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A Finnish court has ruled against returning...

A Finnish court has ruled against returning a Russian woman"s son back to her, whom her Finnish husband had earlier taken out of Russia last year, the defendant"s lawyer said on Friday.

A priest has been stabbed to death in Chuvashia...

A priest has been stabbed to death in Chuvashia, less than two weeks after a clergyman was shot dead in the central Russian republic, local investigators said on Wednesday.

A resident of Dagestan has claimed that...

A resident of Dagestan has claimed that he recognizes one of the women who carried out the terrorist attacks on the Moscow metro as his daughter Mariam Sharipova, the Moscow weekly Novaya Gazeta reported.

Armenia asked Russia to provide it with...

Armenia asked Russia to provide it with a $100 million loan to develop the Transcaucasia state"s diamond industry, which was the country"s major economic locomotive in early 2000th, but has plunged in recent years, a Russian Finance Ministry spokesman said on Saturday.

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S...

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for the February 12 launch.

A Soyuz TMA-18 piloted spacecraft with a...

A Soyuz TMA-18 piloted spacecraft with a new space crew has docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in the automatic mode, Mission Control said on Sunday.

As Russia seeks to rid itself of its dependence...

As Russia seeks to rid itself of its dependence on raw material exports and usher in innovations, the presidential commission for modernization has proposed an all-out transition to energy-saving bulbs, a business daily reported on Tuesday.

At least 51 people have died in mudslides...

At least 51 people have died in mudslides on Brazil"s southeast coast over the past three days, CNN said.

Bulgaria"s possible participation in a U.S...

Bulgaria"s possible participation in a U.S. missile defense system is not targeted against Russia, Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov said on Wednesday.

Excerpts from a RIA Novosti online conference...

Excerpts from a RIA Novosti online conference with Georgy Vilinbakhov, State Heraldry Master of the Russian Federation

Former UN envoy to Afghanistan Peter Galbraith...

Former UN envoy to Afghanistan Peter Galbraith has dismissed allegations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that foreign observers were involved in a plot to put a puppet government in power during last year"s disputed elections, the BBC has said.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said a failure in Copenhagen would be catastrophic and backed calls by developing nations to keep the Kyoto Protocol.

In an unusual debate on Wednesday, the upper...

In an unusual debate on Wednesday, the upper house of the Russian parliament declared that Russia"s performance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver was "unsatisfactory."

Investigators have established that the...

Investigators have established that the latest test failure of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile was caused by a design flaw, rather than a faulty component, a Russian defense industry source said Tuesday.

Iran and Russia should switch to their national...

Iran and Russia should switch to their national currencies in joint oil and gas projects, an Iranian oil official suggested on Wednesday as part of bilateral talks on a long-term plan of energy cooperation.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unexpectedly dropped his opposition to sending uranium abroad for enrichment in a move aimed at defusing Tehran"s stand-off with the West over its nuclear program.

Israel has carried out at least 13 airstrikes...

Israel has carried out at least 13 airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, the BBC has said, quoting Palestinian sources.

It will take Russia four or five years to...

It will take Russia four or five years to return to the deficit-free budgets that the country enjoyed before the global financial crisis hit, Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said on Wednesday.

Kazakhstan intends to acquire 33% stakes...

Kazakhstan intends to acquire 33% stakes in two Russian-Ukrainian joint ventures using the Baikonur space center for launches of Dnepr and Zenit carrier rockets, the country"s top space official said Friday.

Large inheritances can kill heirs, Russian...

Large inheritances can kill heirs, Russian tycoon Vladimir Potanin, who announced plans to hand his entire fortune to charity when he dies to follow the footsteps of U.S. multibillionaire Bill Gates, said on Tuesday.

Moscow and Washington could resume talks...

Moscow and Washington could resume talks on a new U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of January, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian warships will continue patrolling pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast to ensure the safety of commercial shipping in the area, Russia's defense minister said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Navy took over command of the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group from Romania Saturday prior to an active phase of a Blackseafor exercise, the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet said. Formally established at Turkey"s initiative in 2001, Blackseafor - which comprises Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia and Russia - conducts search and rescue operations, and environmental monitoring, and organizes goodwill visits among Black Sea countries. Its charter says Blackseafor can also be deployed for peacekeeping operations under a UN or OSCE mandate. Captain I Rank Mikhail Sukhval who will coordinate Blackseafor"s joint activities during the next year praised current contacts between the fleets of the Blackseafor countries.

Moscow is apprehensive about U.S. plans...

Moscow is apprehensive about U.S. plans to deploy missile defense elements in Romania, a senior Russian MP said Friday.

Moscow is convinced that the new Russia-U.S...

Moscow is convinced that the new Russia-U.S. strategic arms reduction deal to be signed in Prague on April 8 will be ratified by both countries, a Russian presidential aide said on Monday.

Moscow is deeply concerned with the plans...

Moscow is deeply concerned with the plans of the United States to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland near the Russian border, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...

MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia launched on Thursday a Proton-M rocket carrying a military satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Defense Ministry said.

MOSCOW, July 31 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow...

MOSCOW, July 31 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow Region court sanctioned the arrest of a man accused of attempting to murder Isa Yamadayev, whose two brothers were gunned down in Moscow and Dubai over a seven-month period, a court spokeswoman said on Friday.

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost...

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia lost 413 million rubles ($16 million) in the first five months of 2007 as a result of money laundering, an Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. Yevgeny Shkolov, head of the ministry"s economic security department, said his unit alone tracked down some 2,680 money-laundering incidents between January and May of this year - a 14% increase year-on-year. The total number of such crimes detected across the nation was 4,390, he said. "Some 4,390 crimes related to money laundering were tracked in the Russian Federation in the first five months of this year, including 1,257 on a large scale," Shkolov said.

MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - Greenpeace...

MOSCOW, March 17 (RIA Novosti) - Greenpeace activists are calling on French company Areva to cease nuclear waste exports to Moscow ahead of another train delivery of spent nuclear fuel on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Somali pirates...

MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Somali pirates can be prosecuted under Russian laws, a Russian deputy general prosecutor said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Greenpeace"s...

MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Greenpeace"s new head, South African activist Kumi Naidoo, can be expected to pursue balanced policies, the head of the Russian branch of the global environmental group said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - More...

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - More than 50 people were detained in an unauthorized protest in downtown Moscow on Saturday, according to police, but protestors said the number was higher and police were too tough.

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Rescuers...

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Rescuers have found flight recorders from a Russian Interior Ministry plane that crashed in Yakutia in the Far East early on Sunday, killing all eleven crewmembers, the TV channel Vesti said on its website.

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed amendments to the criminal law stipulating criminal liability for offences damaging investors" rights on the securities market, the Kremlin press office said on Sunday.

MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Reserve Fund decreased 2.4% to 2.242 trillion rubles ($77.18 billion), while the National Welfare Fund shrank 1.9% to 2.712 trillion rubles ($93.38 billion) in October, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - Russian designers are currently developing a fifth-generation fighter plane, also known as the Advanced Front-Line Aviation Complex (PAK FA) for Russia's Air Force.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik)

MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - The Bank of New York will pay Russia"s customs authorities at least $14 million as an out-of-court settlement of a $22.5 billion money laundering lawsuit, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.

News Corp. and Cameron are discussing plans...

News Corp. and Cameron are discussing plans for a sequel to the sci-fi adventure Avatar, Hollywood Reporter.com reported on Wednesday, citing a company source.

NHL star Alexander Ovechkin expects to play...

NHL star Alexander Ovechkin expects to play Canada in the Olympic ice hockey quarterfinals, and says the Russian team will have to play as one to win.

One of the three hotels attacked by heavily-armed...

One of the three hotels attacked by heavily-armed militants in India"s Mumbai in November 2008 reopened on Saturday.

RIA Novosti, the Ekho Moskvy radio station...

RIA Novosti, the Ekho Moskvy radio station and Izvestia newspaper have launched a new historical investigation project, headlined "Attention, History."

Russia and South Ossetia have signed an...

Russia and South Ossetia have signed an agreement on establishing a permanent Russian military base in the former Georgian republic, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday.

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military...

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military products last year, up 10% against 2008, the head of the country"s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.

Russia has launched a cargo module to the...

Russia has launched a cargo module to the International Space Station (ISS), mission control said on Wednesday.

Russia has managed to reverse the trend...

Russia has managed to reverse the trend of the past few years with explored natural reserves exceeding their output in 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Russia is not developing military cooperation...

Russia is not developing military cooperation with Pakistan, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday.

Russian and Polish clerics have agreed to...

Russian and Polish clerics have agreed to draw up a document on the reconciliation of the two nations in a bid to put an end to long-standing tensions in Russian-Polish relations, a press-secretary of the Polish Catholic Bishops Conference has said.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin described as "provocative" Georgian calls for deployment of international police force and peacekeepers in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend an Arctic Five ministerial meeting on Monday as part of his two-day visit to Canada.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for an acceleration of a project to create an international financial center in Moscow.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a law on ratifying treaties with the former Georgian republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on joint border protection, the Kremlin press office said on Monday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Palestinian counterpart on Tuesday to discuss the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks, a Kremlin source said.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani are to meet Wednesday to discuss investment cooperation in the energy sphere, the Russian government said.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an investigation into the use of funds allocated for preparations for the Vancouver Games, saying the failure cannot be explained merely by biased judging.

Russians have shown more enthusiasm for...

Russians have shown more enthusiasm for savings accounts in 2010 than they did last year, a report published on Friday revealed.

Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova"s mother...

Russian tennis star Anna Kournikova"s mother was arrested and charged with child neglect after her 5-year-old son fell out of a window and was injured, the U.S. entertainment news website TMZ reported.

Russia"s drug control chief, Viktor Ivanov...

Russia"s drug control chief, Viktor Ivanov, will announce new proposals on Wednesday for eliminating the narcotics threat from Afghanistan at the Russia-NATO Council meeting in Brussels, a law enforcement source said.

Russia"s metals giant Norilsk Nickel posted...

Russia"s metals giant Norilsk Nickel posted a 6% decrease year-on-year in nickel output to 282,900 metric tons in 2009, with last year"s copper production down 4% to 402,000 metric tons against 2008.

Russia"s Nerpa nuclear attack submarine...

Russia"s Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, which entered service with the Navy in late 2009, will undergo additional adjustments in February, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Russia"s state-owned energy giant Gazprom...

Russia"s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is preparing an ambitious bid to become one of the biggest fuel suppliers in Britain, The Sunday Times reported.

Several Russian car manufacturers have asked...

Several Russian car manufacturers have asked the government to introduce a minimum assembly requirement for foreign producers of 300,000 cars per year by 2013-2014, Russian business daily Kommersant said on Monday.

Swedish women"s curling team defended its...

Swedish women"s curling team defended its Turin Olympic gold medal, snatching the victory from Canada in the extra end of the Vancouver Olympic final.

Tatneft, one of Russia"s top 10 crude producers...

Tatneft, one of Russia"s top 10 crude producers, said on Tuesday its U.S. GAAP net profit increased 55%, year-on-year, in January-September 2009 to 47.15 billion rubles ($1.6 billion).

Thai prosecutors have put off until Feb...

Thai prosecutors have put off until Feb. 11 a decision on whether to indict the crew of a cargo plane that was seized with illegal weaponry from North Korea on board, national media said on Friday.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake...

The death toll from a powerful earthquake which struck Chile earlier on Saturday has risen to 47, the country"s president, Michelle Bachelet, said.

The first batch of Russian fifth-generation...

The first batch of Russian fifth-generation fighters will go into service in 2013, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

The head of a leading Russian privately-held...

The head of a leading Russian privately-held bank said on Thursday that a new financial bubble was emerging in Russia and could threaten its economic recovery.

The Moscow city government has denied three...

The Moscow city government has denied three opposition groups permission to hold a rally on Thursday, threatening to deal harshly with any attempts to hold it, the mayor"s office said on Wednesday.

The next Russia-EU Summit will take place...

The next Russia-EU Summit will take place in Rostov-on-Don on May 31 - June 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.

The overthrow of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek...

The overthrow of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has confirmed the old truth: All authoritarian regimes are eventually overthrown by a wave of public wrath if they are unable to resolve internal political problems peacefully and do not encourage political and socio-economic modernization.

The Soviet Union sent its troops to Afghanistan...

The Soviet Union sent its troops to Afghanistan on December 25, 1979, after decades of friendly relations. The policy of Mohammed Zahir Shah was balanced and suited the Soviet Union, which was implementing many economic projects in Afghanistan and also supplied weapons and trained Afghan professionals at its universities.