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, July 20 (RIA Novosti) - Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov praised on Monday the U.S.-U.S.S.R. race to the Moon in the 1960s as the "best competition ever in space."
Russian pole vault queen, Yelena Isinbayeva, has been awarded the 2009 Athlete of the Year title by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) for the second year in a row.