MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - The number of victims of flooding and rainstorms in southwest China"s Sichuan Province has risen to 22, while another seven people are missing, the Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian political parties may soon be freed of the necessity to collect a set amount of signatures in order to register for parliamentary polls, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday described the level of corruption in the country"s North Caucasus as "unprecedented" and promised to takes steps to tackle the problem.