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A colleague of Russian Orthodox priest Daniil...
A colleague of Russian Orthodox priest Daniil Sysoyev who was recently murdered in Moscow has been beaten.
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A high-tech research and production hub...
A high-tech research and production hub, similar to the Silicon Valley in California, will be built in Skolkovo near Moscow, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
A Moscow priest who was shot down by a masked...
A Moscow priest who was shot down by a masked gunman last week was laid to rest at a church cemetery in the capital"s west amid tight security.
A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S...
A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite Echostar 14 was launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said.
A Russian mobile hospital and its medical...
A Russian mobile hospital and its medical personnel will provide medical assistance to the victims of the devastating Haiti quake for another 10 days, the emergencies ministry said.
A suspected militant has been killed in...
A suspected militant has been killed in a special operation near Nazran, the largest city of south Russia"s Republic of Ingushetia, a local police source has said.
At least five suspected militants were killed...
At least five suspected militants were killed in Pakistan"s restive tribal zone on the border with Afghanistan during a U.S. drone attack on a militant hideout, the Press Trust of India said on Saturday.
At least six people were killed and 15 injured...
At least six people were killed and 15 injured in a suspected terrorist attack in Swat Valley in Pakistan"s northwest, the Aaj TV channel reported on Monday citing police.
A United Airlines Boeing 767 en route from...
A United Airlines Boeing 767 en route from Washington to Moscow made an emergency landing on an island of the Azores in the mid-Atlantic, the Russian Federal Air Transportation Agency said on Wednesday.
China said on Thursday that discussions...
China said on Thursday that discussions of new sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program could undermine the efforts to resolve the issue using diplomacy.
European airlines are pressing national...
European airlines are pressing national aviation authorities to ease a flight ban over the spread of ash from a volcano in Iceland as losses mount and passengers remain stranded.
Former U.S. secretary of state, Alexander...
Former U.S. secretary of state, Alexander Haig, died on Saturday at a hospital in Baltimore at the age of 85.
Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova has to...
Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova has to leave the 2010 Australian Open after her defeat on the opening day, but the Russian told her fans she was not discouraged and would fight on.
Gazprom"s position as the world"s largest...
Gazprom"s position as the world"s largest natural gas supplier may be shattered as an ever larger number of companies are investing in alternative gas production, a Russian business paper reported on Wednesday.
German troops operating in Afghanistan have...
German troops operating in Afghanistan have killed at least five Afghani soldiers in a friendly fire incident in the country"s northern Kunduz province.
Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajoekull whose...
Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajoekull whose eruption froze flights around Europe has somewhat calmed down but could trigger another more powerful volcano, an Icelandic expert said Monday.
Iran"s announcement that it is starting...
Iran"s announcement that it is starting production of 20%-enriched uranium creates doubts about the peaceful nature of the country"s nuclear program, Russia"s security chief Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday.
Kyrgyzstan"s interim government thanked...
Kyrgyzstan"s interim government thanked on Monday Russia for its assistance in the arrest of former Kyrgyz interior minister, Kyrgyz media reported.
Moscow and Washington are likely to restart...
Moscow and Washington are likely to restart negotiations over a joint Russian-U.S. cargo plane project, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told a press conference with his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in the Czech Republic"s capital of Prague on Thursday.
MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Admiral Panteleyev missile destroyer has detained a boat carrying 29 suspected pirates off the Somali coast, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Navy dismissed on Thursday media reports that the Black Sea frigate Ladny had been pursuing a ship in the Atlantic that resembled the missing Arctic Sea cargo vessel.
MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Solchart...
MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - Solchart Arkhangelsk Ltd, the operator of the missing Arctic Sea cargo vessel, said on Friday it has no reliable information on the whereabouts of its ship.
MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - The tracking...
MOSCOW, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - The tracking device aboard the Russian-crewed Arctic Sea, missing since late July, was briefly reactivated on Saturday showing the vessel to be located in the Bay of Biscay, a Russian maritime journal said.
MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Iraqi...
MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Iraqi Interior Ministry has reported at least 95 killed and 563 injured after a truck bombing and mortar attacks in the country"s capital of Baghdad on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) - A Gazprom...
MOSCOW, August 1 (RIA Novosti) - A Gazprom spokesman said Wednesday that the Russian energy giant expected "major new discoveries" of oil and gas reserves under the Arctic Ocean, and had large-scale prospecting plans for the region.
MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a government resolution on Friday increasing from September 1 Urals oil export duty to $238.6 per metric ton from the current $222.
MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Reserve Fund declined 5.5% to 2.957 trillion rubles ($94.52 billion) while the National Prosperity Fund grew 1% to 2.814 trillion rubles ($89.93 billion) in June, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Modernization...
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Modernization of the Russian economy is an issue for the country"s survival in today"s conditions, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Police...
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Police have set free all the protesters detained in an unauthorized rally in downtown Moscow on Saturday, the Moscow interior department said on Sunday.
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s prime minister on Sunday briefed his Swedish counterpart, the current EU president, about possible problems with Ukrainian payment for Russian gas and its transit to European consumers, a spokesman said.
MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, October 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russian oil and petrochemical exporters posted a 45% decrease in revenue in the first nine months of 2009 to $129 billion, the finance minister told the lower house of parliament on Wednesday.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna) - The construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant has finally started on the Bulgarian bank of the Danube.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Maxim Krans) - Santa Claus might soon be a Russian citizen. At least, that is the hope of well-known Arctic explorer Artur Chilingarov, who will lead Arctic 2007, one of the biggest expeditions in the history of polar research.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen...
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Friday the West is no threat to Moscow and that Russia"s new military doctrine is off target, the Polish Radio Foreign Service reported.
North Korea celebrated the 68th birthday...
North Korea celebrated the 68th birthday of its leader on Tuesday as defectors in the South launched balloons carrying propaganda leaflets towards the North, a South Korean news agency reported.
North Korea shrugged off the importance...
North Korea shrugged off the importance to the new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty signed in Prague in early April, the central North Korean Rodong Sinmun newspaper said on Wednesday.
Passengers and employees of two railway...
Passengers and employees of two railway stations in Russia"s second largest city of St. Petersburg were evacuated over a bomb threat, the press service for the local transportation department said on Thursday.
Police detained over 50 people on Moscow"s...
Police detained over 50 people on Moscow"s Triumph Square for an attempt to hold a protest rally, a law enforcement source said on Thursday.
Romania"s top national security body has...
Romania"s top national security body has approved a plan to replace Soviet-made MiG-21 LanceR fighters with second-hand U.S. F-16 Falcon jets, the president"s office said on its website on Wednesday.
Russia and France have not yet agreed on...
Russia and France have not yet agreed on the purchase of a French helicopter carrier for the Russian Navy, a Russian deputy defense minister said on Wednesday.
Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military...
Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military products last year, and expects to sell at least a similar amount in 2010, the head of the country"s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.
Russia has sent some 150 paratroopers to...
Russia has sent some 150 paratroopers to its Kant airbase in the ex-Soviet Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan to ensure the safety of families of Russian military staff, the General Staff chief Nikolay Makarov said.
Russia may raise oil export duty on its...
Russia may raise oil export duty on its Urals blend from the current $253.6 to $268.9 per metric ton from March 1, following trends on global oil markets, a Finance Ministry official said.
Russian army sappers render harmless some...
Russian army sappers render harmless some 100,000 mines and other forms of ammunition every year, an Armed Forces official said on Saturday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss Nagorny Karabakh during his visit to Armenia on January 13-14, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
Russian General Staff chief Nikolai Makarov...
Russian General Staff chief Nikolai Makarov said on Monday he may meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Washington later this month.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has congratulated former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, on his 80th birthday, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday ordered the Federal Security Service to tighten security in the North Caucasus following a suicide bomb attack in Dagestan that killed six and wounded over 10 police officers.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday sent his condolences to his Haitian counterpart Rene Preval over the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Kremlin said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged support to Pakistan, which has seen a series of deadly suicide bombings in recent months, in its efforts to fight terrorism, the Kremlin reported on Saturday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend the ceremony of launching the East-Siberia - Pacific Ocean oil pipeline during his visit to the region on December 28-29, the government press office said on Sunday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will make his first visit to Venezuela later on Friday for bilateral talks with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Russian State News & Information Agency...
Russian State News & Information Agency RIA Novosti has launched a multimedia platform, which will collect and post pictures and videos made by everyday Internet users, who have witnessed a remarkable event.
Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin intends...
Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin intends to contribute his entire fortune to charity when he dies, following in the footsteps of U.S. multibillionaire Bill Gates, a business daily reported on Tuesday.
Russia"s branch of the Swiss food giant...
Russia"s branch of the Swiss food giant Nestle has not been officially notified by the Russian consumer rights watchdog of a ban on some its baby food imports, a company manager said.
Russia"s car industry is gradually recovering...
Russia"s car industry is gradually recovering from the global financial crisis, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday in his annual address to the State Duma.
Russia"s Central Bank said on Thursday it...
Russia"s Central Bank said on Thursday it is ready to buy 30 metric tons (965,000 troy ounces) of gold at market prices from the country"s precious metals depositary Gokhran by the end of the year.
Russia sold Eurobonds worth $5.5 billion...
Russia sold Eurobonds worth $5.5 billion for the first time since the country defaulted on its obligations in 1998, banking sources told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
Russia"s Union of Journalists on Wednesday...
Russia"s Union of Journalists on Wednesday gave its support for a RIA Novosti photo correspondent fined by a court on the charges of participating in an unsanctioned opposition meeting.
Russia will shut down on Thursday its last...
Russia will shut down on Thursday its last plutonium reactor, which has been producing weapon-grade plutonium at a formerly closed town in Siberia for more than 46 years.
Sberbank and General Motors agreed on compensation...
Sberbank and General Motors agreed on compensation, which the U.S. auto giant will pay for its refusal to sell the ailing German automaker Opel, despite earlier accords, Russia"s largest retail bank said on Monday.
Sergei Bagapsh, the president of the former...
Sergei Bagapsh, the president of the former Georgian republic of Abkhazia, will start a three-day official visit to Russia on Tuesday, the Kremlin said on Saturday.
South Korea has called off a rescue operation...
South Korea has called off a rescue operation for more than 40 sailors who remain unaccounted for since a warship sank last week in the Yellow Sea, the South Korean Yonhap news agency has said.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 21 (RIA Novosti) -...
ST. PETERSBURG, June 21 (RIA Novosti) - Rossiya Airlines, a St. Petersburg-based air carrier, plans to buy four A320 Airbus planes in 2008, a senior company official said Thursday. Gennady Boldyrev, first deputy director general at Rossiya Airlines, said an initial protocol had already been signed and a contract was being drawn up. The airline is expected to obtain the first A320 jet in November 2008. Boldyrev said his company would buy Tu-204-300 planes for private carriage, using federal budget funds. Rossiya also expects to receive three long-haul Boeing-767 aircraft later this year. The Airbus A320 is a medium-haul airliner with a passenger capacity of up to 120 and an average flight range of about 3,000 miles. Rossiya Airlines was established in 2006 through a merger between Pulkovo Aviation Company in St. Petersburg and Moscow"s Russia State Transport Company. Its pool has 52 passenger aircraft, including five Boeing 737 and two Airbus A-319 planes. At this week"s air show at Le Bourget outside Paris, Russia"s flagship airline Aeroflot signed a contract with Airbus to buy 22 A350 passenger planes and Russia"s S7 Airlines (formerly Sibir) said it would purchase 25 A320 planes.
Talks in Moscow on U.S. adoptions of Russian...
Talks in Moscow on U.S. adoptions of Russian children have been postponed because the volcanic ash cloud above Europe prevented the U.S. delegation from traveling, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
TALLINN, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Estonia...
TALLINN, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Estonia joined on Monday an international investigation group probing the hijacking of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel, along with Russia, Finland, Sweden and Malta.
The 2010 Olympics hosts Canada confidently...
The 2010 Olympics hosts Canada confidently beat two-time World Champions Russia 7-3 in the quarterfinals of the playoff in Vancouver.
The Canadian hockey team defeated Germany...
The Canadian hockey team defeated Germany 8:2 and will face Russia in the Olympic ice hockey quarterfinals.
The capacity of Nord Stream, a pipeline...
The capacity of Nord Stream, a pipeline to carry 55 billion cu m of Russian natural gas annually to western Europe under the Baltic Sea, could be further increased, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General"s Office charged...
The Kyrgyz Prosecutor General"s Office charged nine officials in connection with the violent crackdown on demonstrators in Bishkek in early April, which left dozens of people dead, the 24.kg news agency said on Wednesday.
The new START (Strategic Arms Reduction...
The new START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) bilateral nuclear arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States was signed by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama on April 8, 2010 in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed on...
The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed on Wednesday media reports that it was planning to purchase a large number of armored vehicles from Italy.
The United Nations should play the leading...
The United Nations should play the leading role in the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the chief of the Arab League said.
The Vice-Admiral Kulakov destroyer will...
The Vice-Admiral Kulakov destroyer will rejoin Russia"s Northern Fleet after an 18-year overhaul, a spokesman for the Severnaya Verf shipyard said on Monday.
Two more sports officials have been given...
Two more sports officials have been given the boot in a Kremlin-led purge of officials responsible for Russia"s poor performance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Ukraine denied on Friday allegations that...
Ukraine denied on Friday allegations that a cargo plane loaded with illegal weaponry from North Korea was charted by a Ukrainian company.
Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz...
Ukrainian national oil and gas company Naftogaz will pay Russian energy giant Gazprom for gas supplies in April with its own funds, Ukrainian ICTV channel said citing Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister as saying.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he is ready to visit North Korea if it helps to restart the six-party talks on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
U.S. Coast Guard officials began investigating...
U.S. Coast Guard officials began investigating reports that oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico has hit the coastline in the early hours of Friday, posing a threat to nature on islands along the Gulf Coast, the New York Times said.
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell...
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, who earlier postponed his visit to the turbulent region amid a row between the U.S. and Israel over plans for new settlement construction in east Jerusalem, would travel to the Middle East on the weekend, the U.S. State Department has said.
U.S. plans to place elements of its global...
U.S. plans to place elements of its global missile shield in Romania pose a real threat to Russia"s national security, a Russian military analyst said on Friday.
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