015.
The speaker of the upper house of the Russian...
The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament Sergei Mironov launched a counter-attack against pro-Kremlin United Russia party after it demanded his resignation over criticism of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin"s course.
Ukraine"s new authorities are seeking a...
Ukraine"s new authorities are seeking a new gas deal with Moscow, offering Russia a stake in the Ukrainian gas transportation system in exchange for lower natural gas prices, a business paper reported on Monday.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Moscow on March 17, two days ahead of the Mideast Quartet"s meeting, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Vladimir Lenin, who was commonly described...
Vladimir Lenin, who was commonly described in Russia as "more alive than all the living," has been forgotten once and for all 140 years after his birth. His specter no longer haunts Russia, and Communist Party functionaries pay homage to him only out of a sense of duty.
Washington says it is ready to be engaged...
Washington says it is ready to be engaged in the Six Party talks as soon as North Korea decides to resume the stalled negotiations, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State said.
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