The Russian team of Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Medvedtseva and Olga Zaitseva took Olympic gold in Vancouver on Tuesday in the women"s biathlon relay.
Russia"s preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are on schedule, with some 60 billion rubles due to be spent on them this year, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
The Middle East Quartet of international mediators supports Palestinians efforts to establish an independent and viable state, the UN secretary general said on Saturday.