MOSCOW/PARIS, August 15 (RIA Novosti) -...

MOSCOW/PARIS, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - The tracking device aboard the Russian-crewed Arctic Sea, missing since late July, was briefly reactivated on Saturday showing the vessel to be located in the Bay of Biscay, a Russian maritime journal said.

Russia is ready to render various assistance...

Russia is ready to render various assistance in overcoming the current political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan, a Russian deputy foreign minister told the head of the Kyrgyz interim government on Monday.

In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress...

In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress of Soviet People's Deputies adopted the Law on the Institution of the Post of President and Introduction of Amendments into the Constitution of the U.S.S.R. These amendments abolished the "leading and guiding role of the CPSU," declared a multi-party system, and made the President the head of the Soviet state. Other Union republics followed suit, and switched to presidential form of government.