The head of the Russian Orthodox Church...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday blessed the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych in an unusual demonstration of the new Ukrainian leader"s close ties with Russia.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - U.S. President Barack Obama has decided to scrap the Bush administration"s plans for a missile tracking radar in the Czech Republic and antimissiles in Poland. This has displeased Poland and has not made the Czech government, Republican congressmen and American neoconservatives happy.

Thousands of patients have been successfully...

Thousands of patients have been successfully treated by Koran readings alone at a free clinic in Chechnya"s Grozny, a statement on the Chechen president"s website said on Wednesday