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A 26-year-old Belarusian man escaped from...
A 26-year-old Belarusian man escaped from Moscow"s Butyrka prison on Monday. Officials were at a loss as to how he managed to make his way to freedom.
A 6.5-magnitude quake has been registered...
A 6.5-magnitude quake has been registered off the coast of northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website on Sunday.
A court in northwest Russia jailed on Friday...
A court in northwest Russia jailed on Friday two men in connection with an attack on an express train from Moscow to St. Petersburg in August 2007.
A dog infected with rabies had bitten dozens...
A dog infected with rabies had bitten dozens of people in southeastern Moscow before being caught in the local district of Zhulebino, a source in the local administration has said.
Anastasia Virganskaya, granddaughter of...
Anastasia Virganskaya, granddaughter of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev secretly got married in Moscow last weekend, Lifeshowbiz.ru reported.
A Russian emergencies ministry"s Il-76 plane...
A Russian emergencies ministry"s Il-76 plane took off on Wednesday for quake-hit Chile carrying some 28 tons of humanitarian cargo.
A Thai worker has been killed by a Palestinian...
A Thai worker has been killed by a Palestinian rocket attack in southern Israel, an emergency service source said.
At least 25 people have been killed and...
At least 25 people have been killed and over 100 injured by two subsequent blasts in Pakistan"s financial capital, Karachi, local media reported on Saturday.
At least eight people were shot dead by...
At least eight people were shot dead by a gunman in the U.S. state of Virginia near the city of Lynchburg, the Washington Post reported, citing state police.
BANGALORE (India), October 27 (RIA Novosti)...
BANGALORE (India), October 27 (RIA Novosti) - The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China agreed on Tuesday to enhance energy cooperation.
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., is Senior Research...
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy at the Katherine and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
Canada and the United States both won their...
Canada and the United States both won their ice hockey Group A opening games at the XXI Olympics in Vancouver.
China could strengthen its nuclear capability...
China could strengthen its nuclear capability in response to U.S. global missile defense plans, a Russian military expert said on Wednesday.
China says the United States are violating...
China says the United States are violating the international norms and spoils bilateral relations after President Barack Obama met with Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Washington, Xinhua news agency said.
CSKA Moscow and Zenit"s Russian Premier...
CSKA Moscow and Zenit"s Russian Premier League match, which was due to take place on Saturday, has been moved to a later date after twin suicide bombings hit the Russian capital.
David Sarkisyan, director of the Schusev...
David Sarkisyan, director of the Schusev Museum of Architecture and campaigner for Moscow"s architectural heritage, died in the Russian capital on Thursday aged 62.
Development of Iran"s Esfandiar oilfield...
Development of Iran"s Esfandiar oilfield will start as soon as a 400-million-euro ($577 mln) investment is finalized with Qatar"s National Bank (QNB), an Iranian official said Tuesday.
Four militants were killed in a special...
Four militants were killed in a special police operation in the mountainous south of Chechnya, in Russia"s North Caucasus, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday.
Interim Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva said...
Interim Kyrgyz leader Roza Otunbayeva said on Friday the country would become a parliamentary republic after changes are made in the constitution in order to renew democracy.
Investigators launched on Saturday a criminal...
Investigators launched on Saturday a criminal probe into an attack on a police patrol in western Moscow which left one officer dead and another badly injured, a police source said.
Iran has developed a new weapon to shoot...
Iran has developed a new weapon to shoot down U.S. Apache attack helicopters, the Iranian Fars news agency has reported.
KIEV, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - Gas deliveries...
KIEV, November 14 (RIA Novosti) - Gas deliveries to Ukraine for 2010 will be discussed during a Russian-Ukrainian intergovernmental meeting on economic cooperation November 19, the country"s prime minister said on Saturday.
KIEV, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow"s...
KIEV, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow"s refusal to amend gas contracts with Ukraine is putting transits to Europe under threat, the Ukrainian president"s energy security adviser was quoted by the presidential press service as saying on Tuesday.
Legendary rockers Metallica are expected...
Legendary rockers Metallica are expected to gather full houses during their two concerts in Moscow over this weekend, the concert organizers said.
Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras...
Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras, will be allowed to freely return to his homeland, current President Porfirio Lobo said on Friday.
MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Science and Education Ministry is in talks with the United States on a bilateral treaty to specify the responsibilities of U.S. parents who adopt Russian children, the minister said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - A draft...
MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - A draft law to toughen control over electronic media, including in the Internet, as part of efforts against extremism has been withdrawn from Russia's lower house of parliament for further discussion.
MOSCOW, January 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, January 15 (RIA Novosti) - Russian investigators said on Thursday they had closed their probe into the 1918 murder of the last tsar and his family, and the identification of their remains discovered in the Urals in 1991 and 2007.
MOSCOW, July 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, July 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law to regulate the production and turnover of ethyl alcohol and alcoholic products, the presidential press service said Friday. The State Duma, parliament"s lower house, adopted the law on July 8 and the Federation Council, parliament"s upper house, adopted it on July 13. The law aims to improve the legal regulation of this area of the economy, strengthen state control and protect consumers from black-market products. The law expands the authorities of the federal bodies of state power. Under the law, they will introduce a unified state automated system to calculate the volumes of produced and sold ethyl alcohol and alcoholic products. If there is no information in the system about certain products, the products will be confiscated. Authorities will also be charged with defining the procedure to license alcohol retail sales and ensuring that organizations observe license rules. The law states that state enterprises and organizations with paid-in equity capital worth no less than 10 million rubles, or $349,650, can produce ethyl alcohol, while state enterprises and organizations with paid-in equity capital worth no less than 50 million rubles, or $1.75 million, can produce vodka. Putin spoke in Kaliningrad on July 2 at a State Council session. He criticized the current alcohol market regulation system and advocated a state monopoly on alcohol.
MOSCOW, March 13 (RIA Novosti) - At least...
MOSCOW, March 13 (RIA Novosti) - At least 10 people were killed on Saturday morning in a suicide bomb attack at a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, police say.
MOSCOW, March 9 (RIA Novosti) - A new Russia-U.S...
MOSCOW, March 9 (RIA Novosti) - A new Russia-U.S. treaty on strategic arms reductions will link offensive and defensive armaments, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Moscow police detained on Tuesday tens of...
Moscow police detained on Tuesday tens of people at a march to mark the first anniversary of the murders of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down by neo-Nazis.
Officials from Russia and Belarus held a...
Officials from Russia and Belarus held a second day of talks on Thursday to try to resolve the dispute over 2010 oil deliveries, but again failed to reach an agreement, the Belarusian government news agency Belta reported.
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and...
Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and current Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko are heading for a runoff on February 7 in Ukraine"s presidential vote set to decide the future of a country torn between traditional ties with Russia and a post-Soviet drive westward.
Protracted talks between Moscow and Kiev...
Protracted talks between Moscow and Kiev on Russian gas prices for Ukraine have produced some unexpected results. Ukraine has received a substantial 30% discount on the gas prices stipulated by the January 19, 2009 contract.
Residents in the Urals city of Perm are...
Residents in the Urals city of Perm are bringing flowers on Sunday to the scene of a deadly nightclub fire that killed at least 112 and injured over 120 people.
Roman Pavlyuchenko"s former club Spartak...
Roman Pavlyuchenko"s former club Spartak Moscow are unwilling to pay Tottenham Hotspur"s asking price of 15 million pounds ($24.3 million) to bring the unsettled international back to Russia.
Rubin Kazan held on to a 1-1 home draw on...
Rubin Kazan held on to a 1-1 home draw on Thursday against a Wolfsburg side that gave fair warning the Russian champions face a challenge in Germany next week to get to the Europa League quarterfinals.
Russia and the U.S. will finish talks on...
Russia and the U.S. will finish talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty in the next few weeks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
Russia has discovered a new large oil deposit...
Russia has discovered a new large oil deposit with estimated reserves of over 150 million metric tons (1.1 billion barrels) in East Siberia, Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev said on Wednesday.
Russia has suspended SU-27 Flanker fighter...
Russia has suspended SU-27 Flanker fighter jet flights until the cause of a deadly crash earlier in the week is determined, a Defense Ministry official told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
Russia is fully committed to completing...
Russia is fully committed to completing the construction of Iran"s first nuclear power plant on schedule, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Thursday.
Russia is pondering new applications for...
Russia is pondering new applications for yet-to-be-built nuclear-powered spacecraft, including military satellites, nuclear power plants, and space tugs, Energia space corporation said Wednesday.
Russia is unlikely to make concessions to...
Russia is unlikely to make concessions to Ukraine as Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov arrives on Thursday in Moscow to seek a new gas deal with the Kremlin, a respected daily said on Wednesday.
Russian-U.S. talks on safety standards for...
Russian-U.S. talks on safety standards for American poultry imports may last until the end of the year, the president of Russia"s Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs said on Tuesday.
Russian commercial pilots flying for Iranian...
Russian commercial pilots flying for Iranian airlines have to leave the country within two months, the Fars news agency quoted Iranian Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani as saying on Saturday.
Russian parliamentarians and U.S. congressmen...
Russian parliamentarians and U.S. congressmen will discuss plans to deploy elements of a U.S. missile defense system in Romania and Bulgaria, a senior Russian MP said Tuesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved the country"s new military doctrine which allows preventive nuclear strikes against potential aggressors.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has blasted...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has blasted a U.S. couple who sent an adoptive child back to Russia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree awarding state decorations to Russian athletes for their achievements at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday urged the government to work out measures to attract investment into Russia as the global economy continued to recover from recession.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev praised energy cooperation with Turkey on Wednesday and said he looked to joint efforts in addressing regional disputes.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday in a Christmas message to the nation that the anniversary of the birth of Christ was a time for "good wishes and good deeds."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed on Monday introducing the Glonass navigation system throughout the country"s regions and getting it onto "commercial rails."
Russians may receive universal identity...
Russians may receive universal identity and payment cards from the government that would streamline the payment of pensions and taxes, and even be used like bank cards in stores.
Russia"s Gazprom confirmed on Thursday that...
Russia"s Gazprom confirmed on Thursday that it had received payment in full for December"s gas deliveries to Ukraine.
Russia"s Nerpa nuclear attack submarine...
Russia"s Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which entered service with the Navy in late 2009, will undergo additional adjustments in February, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
Russia"s official unemployment rate grew...
Russia"s official unemployment rate grew 1.8% to 2.2 million people over the past week, the country"s Health and Social Development Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
Russia"s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)...
Russia"s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is to double production by 2012 from 2009 to 200 planes, the company said on Tuesday.
South American countries have resolutely...
South American countries have resolutely condemned Monday"s deadly bombings in the Russian capital"s subway, local media reported Tuesday.
The Customs Union between Russia, Belarus...
The Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan could well adopt a single currency at some point in the future, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Friday.
The date for the signing ceremony of a new...
The date for the signing ceremony of a new strategic arms pact between Russia and the United States has not yet been set, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
The death toll in Sunday"s blasts in the...
The death toll in Sunday"s blasts in the Iraqi capital has exceeded 40, officials said.
The father of a 4-year-old girl who was...
The father of a 4-year-old girl who was seeking to join the Russian Interior Ministry special forces died on Thursday in the Ural"s Sverdlovsk Region after being severely beaten during a sparring exam, medical staff said.
The government of Haiti could use circus...
The government of Haiti could use circus tents as its temporary headquarters in Port-au-Prince after a powerful quake last month flattened the capital, CNN reported on Friday citing the man who donated them.
The Kremlin"s invitation to Poland"s premier...
The Kremlin"s invitation to Poland"s premier to attend events to mark the massacre of thousands of Polish POWs by Soviet forces in WWII is an important step in the improvement of bilateral ties, the senate speaker said on Thursday.
The launch of the next space shuttle to...
The launch of the next space shuttle to the International Space Station was postponed until April 5 due to cold weather, NASA said in a statement on Wednesday.
The lower house of the Russian parliament...
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Friday ratified Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights, opening the way for European Court of Human Rights reform.
The number of race-hate crimes in Russia...
The number of race-hate crimes in Russia has declined sharply, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
The presidents of Russia and the U.S., Dmitry...
The presidents of Russia and the U.S., Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, agreed on Friday to sign a new arms reduction treaty in Prague on April 8, the White House said in a statement.
The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan...
The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan creates security risks for bordering Central Asian states, the head of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said on Thursday.
There is no threat of an H1N1 influenza...
There is no threat of an H1N1 influenza epidemic in Russia in 2010, the country"s chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko said on Sunday.
The replacement of Soviet-made MiG-21 Lancer...
The replacement of Soviet-made MiG-21 Lancer fighters with second-hand U.S. F-16 Falcon jets will cost Romania around $1.3 billion, the Romanian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
The Russian Airborne Troops will receive...
The Russian Airborne Troops will receive a variety of advanced weaponry, including BMD-4M airborne infantry fighting vehicles (AIFV), in the next few years, the Airborne Troops commander said.
The Russian Communications ministry and...
The Russian Communications ministry and a leading software company are working on a project to produce computer games aimed at boosting patriotism among young people and promoting Moscow"s vision of the "historic truth," a leading business daily said on Wednesday.
The Russian government on Thursday told...
The Russian government on Thursday told millions of future pensioners to rely on themselves rather than the state support after retirement.
The Russian Interior Ministry"s internal...
The Russian Interior Ministry"s internal affairs division plans to check police officers on lie detectors, the division head told a Russian government newspaper.
The United States is holding informal talks...
The United States is holding informal talks with Bulgaria on hosting elements of a U.S. missile shield on its soil, the U.S. ambassador to the Balkan country said Friday.
Ukraine has no intention of bidding to become...
Ukraine has no intention of bidding to become a member of NATO, Viktor Yanukovych said on Friday as Western leaders congratulated him on winning the former Soviet republic"s presidential polls.
Ukraine"s Orthodox Church criticized president-elect...
Ukraine"s Orthodox Church criticized president-elect Viktor Yanukovych for inviting the Russian patriarch to lead a church service before his inauguration as politically incorrect.
Ukrainian nationalist association Svoboda...
Ukrainian nationalist association Svoboda (Freedom) is holding a rally in the ex-Soviet state"s capital Kiev to defend the Ukrainian language, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Sunday.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said on Friday that Russia"s "political stability" gave it an advantage over Ukraine, which has lurched from one crisis to another in recent years.
U.S. and Russian members of parliament will...
U.S. and Russian members of parliament will meet in Washington to discuss the ratification of a nuclear arms reduction pact to replace the outdated START treaty after a nuclear summit due in the U.S. capital in April, a senior Russian lawmaker has said.