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A counter-terrorism operation regime was...
A counter-terrorism operation regime was imposed early on Monday in a street in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia"s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, a spokesman for the republic"s security service said on Monday.
A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly...
A delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe will monitor the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine and publish results during a PACE winter session in late January, a representative of the organization"s apparatus said.
A demonstration by Waffen-SS veterans, which...
A demonstration by Waffen-SS veterans, which took place on Tuesday in the Latvian capital, is a "challenge for humanity" and should not be neglected by the international community, a senior Russian lawmaker said.
After hours of fierce debate, the U.S. House...
After hours of fierce debate, the U.S. House of Representatives approved President Barack Obama"s overhaul health care reform bill in a narrow 219:212 vote on Monday.
Air travel in Europe might not get back...
Air travel in Europe might not get back to normal for weeks or even months after a volcano erupted in Iceland, an expert on the Euronews TV-channel said.
A Moscow court rejected on Thursday a lesbian...
A Moscow court rejected on Thursday a lesbian couple"s appeal against an earlier ruling upholding a registry office"s refusal to register their marriage.
Anastasia Virganskaya, granddaughter of...
Anastasia Virganskaya, granddaughter of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev secretly got married in Moscow last weekend, Lifeshowbiz.ru reported.
A South Korean Foreign Ministry official...
A South Korean Foreign Ministry official said on Monday North Korea"s call for peace treaty talks as a condition to restart nuclear disarmament negotiations was unwelcome.
At least five people were injured in a hotel...
At least five people were injured in a hotel fire in a cosmonauts" town northeast of Moscow early on Saturday, a local police source said.
At least four men died in an explosion on...
At least four men died in an explosion on Thursday at a chemical plant in Osaka in western Japan, the Kyodo News agency said citing local firefighters.
At least three people were killed and dozens...
At least three people were killed and dozens injured when a car bomb went off in the Iraqi city of Najaf hours before Sunday"s pivotal parliamentary elections, CNN said.
A total of 73 people, injured in Monday"s...
A total of 73 people, injured in Monday"s terrorist attacks on the Moscow subway, remain in the city"s hospitals, an emergencies ministry source told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
BANGALORE (India), October 27 (RIA Novosti)...
BANGALORE (India), October 27 (RIA Novosti) - The foreign ministers of Russia, India and China agreed on Tuesday to enhance energy cooperation.
By an odd coincidence, February 17 has linked...
By an odd coincidence, February 17 has linked two unrecognized (or semi-recognized) non-identical twins - Kosovo and Abkhazia. Two years ago, on February 17 Albanians unilaterally proclaimed the independence of the territory that Serbia considers its own and calls "Kosovo and Metohija." On February 17, 1810, that is, 200 years ago, the Abkhazian principality joined the Russian Empire of its own free will.
By Svetlana Kononova, Special to Russia Profile
By Svetlana Kononova, Special to Russia Profile
Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov proposed...
Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov proposed on Monday the death penalty be reinstated as a part of the Russian penitentiary system.
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on...
Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on Monday that road construction, ship-building and engineering were priority areas for cooperation between Croatia and Russia.
Dmitry Medvedev"s visit to Slovakia and...
Dmitry Medvedev"s visit to Slovakia and the Czech Republic on April 6-7 is the first opportunity for citizens of the former Warsaw Pact countries to get to know the Russian president and to find out where he stands on issues.
Dynamo Moscow are attempting to sign unsettled...
Dynamo Moscow are attempting to sign unsettled Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni, a Russian paper said on Monday.
Every year 1.2 million Russian women deliberately...
Every year 1.2 million Russian women deliberately terminate pregnancy and 30,000 of them become sterile, many from the estimated 180,000 illegal abortions.
Impostors, who illegally built a chapel...
Impostors, who illegally built a chapel and charged people for holding funeral services claiming they were Orthodox priests, were detained in Russia"s northern city of St. Petersburg, police said Tuesday.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi...
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has expressed his deep satisfaction over the signing of a new Russian-U.S. arms reduction treaty, the Italian government has said.
It is too early to discuss nominating Prime...
It is too early to discuss nominating Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as a candidate in the 2012 presidential polls, a top United Russia official said on Wednesday.
Killing whales has not affected the level...
Killing whales has not affected the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth"s atmosphere, a WWF Russia official said on Friday.
Legendary Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova...
Legendary Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova has been hospitalized in Moscow with heart problems, a source at the Botkin Hospital said.
More than 100 rotting pig carcasses discarded...
More than 100 rotting pig carcasses discarded in the Qiantang River in China are threatening the health of 3 million locals, Chinese Global Times said on Monday.
More than 300 people are suffering from...
More than 300 people are suffering from poisoning in the east Siberian city of Irkutsk caused by "holy water" taken from wells during religious ceremonies of Epiphany, Russia"s consumer regulator said on Thursday.
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Korolyov, member of the...
MOSCOW. (Anatoly Korolyov, member of the Russian Pen Club for RIA-Novosti) - In 2009, Europe and Russia celebrate 100 years of the Diaghilev Seasons in Paris, named after the brilliant Russian ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev. The echo of the bygone event still rocks the world of global culture, and here"s why.
MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Japan will...
MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Japan will not join the U.S. global missile defense network in the near future despite close cooperation with the U.S. on boosting its own missile defenses, Russia's chief of the General Staff said Friday.
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, August 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will spend 470 billion rubles ($15 billion) on arms, equipment and maintenance of its Armed Forces in 2010, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Friday.
MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Police...
MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Russia"s Urals have detained a gang of skinheads on suspicion of the cold-blooded murder of a homeless man, regional media said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's anti-terrorism committee said Tuesday it has obtained a foreign report of a possible terrorist plot to attack ground transport and the metro system.
MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) - Reports...
MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) - Reports on plotted terrorist acts in public transport in Russia have not been substantiated, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said Wednesday.
MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - A man...
MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - A man in Russia's Urals has admitted killing his wife after stumbling across her details on a dating website and discovering that she had cheated on him, Russian media reported on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Orthodox Church is holding services and processions across the country on Wednesday and Thursday to commemorate the killing of the last Russian tsar and his family 90 years ago. Tsar Nickolas II, his wife, their four daughters and son, and several servants, were shot dead by the Bolsheviks in a basement in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg in the early hours of July 17, 1918. The Romanovs were canonized in 2000. Russia"s Investigation Committee marked the anniversary by confirming Wednesday that the bone fragments exhumed near Yekaterinburg last July belong to the emperor"s son and heir, and one of his four daughters. "The overall data obtained during a DNA analysis ... supports the theory that the remains of Crown Prince Alexei and Grand Princess Maria have been found," the committee said referring to DNA and other tests carried out in Russia, the United States, and other countries. The remains of Nicholas II, his wife Empress Alexandra and three daughters were found in Yekaterinburg in 1991 and reburied in 1998 in St. Petersburg, the Russian imperial capital. The last tsar"s great-grandson, Dmitry Romanov, who heads the Romanovs for Russia foundation, welcomed the news. "It is very important to me. It is an official confirmation... The family had hoped this would happen some day." However, the Russian Orthodox Church, which has doubted the accuracy of similar tests 10 years ago, urged more studies to prove that the remains belong to the tsar"s children. The Russian church leader, Patriarch Alexy II, said Tuesday that "the 1918 atrocity" gave a start to a string of tragic events in Russia in the 20th century - "the horrors of war, fratricidal conflicts, famine, and unprecedented political repressions." The patriarch also called on the government to condemn the killing of the emperor and his family, an appeal the Communist leader described as "provocative" and "an attempt to rewrite history." The Russian Imperial House in exile has sought since 2005 to have the Romanov family exonerated as victims of political repression. Grand Duchess Maria Romanov, who heads the House, insists the killings were a state-sponsored execution rather than murder. Russia"s judiciary has rejected the demands saying the Romanovs never faced any formal charges before being executed by Bolsheviks.
MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Almost four...
MOSCOW, May 26 (RIA Novosti) - Almost four years after leaving the club, Yury Syomin was appointed as Lokomotiv Moscow"s new trainer on Tuesday, the side"s website said.
MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Recent...
MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Recent developments in U.S. missile shield plans are positive, but Moscow still has a number of questions on the issue, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti) - The ex-head...
MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti) - The ex-head of Russia"s now defunct state electricity monopoly said on Sunday that the findings by the industrial safety watchdog fully reflected technical causes of a recent disaster at the country"s largest hydropower plant.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political analyst Dmitry...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political analyst Dmitry Kosyrev) - A one-week hiatus has been the most incredible feature of the current Sino-American rift. Nothing was happening this week, except for a mounting wave of panicky publications in the media.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Nikolai Troitsky) - President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday reviewed the outgoing year in a live interview broadcast by three national television channels.
MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Monday held a liturgy in a church in southern Moscow to celebrate the Nativity of the Theotokos.
MOSCOW, September 26 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s...
MOSCOW, September 26 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s Revolutionary Guards will begin missile defense drills on Sunday as tension grows over the Islamic Republic"s defiance of international demands on its nuclear program, the Mehr news agency said.
MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church criticized on Monday modern European values and called on Europeans to stick to their Christian roots.
MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - More...
MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - More than 400 families were left homeless after a powerful earthquake struck northwestern Georgia, the regional governor told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
Motorists in Moscow have ignored the city"s...
Motorists in Moscow have ignored the city"s requests to forsake their cars for public transport in January, forcing the authorities to tow 25,000 vehicles that were obstructing snow clearance, an official said.
Municipal services in Moscow cleared 425,000...
Municipal services in Moscow cleared 425,000 cubic meters of snow from city streets in one day as the Russian capital struggles through its snowiest February for 40 years.
NATO proposed on Monday for Russia to hold...
NATO proposed on Monday for Russia to hold a meeting in late April to discuss the strengthening of anti-terrorism measures following Monday"s deadly blasts in Moscow"s subway, Russia"s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD (central Russia), August...
NIZHNY NOVGOROD (central Russia), August 13 (RIA Novosti) - Production of MiG-35 multirole fighters offered for sale to India cannot start before 2013 or 2014, a Russian aircraft maker said on Thursday.
On April 7, Roza Otunbayeva was nominated...
On April 7, Roza Otunbayeva was nominated the Kyrgyz premier by the opposition which has taken control over Kyrgyzstan seizing the key government buildings to oust Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
One serviceman was wounded when unknown...
One serviceman was wounded when unknown assailants opened fire Thursday on a border guard unit in Nazran, the largest city in the Russian North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, investigators said.
President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday named...
President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday named ex-governor of Siberian Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Khloponin as deputy prime minister and his personal envoy to the North Caucasus, giving him sweeping powers in the troubled region.
ROSTOV-ON-DON, October 9 (RIA Novosti) -...
ROSTOV-ON-DON, October 9 (RIA Novosti) - One man was killed in Ingushetia on Friday when his car exploded as he drove out of the capital of the Russian North Caucasus republic, a police spokesman said.
Russia is the second largest producer of...
Russia is the second largest producer of internet child pornography in the world after the United States, Russia"s ombudsman for children"s rights said on Monday.
Russian investigators denied on Friday media...
Russian investigators denied on Friday media reports that the people suspected of organizing the Moscow metro suicide attacks had been detained.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Felipe...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Felipe Gonzalez, who chairs the EU group of "wise men," will discuss on Tuesday the situation around a European security treaty as well as Russia-EU visa issues, a Kremlin source said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has submitted to the lower house of Russia"s parliament a draft law providing all WWII veterans with housing regardless of their financial circumstances, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has no doubts that the organizers of the deadly blasts in the Moscow subway carried out on Monday morning will be punished.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the country"s natural resources ministry to monitor the situation at the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill that has reopened near Lake Baikal amid protests from nature activists.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on March 19, Putin"s spokesman said on Thursday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will fly on Wednesday to Finland"s capital, Helsinki, to take part in the Baltic Sea Action Summit (BSAS) and discuss bilateral cooperation with Finnish, Lithuanian, Danish and Norwegian top officials, the Kremlin has said.
Russia on Thursday threw its weight behind...
Russia on Thursday threw its weight behind the provisional Kyrgyz government, which took power in the capital and several regions of the ex-Soviet Central Asian state after two days of violent protests in which 74 people died and more than 500 were injured.
The Admiral Chabanenko destroyer from Russia"s...
The Admiral Chabanenko destroyer from Russia"s Northern Fleet has begun escorting commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden, a Navy spokesman said on Friday.
The Catholic Church in South Africa said...
The Catholic Church in South Africa said it has prepared a special prayer for the 2010 FIFA World Cup as part of a series of initiatives to ensure the success of the upcoming football event.
The death toll in a gas explosion in an...
The death toll in a gas explosion in an apartment building outside Moscow has risen to four people, the Moscow Region emergencies department said on Sunday.
The growing influence of Islam in the North...
The growing influence of Islam in the North Caucasus, a reflection of increasing disillusionment with the Russian political system, is transforming the region into Russia’s “internal abroad,” where people “have portraits of Putin and Medvedev [on their walls] but are for shariat law,” according to a leading Moscow specialist.
The international community should put pressure...
The international community should put pressure on Israel to resolve the Middle East conflict and prevent an "explosion" of tensions in the region, a Russian MP said on Monday.
The Katyn massacre - the 1940 mass murder...
The Katyn massacre - the 1940 mass murder of thousands of Polish prisoners of war (primarily military officers), intellectuals, policemen, and government officials by the Soviet security services - remains one of the most bitter and contentious issues in Russian-Polish relations.
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Dmitry...
The presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Dmitry Medvedev and Viktor Yanukovych, said on Friday their governments would hold talks on energy cooperation, including in the gas sector.
The proceeds from the sale of assets of...
The proceeds from the sale of assets of the now defunct oil company Yukos were spent on establishing a fund for housing and utilities sector reforms, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
The relationship between business and the...
The relationship between business and the infrastructure are not easy in Russia as evidenced by a fact made public at a recent forum on infrastructure projects.
The Russian Armed Forces will be fully equipped...
The Russian Armed Forces will be fully equipped with a new-generation mobile command-and-control system by 2012, an industry expert said Monday.
The town of Coonamble in Australia"s most...
The town of Coonamble in Australia"s most populous New South Wales state is preparing for its worst flood in more than 50 years, the ABC has said.
The U.S. is ready to help Russia in bringing...
The U.S. is ready to help Russia in bringing to justice those responsible for Monday"s blasts in Moscow subway, U.S. President Barack Obama told his Russian counterpart in a phone conversation.
Three men have been charged with involvement...
Three men have been charged with involvement in the assassination of the top police official in Russia"s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, Russia"s special investigations committee said on Friday.
Tom Balmforth, Russia Profile
Tom Balmforth, Russia Profile
Ukraine"s Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko...
Ukraine"s Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko will arrive in Russia on March 16 for a two-day working visit, Ukrainian UNIAN news agency reported on Sunday, citing a Russian diplomatic source.
Ukraine"s new Prime Minister Mykola Azarov...
Ukraine"s new Prime Minister Mykola Azarov will try to persuade his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to review Russian gas prices for Ukraine during a meeting in Moscow on Thursday.
Ukraine"s president-elect Viktor Yanukovych...
Ukraine"s president-elect Viktor Yanukovych could author a philosophic essay on the fickleness of human nature. State leaders, organizations and analysts who only recently referred to him as the Kremlin"s puppet, an election forger, a twice-convicted violent felon and lumpen victor, now seem happy to congratulate him on his victory. At the very least they recognize him as the president of Ukraine and are able to accept him as he is for the sake of international cooperation.
Underdevelopment of basic democratic institutions...
Underdevelopment of basic democratic institutions and corruption are prohibiting the growth of civil society in Russia, the Russian presidential human rights council chief said on Tuesday.
UNITED NATIONS, September 28 (RIA Novosti)...
UNITED NATIONS, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is concerned over Iran"s missile launches against the backdrop of the Islamic Republic"s unresolved nuclear issues, but Moscow is calling for restraint, the Russian foreign minister said Monday.
U.S. President Barack Obama named ten charity...
U.S. President Barack Obama named ten charity organizations which would benefit from the $1.4 million he received after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. media said on Friday.
Violence and corruption in Russia"s legal...
Violence and corruption in Russia"s legal system could ultimately spell the end for the Russian state as it is today, the jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said in a newspaper article published on Wednesday.
Vladislav Ardzinba, a man who spearheaded...
Vladislav Ardzinba, a man who spearheaded the rebellion of his Black Sea province of Abkhazia against Georgian rule, died on Thursday after a long illness aged 64, the Abkhazian parliamentary speaker said.
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, April 8 (RIA Novosti)...
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, April 8 (RIA Novosti) - The operators of the Sakhalin I and II oil and gas projects off Russia's Pacific Coast produced 3.75 million metric tons (27.5 million barrels) of oil in the first quarter, the regional administration said on Wednesday.