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A 6.5-magnitude quake has been registered...
A 6.5-magnitude quake has been registered off the coast of northern California, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website on Sunday.
A businessman is suspected of killing his...
A businessman is suspected of killing his wife and two daughters in Moscow to spare them the trouble of having to pay off his big debts, the Russian capital"s top investigator said Sunday.
A passenger airliner bumped into another...
A passenger airliner bumped into another one as it was taxing at the Vnukovo airport in the west of Moscow, no one was hurt in the incident, one of the passengers told RIA Novosti.
A senior Iranian official has slammed President...
A senior Iranian official has slammed President Barack Obama offer of engagement with Tehran, the Ilna news agency reported on Wednesday.
A U.S. frigate has arrived in Georgia"s...
A U.S. frigate has arrived in Georgia"s territorial waters to take part in joint Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) exercises with the Georgian Coast Guard, a Georgian official said on Wednesday.
Car bomb killed 7 and wounded 13 civilians in Iraq"s city of Fallujah.
Car bomb killed 7 and wounded 13 civilians in Iraq"s city of Fallujah.
China has said it will invest some $10 billion...
China has said it will invest some $10 billion in the Belarusian economy, the Gazeta.ru website said.
Czech Gripen fighters will secure the air...
Czech Gripen fighters will secure the air space and escort the planes of U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a U.S.-Russia summit in April, the CTK national news agency said on Tuesday.
Data from Russian investigations into a...
Data from Russian investigations into a plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski may be handed over to Warsaw, the Russian prosecutor general said at a meeting with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Seremet.
Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat has dismissed...
Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat has dismissed media speculation that he has signed a deal to take over from fellow countryman Guus Hiddink as trainer of the Russian national team.
Europe has offered Russia help in achieving...
Europe has offered Russia help in achieving its goal of modernizing the economy, but said it should start with improving democracy in the country, a Russian business daily said on Thursday.
GROZNY, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen...
GROZNY, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Tuesday he intended to do his best to support the development of fashion in the republic.
Investigators are looking into the death...
Investigators are looking into the death of a police officer, who was apparently shot by his colleague, Moscow"s top investigator Anatoly Bagmet said on Saturday.
Iran"s nuclear chief has said that Iran...
Iran"s nuclear chief has said that Iran will use 20%- enriched uranium to produce nuclear fuel solely for domestic purposes.
It"s incredible, but this time, the presidential...
It"s incredible, but this time, the presidential elections in Ukraine were uncharacteristically peaceful and even humdrum. The first round, in any case. The only "ripple" in this ocean of calm was the arrival of 400 Georgian "journalists" with a soldierly appearance. As for the rest, observers did not identify any serious violations and from the point of view of fairness and observance of democratic norms, the first round left nobody with any doubts. Therefore, it is fully possible to review the initial results.
Judges in Russia"s North Caucasus republic...
Judges in Russia"s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia have made an unprecedented bid to accuse leader Yunus-Bek Yevkurov of exerting pressure on the courts.
KURSK, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Several...
KURSK, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Several hundred people gathered in the Korennaya (Root) Hermitage in the Kursk Region in central Russia as the head of the Russian Orthodox Church consecrated a church.
MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and its International Space Station partners have an oral agreement to continue using the orbiter until 2020, the president of leading Russian spacecraft maker RSC Energia said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s auto makers have competed their transition to the Euro 3 emission standard in vehicle production, the chief executive of the Association of Russian Auto Makers said on Wednesday. From January 1, 2008, Russia introduced Euro 3 exhaust emission standards, prohibiting production or imports of vehicles that fail to meet the requirements. Euro 3 standards were introduced in the European Union in 2000. "The transition was difficult for the auto industry but everything necessary has been done, and from January 1 we switched completely to the production of vehicles in accordance with the Euro 3 standard," Igor Korovkin said. The executive said the adoption of the Euro 3 standard raised prices by an average of 200 euros (about $300) for cars and 1,000 euros ($1,490) for trucks. Korovkin said Russian auto producers were now preparing for transition to the cleaner Euro 4 emission standards, adopted by EU states in 2005.
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Even...
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Even as Russian No. 3 seed Dinara Safina prepared to play Serena Williams in the final of the Australian Open, Russia was celebrating a victory in Melbourne on Saturday.
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two caches...
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two caches of weapons have been discovered in the North Caucasus republics of Daghestan and Chechnya, Russian police said Saturday. The stash in Chechnya"s Shatoi District contained a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two mortar projectiles, 12 cartridges for grenade launchers and 272 other rounds of ammunition. The cache in Daghestan was found to contain a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two F-1 grenades and 186 rounds of ammunition. Investigations are underway.
MOSCOW, July 7 (RIA Novosti) - Tokyo has...
MOSCOW, July 7 (RIA Novosti) - Tokyo has overtaken Moscow to become the world"s most expensive city for expatriates, according to a survey by an HR and financial consultancy.
MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow...
MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow Region court sentenced in absentia fugitive Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky to 13 years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling 58 million rubles ($1.9 million at current rates) in 1994.
MOSCOW, March 9 (RIA Novosti) - A new Russia-U.S...
MOSCOW, March 9 (RIA Novosti) - A new Russia-U.S. treaty on strategic arms reductions will link offensive and defensive armaments, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St...
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St. Petersburg trainer Dick Advocaat will definitely leave the club at the end of the season, Sport Express said on Tuesday, citing a source in the Belgian FA. Francois De Keersmaeker, the head of Belgian football"s governing body. earlier said that a deal had been agreed with Advocaat, 61, that would see the Dutch coach take over the national side at the end of this year, when his contract with Zenit expires. However, Advocaat has yet to put pen to paper. The Belgian FA dismissed national coach Rene Vandereycken in April after a series of results in World Cup qualifiers left Belgium with little hope of qualifying for the final stages of the 2010 tournament. Zenit earlier hinted that they would agree to Advocaat combining club and national side posts next year, but De Keersmaeker has said that, "the distance between Belgium and St. Petersburg is too great" to make this is a realistic possibility. Sport Express earlier said that Advocaat"s salary would be 2 million euros ($2.7 million) a year. Advocaat, who took over at Zenit in 2006 and has led them to the Russian title and the UEFA Cup, has previously managed his native Netherlands (twice), South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Glasgow Rangers and Germany"s Borussia Monchengladbach.
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Nikolai Davydenko and Dinara Safina both won their third round matches at the French Open on Friday. Tenth seed Davydenko, who is the only Russian male player left in the tournament, dispatched Stanislas Wawrinka (17) from Switzerland in four sets 6:3, 4:6, 6:3, 6:2 to set up a fourth round head-to-head with eighth seed Fernando Verdasco from Spain. On form world no 1 Dinara Safina overawed fellow Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, seeded 27, to win in straight sets 6:2, 6:0 and will now face Aravane Rezai from France. Also due to play later are former world no one Maria Sharapova, who recently returned to tennis after 10 months out with a shoulder injury, fourth seed Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova (7). Sharapova will take on another unseeded player, Yaroslava Shvedova from Kazakhstan, while Dementieva faces Australian Samantha Stosur (30) and Kuznetsova has a showdown lined up with Hungary"s Melinda Czin.
MOSCOW, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - The number...
MOSCOW, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - The number of registered subscribers to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev"s video blog on the Kremlin website has passed the 20,000 mark, site moderators said Monday. Over 5,000 visitors have left comments at www.blog.kremlin.ru, with a total of 14,500 comments published since January 12, when subscribers first had the opportunity to leave their comments on the president"s video posts. In late April, Medvedev also posted his first video blog on the LiveJournal.com website in the form of a social networking community at http://community.livejournal.com/blog_medvedev/, which runs in tandem with his web blog on the Kremlin site. Comments by Internet users are moderated and are not published if they are found to contain abusive or discriminatory language.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Former...
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has notified the International Criminal Tribunal that he would appeal the court"s decision to appoint a lawyer to defend him in the court.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia must do more to attract leading scientists, both Russian and foreign, President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Defense Ministry is preparing a response to a U.S. revision of its missile shield plans in Central Europe, the Russian defense minister said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Members...
MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - Members of a Russian parliamentary group investigating into the August accident at the country"s largest hydropower plant in Siberia will personally visit the site of the accident and inspect the course of the restoration works, a spokesman for the parliament"s lower house said.
MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s hydropower company RusHydro announced on Wednesday it had completed the cleanup of debris at a Siberian hydropower plant severely damaged during a recent accident.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Mikhail Khmelev) - Investing in real estate is one of the most attractive and profitable ways of making money everywhere.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - The UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, did not go as expected. It became clear a week before it ended on December 18 that a new global agreement to combat climate change beyond 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expires, will not be signed.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - As luck would have it, a great many top Russian officials come from St. Petersburg, which means that they can persuade the federal government and local authorities to tackle the problems of the Baltic, Europe"s most polluted inland sea.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Nikolai Troitsky) – President Dmitry Medvedev’s second state of the nation address sounded more like a report by a business leader at a large economic conference. Avoiding unnecessary pathos, he enumerated the basic problems in all spheres of life in Russia and possible ways to resolve them.
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) - North...
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il congratulated Russian President Dmitry on his 44th birthday on Monday, Pyongyang"s official news agency said.
MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - Pope...
MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - Pope Benedict XVI urged the Czech Republic and all Europe on Sunday to remember their Christian roots.
MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow...
MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow has every chance of becoming a global capital on a par with such cities as New York, London and Tokyo, Forbes magazine wrote in its latest issue.
MOSCOW. (Viktor Danilov-Danilyan for RIA...
MOSCOW. (Viktor Danilov-Danilyan for RIA Novosti) - Global climate change defies forecasting. Unprecedented heat, floods, droughts and typhoons brought about by climate change cause tremendous damage.
MOSCOW. (Vladimir Yevseyev for RIA Novosti)...
MOSCOW. (Vladimir Yevseyev for RIA Novosti) - On January 19 of this year Iran"s government prohibited a Russian plane carrying a Su-27SKM fighter (a modernized export version of the basic model) from flying over its territory to Bahrain, which was hosting the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS-2010). Although permission was granted by the end of the day, this indicates a cooling, rather than merely an annoying misunderstanding, in Russian-Iranian steadily developing relations.
NALCHIK, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Two policemen...
NALCHIK, July 13 (RIA Novosti) - Two policemen were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in Russia"s volatile North Caucasus region, the republican investigative committee said on Sunday. The attack was carried out late on Saturday in the village of Neitrino of the republic"s Elbrus district, when the assailants opened fire at security police officers, the investigative committee said. The volatile province has seen a surge in militant attacks against police and civilians in recent months. Fighting and terrorist attacks also occur in neighboring Chechnya, devastated by two Moscow-led military campaigns against separatists in the 1990s- early 2000s.
NEW YORK, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - The...
NEW YORK, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - The director of Moscow"s largest museum of European fine arts has been awarded the international Liberty Prize for advancing Russian-U.S. cultural ties.
North Korea said it would not abandon its...
North Korea said it would not abandon its nuclear weapons program, but was ready to take part in non-proliferation efforts together "with other nuclear weapons states," South Korea"s Yonhap agency said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the reopening of the only land border crossing between Russia and Georgia was a sign of improving ties between the two countries.
Rights activists will hold a rally to demand...
Rights activists will hold a rally to demand police reform on downtown Moscow"s Triumfalnaya Square on Saturday, a leading activist said.
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Russia has lost two cases in the Strasbourg...
Russia has lost two cases in the Strasbourg Court of Human Rights over the disappearance of several people in Chechnya, the statement on the court"s website said on Friday.
Russia has not given up the idea of holding...
Russia has not given up the idea of holding a Middle East peace conference in Moscow and hopes that favorable conditions will aid in its convocation, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said on Tuesday.
Russia has sent no invitation to Georgian...
Russia has sent no invitation to Georgian military officials to participate in the May 9 Victory Day parade on Moscow"s Red Square, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Russia is ready to restart regular air services...
Russia is ready to restart regular air services with Georgia, halted over the August 2008 military conflict between the two ex-Soviet republics, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
Russian champions Rubin Kazan began their...
Russian champions Rubin Kazan began their bid for a third straight title with a 2-0 win over Lokomotiv Moscow, but the home fans had to wait until the dying minutes for the decisive goal.
Russian court authorities on Friday closed...
Russian court authorities on Friday closed two disco bars and a cafe at the leased Cosmodrome Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan in line with a nationwide safety campaign launched after a disastrous fire in a Urals night club.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander...
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov may become the new president of the Russian Olympic Committee, the Russian businees daily Vedemosti said.
Russia needs the support of U.S. and European...
Russia needs the support of U.S. and European businesses to enter the World Trade Organization, Russian Deputy Prime Minster Igor Shuvalov said on Thursday.
Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to spend...
Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to spend some 14.9 billion rubles ($505 million) on oil and gas offshore development in India and Vietnam in 2010, a business daily said on Tuesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged on Monday Israelis and Palestinians to follow the roadmap of the Middle East peace settlement and give up unilateral actions.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on March 9 in Moscow, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov agreed Sunday by phone that Masimov will visit the Russian capital on March 3, the Russian government said.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has changed his working schedule and will return to Moscow after two deadly blasts in the Russian capital"s subway, Putin"s spokesman said Monday.
Russian pro-Kremlin United Russia party...
Russian pro-Kremlin United Russia party deputies have cautiously backed a proposal to forbid media outlets from broadcasting statements by terrorists.
Russians may receive universal identity...
Russians may receive universal identity and payment cards from the government that would streamline the payment of pensions and taxes, and even be used like bank cards in stores.
Russia"s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Saturday...
Russia"s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Saturday the UN nuclear watchdog"s resolution on Moscow"s initiative to establish a reserve of low-enriched uranium.
Russia switched to daylight saving time...
Russia switched to daylight saving time (DST) on Sunday, turning the clocks forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. local time.
Seven thousand people attended the Russian...
Seven thousand people attended the Russian Communist Party"s May Day rally in Moscow, which added anti-NATO slogans to the more traditional "Peace! May! Labor! Socialism!"
Talks on the prohibition of tactical nuclear...
Talks on the prohibition of tactical nuclear weapons deployment in third countries should be the next step in arms control, the Russian foreign minister said on Friday.
The death toll in Saturday"s powerful earthquake...
The death toll in Saturday"s powerful earthquake in Chile has exceeded 300 people, authorities said.
The death toll in the powerful earthquake...
The death toll in the powerful earthquake that hit Chile has risen to 122, 24 Horas local TV channel reported, citing Chilean President-elect Sebastian Pinera on Saturday.
The first terrorist attack on the Russian...
The first terrorist attack on the Russian capital for six years killed over 30 people as two terrorist bombs ripped through the central Moscow metro system during Monday morning"s rush hour.
The leader of Russia"s North Caucasus republic...
The leader of Russia"s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia invited local elders on Wednesday to help a local government commission control spending.
The lower house of the Russian parliament...
The lower house of the Russian parliament passed a bill on Wednesday to ban holding suspects of economic crimes in pretrial detention.
The main pro-Kremlin party condemned on...
The main pro-Kremlin party condemned on Friday plans by Moscow"s mayor to display portraits of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in the Russian capital as part of World War II Victory Day celebrations.
The National Portrait Gallery will be housed...
The National Portrait Gallery will be housed in the former Lenin Museum, Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev said during a meeting on Tuesday with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
The official logo for the Sochi 2014 Winter...
The official logo for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games was presented in Moscow on Tuesday.
The Russian and U.S. leaders, Dmitry Medvedev...
The Russian and U.S. leaders, Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama, agreed on Friday that the new arms reduction treaty will be signed on April 8 in Prague.
The Russian Navy is continuing discussions...
The Russian Navy is continuing discussions on whether to purchase a French warship, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
The speaker of the upper house of the Russian...
The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament slammed on Wednesday proposals to reinstate the death penalty for terrorists.
The Winter Olympics will open in Vancouver...
The Winter Olympics will open in Vancouver late on Friday night and for the next two weeks the whole world"s attention will be riveted on the Canadian city.
Three days after the deadly twin bombings...
Three days after the deadly twin bombings in the Moscow metro, a total of 88 people remain in the city"s hospitals, an emergencies service source said on Thursday.
Two men jailed in connection with an attack...
Two men jailed in connection with an attack on the Nevsky Express train in August 2007 will take their appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, the lawyer of one of the men told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will on Monday pay an unofficial visit to Moscow, a deputy head of the presidential administration said.
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