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.
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.
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.