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A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled against...
A Moscow court on Wednesday ruled against an appeal submitted by a suspect in the Arctic Sea ship seizure case, upholding a lower court ruling not to hand the case to investigators in Malta or Sweden.
An 80-year-old man on a flight from the...
An 80-year-old man on a flight from the Philippine capital of Manila to the island of Cebu attempted to break a porthole window during the flight with his cane and leave the aircraft, Suddeutsche Zeitung has reported.
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 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 senior Iranian official has slammed President...
A senior Iranian official has slammed President Barack Obama offer of engagement with Tehran, the Ilna news agency reported on Wednesday.
At least three people were killed and dozens...
At least three people were killed and dozens injured when a car bomb went off in the Iraqi city of Najaf hours before Sunday"s pivotal parliamentary elections, CNN said.
A total of 392,000 cubic meters of snow...
A total of 392,000 cubic meters of snow have been removed from Moscow streets in the past 24 hours, a spokesman for the Russian capital"s authorities said Sunday.
A U.S. drone attack has killed at least...
A U.S. drone attack has killed at least four militants in northwestern Pakistan, near the Afghan border, Pakistan"s Daily Times said on Sunday.
Bilateral discussions between Russia"s president...
Bilateral discussions between Russia"s president and India"s prime minister on Monday are expected to focus on cooperation in energy and civil and military technology, as well as pharmaceuticals and the diamond industry.
Chinese companies may invest $2 billion...
Chinese companies may invest $2 billion to build hotels in Russia"s Black Sea resort of Sochi, the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympic games, Russia"s RBC daily said on Tuesday.
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on Monday that road construction, ship-building and engineering were priority areas for cooperation between Croatia and Russia.
Energy cooperation and the demarcation of...
Energy cooperation and the demarcation of Russian-Norwegian maritime borders will be the key issues during talks between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Norway"s top officials on April 26-27 in Oslo, the Russian presidential aide has said.
Gazprom"s Board of Directors approved on...
Gazprom"s Board of Directors approved on Tuesday the energy giant"s investment program for 2010, stipulating 5.4% growth in investment from the current year to 802.4 billion rubles ($27.8 billion).
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.
It is too early to discuss nominating Prime...
It is too early to discuss nominating Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a candidate in the 2012 presidential polls, a top United Russia official said on Wednesday.
It was the middle of the night in Moscow...
It was the middle of the night in Moscow when Russia"s ice-hockey players were swept off the ice by a rampant Canada at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
MEXICO, December 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MEXICO, December 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russian companies will assist Nicaragua in building hydroelectric and geothermal plants in the Central American country, the president of the Nicaraguan Electricity Company (ENEL) has said.
MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Japan will...
MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Japan will not join the U.S. global missile defense network in the near future despite close cooperation with the U.S. on boosting its own missile defenses, Russia's chief of the General Staff said Friday.
MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) - MTS launched...
MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) - MTS launched on Thursday wireless internet services through the BlackBerry platform to non-corporate subscribers, the president of Russia's largest mobile phone operator announced.
MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced on Tuesday he was holding off sending Russia"s new ambassador to Ukraine over Kiev"s anti-Russian policies.
MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's expedition aimed at symbolically claiming a vast section of the Arctic is approaching the point where the first-ever dive below the North Pole is to be made.
MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - The eight...
MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - The eight men accused of involvement in the mystery disappearance of the Russian-crewed Arctic Sea cargo ship last month have denied charges of piracy and kidnapping, a lawyer of one of the defendants said Friday.
MOSCOW, December 22 (RIA Novosti) - All...
MOSCOW, December 22 (RIA Novosti) - All of Russia's 83 regions have approved Constitutional amendments to extend presidential and parliamentary terms, the upper house of Russia's parliament said in a resolution on Monday.
MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) - British...
MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) - British company Imperial Energy said on Monday it had increased output at its oil deposits in Western Siberia by 17.6% to 10,000 barrels per day. Imperial Energy, a British company focused on oil exploration and production in former Soviet republics, holds licenses to explore and develop oil deposits in Russia"s Tomsk Region. "Imperial has achieved its year end production target of 10,000 bbl/d - currently producing at a rate of 10,000 bbl/d, which continues to increase," the company said in a statement. According to Imperial Energy"s reserve audit data as of December 31, 2006, the company"s "proven plus probable" reserves amount to 802.6 million barrels. Imperial Energy earlier said it plans to produce 10,000 barrels per day by late 2007, 25,000 bbl/d by late 2008, and 35,000 bbl/d by late 2009. Imperial Energy said it had invested $600 million in the development of its oil deposits in Russia.
MOSCOW, January 21 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow's...
MOSCOW, January 21 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow's top investigators will be involved in a probe into the murder of a lawyer, who represented the family of a Chechen woman killed by a Russian officer, the Moscow police chief said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - The death...
MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - The death toll in Russia from alcohol poisoning in the first eleven months of 2007 totaled 19,031, a 28.1 % decrease from 2006, the National Alcohol Association (NAA) said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Orthodox Church is holding services and processions across the country on Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate the killing of the last Russian tsar and his family 90 years ago. Tsar Nickolas II, his wife, their four daughters and son, and several servants, were shot dead by the Bolsheviks in a basement in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg in the early hours of July 17, 1918. The Romanovs were canonized in 2000. Russia"s Investigation Committee marked the anniversary by confirming Wednesday that the bone fragments exhumed near Yekaterinburg last July belong to the emperor"s son and heir, and one of his four daughters. "The overall data obtained during a DNA analysis ... supports the theory that the remains of Crown Prince Alexei and Grand Princess Maria have been found," the committee said referring to DNA and other tests carried out in Russia, the United States, and other countries. The remains of Nicholas II, his wife Empress Alexandra and three daughters were found in Yekaterinburg in 1991 and reburied in 1998 in St. Petersburg, the Russian imperial capital. The last tsar"s great-grandson, Dmitry Romanov, who heads the Romanovs for Russia foundation, welcomed the news. "It is very important to me. It is an official confirmation... The family had hoped this would happen some day." However, the Russian Orthodox Church, which has doubted the accuracy of similar tests 10 years ago, urged more studies to prove that the remains belong to the tsar"s children. The Russian church leader, Patriarch Alexy II, said Tuesday that "the 1918 atrocity" gave a start to a string of tragic events in Russia in the 20th century - "the horrors of war, fratricidal conflicts, famine, and unprecedented political repressions." The patriarch also called on the government to condemn the killing of the emperor and his family, an appeal the Communist leader described as "provocative" and "an attempt to rewrite history." The Russian Imperial House in exile has sought since 2005 to have the Romanov family exonerated as victims of political repression. Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, who heads the House, insists the killings were a state-sponsored execution rather than murder. Russia"s judiciary has rejected the demands saying the Romanovs never faced any formal charges before being executed by Bolsheviks.
MOSCOW, July 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President...
MOSCOW, July 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin effectively work together, U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday.
MOSCOW, June 16 (RIA Novosti) - Two Moscow...
MOSCOW, June 16 (RIA Novosti) - Two Moscow police officers have been arrested on suspicion of attempting to extort a 1.5 million euro ($2.3 million) bribe from a bank in the Russian capital, investigators said on Monday. "Two suspects have been taken into custody," said Vladimir Markin, a spokesman for the Prosecutor General"s Office investigation committee. Although the Interior Ministry has not yet officially revealed the identities of the suspects, a law enforcement source said earlier that police majors Dmitry Tselyakov and Alexander Nosenko had attempted to extort 1.5 million euros from Inkredbank vice president Pyots Chuvilin. Chuvilin is also the general director of the Spartak Moscow hockey club. The two officers were detained at the beginning of last week and then formally arrested after a warrant had been issued by Moscow"s Basmanny District Court.
MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's electricity monopoly will cease to exist on Tuesday when wide-ranging reforms to the electricity market come into effect.
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - A chief inspector...
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - A chief inspector at Moscow"s financial watchdog has been detained on suspicion of taking bribes, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement on Thursday.Sergei Smirnov, the chief inspector at the Federal Financial and Budget Monitoring Service (Rosfinnadzor), was detained on June 3. He is accused of extorting 500,000 rubles ($21,000) from a Moscow businessman after discovering a financial irregularity during an audit. The financial breach would normally result in a fine of up to 60 million rubles ($2.5 million) for the offending company.
MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti) - Development...
MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti) - Development costs for the Shtokman gas condensate field in the Barents Sea will not be reevaluated for the time being, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - The head...
MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - The head of PACE invited representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Monday to attend the assembly's next session in Strasbourg aimed at restoring dialogue between Russia and Georgia.
MOSCOW, May 1 (RIA Novosti) - About 400,000...
MOSCOW, May 1 (RIA Novosti) - About 400,000 Russians on Friday celebrated Spring and Labor Day, with trade unions and political parties holding rallies across the country. "As of 15:00 Moscow time [11:00 GMT], 491 demonstrations, rallies and assemblies took place in Russia, with about 400,000 people participating," police said, adding that 32,000 police and Interior Ministry troops worked to ensure public order during the events across Russia. May 1 is Spring and Labor Day across Russia, a national holiday. In Soviet times May 1 saw massive Communist Party rallies. Moscow police reported earlier in the day that as around 25,000 people were taking part in events in downtown Moscow to mark the day, including demonstrations by the ruling United Russia party, the Communists and trade unions, the ultranationalist LDPR Party and the liberal Yabloko party. No public order problems were reported in Moscow, but police have detained 120 nationalists, anti-fascists and anarchists following demonstrations in St. Petersburg. Police seized a number of knives and rubber-bullets pistols.
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Orthodox...
MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Orthodox monasteries have begun exploiting modern technology and are now accepting requests for prayers for the living and the dead by email or through mobile phone text messages, a respected Russian daily said on Monday.
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - South...
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday after a brief exchange of gunfire between North and South Korean ships in the Yellow Sea.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday described the level of corruption in the country"s North Caucasus as "unprecedented" and promised to takes steps to tackle the problem.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - South...
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - South Korea has deployed a new destroyer to enhance the protection of its western sea border following a recent exchange of gunfire between one of its warships and a North Korean patrol boat, the Yonhap news agency reported.
MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow City Court will consider on Wednesday an appeal submitted by a suspect in the Arctic Sea ship seizure case, against a lower court ruling not to hand the case to investigators in Malta or Sweden.
MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - A police...
MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - A police officer who shot his colleague in the head and then turned his weapon on himself near Moscow earlier on Saturday has died in hospital, investigators said.
MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Recent...
MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Recent developments in U.S. missile shield plans are positive, but Moscow still has a number of questions on the issue, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, October 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 0.6% quarter-on-quarter in July-September 2009, showing growth for the first time since the second quarter of 2008, the Economics Ministry said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian...
MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian senator and two high-ranking Catholic priests discussed on Monday the return of assets belonging to the Catholic Church, which were seized by the Soviet Union.
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sets off on Monday for a brief working visit to Sri Lanka to discuss a number of bilateral issues including fight against drug trafficking, the ministry said on Friday.
MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia secured the 69th place out of 104 in the Legatum Prosperity Index 2009, a global study of national welfare, the research institution said in a statement published on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to offer Britain a range of projects on joint energy efficiency investments, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Monday.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Vlad Grinkevich) - The Russian currency is losing ground: in today's trading on the MICEX (Moscow Inter-Bank Currency Exchange) the dollar cost over 28 rubles for the first time since the spring of 2006.
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - The largest in Europe and the only in Russia indoor speed skating centre opened in Moscow on Thursday. At the opening ceremony Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov expressed gratitude to the International Skating Union for "trust due to which it was decided to hold the world speed skating championship of 2005 in Moscow back before the beginning of the construction of the centre." "The time when we held the championships of Russia in Berlin has passed, and new champions will now come into being here, in Moscow," Mr. Luzhkov said. The Krylatskoye speed skating centre is included in the Olympic River programme of building sports facilities. It is Russia"s only indoor complex with a 400-metre international-level speed skating track and the world"s sole skating rink where specially prepared water will be used for making ice. The new centre is an up-to-date five-storey building including an ice arena with three speed skating tracks and a circular track, and ice-hockey and figure skating rinks. The stands have a seating capacity of up to 10,000. A medical centre, a hotel for athletes with accommodation for 50, and a parking lot for 500 motor vehicles also form part of the centre. The complex with an artificial ice field will enable athletes to train all year round. From February 4 to 6 the Krylatskoye centre will host the world speed skating championship in which more than 1,000 athletes from 20 countries are expected to take part.
MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Alcohol...
MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Alcohol consumption in Russia is more than double the critical level set by the World Health Organization, the interior minister said on Thursday.
NALCHIK, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Two policemen...
NALCHIK, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Two policemen were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia"s volatile North Caucasus region, the republican investigative committee said on Sunday. The attack was carried out late on Saturday in the village of Neitrino of the republic"s Elbrus district, when the assailants opened fire at security police officers, the investigative committee said. The volatile province has seen a surge in militant attacks against police and civilians in recent months. Fighting and terrorist attacks also occur in neighboring Chechnya, devastated by two Moscow-led military campaigns against separatists in the 1990s- early 2000s.
One of the alleged hijackers of the Arctic...
One of the alleged hijackers of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel is seeking protection through Europe"s human rights court for inhumane treatment after detainment in August 2009, the suspect"s lawyer said on Saturday.
Police have found an arms cache in the Republic...
Police have found an arms cache in the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia"s volatile North Caucasus region, a local police spokesman said on Sunday.
Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev...
Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev met on December 18 on the sidelines of the climate change summit in Copenhagen to discuss nuclear reductions.
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Russia has no information that Iran is working...
Russia has no information that Iran is working on the development of nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
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 President Dmitry Medvedev said on...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday he will sign a law later in the day to reform the Interior Ministry.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the country"s natural resources ministry to monitor the situation at the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill that has reopened near Lake Baikal amid protests from nature activists.
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.
Russian prison officers are still baffled...
Russian prison officers are still baffled as to how an inmate could have climbed over the outer wall of one of Moscow"s largest and oldest pre-trial detention facilities.
Russia opposes efforts to edge the UN Security...
Russia opposes efforts to edge the UN Security Council out of the Middle East peace process, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
Russia"s powerful prime minister, Vladimir...
Russia"s powerful prime minister, Vladimir Putin, said on Friday totalitarianism and Ukrainian-style political chaos are equally unacceptable for Russia.
Russia"s presidential envoy arrived to the...
Russia"s presidential envoy arrived to the country"s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad shaken by a large-scale anti-government protest rally last week, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday.
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.
Some 800 people died from the À/H1N1...
Some 800 people died from the À/H1N1 virus in the first week of December, bringing the death toll to 9,596, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Friday.
Swedish women"s curling team defended its...
Swedish women"s curling team defended its Turin Olympic gold medal, snatching the victory from Canada in the extra end of the Vancouver Olympic final.
The Canadian hockey team defeated Germany...
The Canadian hockey team defeated Germany 8:2 and will face Russia in the Olympic ice hockey quarterfinals.
The Canadian team of Charles and Francois...
The Canadian team of Charles and Francois Hamelin, Olivier Jean and Francois-Louis Tremblay won men"s 5,000-meter short track relay with the result of 6 minutes 44.224 seconds.
The car alliance Peugeot-Citroen-Mitsubishi...
The car alliance Peugeot-Citroen-Mitsubishi will open a car plant in Kaluga region on April 23, an announcement published on Friday said.
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 a gas explosion in an...
The death toll in a gas explosion in an apartment building outside Moscow has risen to four people, the Moscow Region emergencies department said on Sunday.
The defending Olympic champions in Nordic...
The defending Olympic champions in Nordic Combined, Team Austria, took gold in the team event.
The Icelandic volcano eruption may last...
The Icelandic volcano eruption may last up to two years, the head of the Volcanology and Geodynamics Institute of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences said on Wednesday.
The prime minister of Poland will on Wednesday...
The prime minister of Poland will on Wednesday provide full information on the first stage of the investigation into a recent air crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski, a government spokesman said.
The ruling United Russia party is widely...
The ruling United Russia party is widely leading in Sunday"s Russian regional elections according to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission.
The Russian Armed Forces will be fully equipped...
The Russian Armed Forces will be fully equipped with a new-generation mobile command-and-control system by 2012, an industry expert said Monday.
The Russian government has allocated funds...
The Russian government has allocated funds for an Arctic expedition to provide scientific grounds for the enlargement of the country"s Arctic shelf, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday.
Things are moving on the Eastern front...
Things are moving on the Eastern front. And more movement may be coming soon, as an old winter chill in Rome-Moscow relations seems to be thawing, with profound consequences for Europe and the entire world
Three men with no clothes on traveled in...
Three men with no clothes on traveled in the Moscow subway early on Sunday after betting with young women, police said.
Two people were killed and at least 12 injured...
Two people were killed and at least 12 injured in a head-on collision between a minivan taxi and a car in the east of the Russian capital on Thursday, a source in the local police department said.
Underdevelopment of basic democratic institutions...
Underdevelopment of basic democratic institutions and corruption are prohibiting the growth of civil society in Russia, the Russian presidential human rights council chief said on Tuesday.
UNITED NATIONS, September 28 (RIA Novosti)...
UNITED NATIONS, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is concerned over Iran"s missile launches against the backdrop of the Islamic Republic"s unresolved nuclear issues, but Moscow is calling for restraint, the Russian foreign minister said Monday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon expressed...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon expressed the international organization"s readiness to work with the new Kyrgyz leadership, the General Secretary"s spokesman has said.
U.S. President Barack Obama named ten charity...
U.S. President Barack Obama named ten charity organizations which would benefit from the $1.4 million he received after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. media said on Friday.