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The average size of a bribe in Russia nearly...

The average size of a bribe in Russia nearly tripled between 2008 and 2009, despite a weakened global economic climate, a Russian Interior Ministry report published on Thursday said.


Moscow. (RIA Novosti political correspondent...

Moscow. (RIA Novosti political correspondent Andrei Fedyashin) – Starting today, December 1, Greater Europe will live under a new Constitution. It took eight years to adopt and nobody dares use the term “constitution” officially because it was so difficult to adopt it. They prefer to call it the “Lisbon Treaty on reform.”


The Russian authorities have pledged to...

The Russian authorities have pledged to transfer the full authority over the famed Novodevichy Convent in Moscow to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2010.

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UN secretary general has set off for a tour...

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon together with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and the Quartet"s special representative Tony Blair met for the Middle East Quartet of international mediators in Moscow on Friday.

Farhan Haq said Ban is expected to meet over the weekend with the president and prime minister of Israel, the Palestinian premier as well as to visit Gaza to evaluate the humanitarian situation in the region.

The Quartet condemned recent plans by Israeli to build 1,600 housing units for Jewish families in the disputed area of East Jerusalem and demanded that all settlement activity be frozen.

"The Quartet urges the government of Israel to freeze all settlement activity, including natural growth, dismantle outposts erected since March 2001 and to refrain from demolitions and evictions in East Jerusalem," Ban said.

Chief Palestinian presidential advisor Sahib Oreikat

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