Muscovites will be able to learn about Soviet leader Joseph Stalin"s role in the World War II victory from street stands, a source in the Russian capital"s advertising and design committee said Wednesday.
MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh said on Tuesday that the former Georgian republic had no plans to become a part of Russia, the Russian daily paper Izvestia reported.
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.