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.
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.
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.