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A Cambodia-flagged cargo ship with 24 Russians...

A Cambodia-flagged cargo ship with 24 Russians on board has been stranded in the Sea of Japan after the main engine failure amid a snow storm, a local sea rescue center official said on Friday.

A female Siberian tiger which received a...

A female Siberian tiger which received a tracking collar from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last year has been found after going missing for three months.

A gun found on a man who was shot dead by...

A gun found on a man who was shot dead by police in south Russia was used in the murder of a priest in Moscow last year, investigators said on Tuesday.

Arctic peoples and their cultural inheritance...

Arctic peoples and their cultural inheritance are vulnerable to rising global temperatures, the Russian president"s adviser on climate change said at the Fifth Arctic Leaders" Summit in Moscow on Wednesday.

A Russian delegation led by Deputy Prime...

A Russian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin will pay a two-day visit to Istanbul on Thursday to discuss the construction of Turkey"s first nuclear power plant and other energy projects.

A Russian deputy prime minister said the...

A Russian deputy prime minister said the country"s environmentalists are aiming to "trash" the 2014 Olympics in Russia"s Black Sea resort city of Sochi instead of taking "a constructive stance."

A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has delivered...

A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has delivered into orbit the U.S. telecommunications satellite DirecTV-12, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said.

A vessel belonging to the environmental...

A vessel belonging to the environmental organization Greenpeace will arrive in St. Petersburg on Wednesday as part of an anti-nuclear tour in protest against the import of French spent nuclear fuel to Russia, Greenpeace Russia"s press service said.

Both Russia and foreign car concerns will...

Both Russia and foreign car concerns will benefit from tightening the requirements for entering the Russian car market, a leading expert from the Russian Avtostat think tank told RIA Novosti on Monday.

Britain and the U.S. have agreed to join...

Britain and the U.S. have agreed to join forces in a fight against Islamist groups in Yemen, BBC said.

Chief Palestinian presidential advisor Sahib...

Chief Palestinian presidential advisor Sahib Oreikat will discuss recent Israeli settlement activities at a meeting of Middle East mediators in Moscow on March 19, a Palestinian spokesman said on Tuesday.

Employees of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Employees of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the sheriff of the financial industry, spent hours daily surfing porno-sites as the global financial crisis was unfolding, the ABC News television channel reported.

Export duty on Russian natural gas for Ukraine...

Export duty on Russian natural gas for Ukraine has been reset to zero from April 1, a decree signed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

French naval shipbuilder DCNS said on Thursday...

French naval shipbuilder DCNS said on Thursday it expected to receive a final answer from Russia soon on buying a Mistral-class helicopter carrier.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay an official visit to Russia on December 6-8, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday.

Iranian authorities need to determine whether...

Iranian authorities need to determine whether to retort to more repressive measures or to democratic methods in order to bring opposition protests back under control, a Russian expert said.

Iran"s top nuclear official said on Monday...

Iran"s top nuclear official said on Monday the Islamic Republic was considering a new offer from Russia, the United States and France on nuclear fuel enrichment, the ILNA news agency reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would not suspend building in East Jerusalem despite damaging ties with the United States and hampering Mideast peace efforts.

KRASNOGORSK (Moscow Region), February 5...

KRASNOGORSK (Moscow Region), February 5 - Foreign investment in the Moscow Region’s economy reached $4.3 billion in 2009, Moscow Region foreign economic relations minister Tigran Karakhanov said.

Kyrgyz youth groups have demanded representation...

Kyrgyz youth groups have demanded representation in the cabinet of ministers and a lowering of the age threshold for presidential candidates, a Russian business daily said on Thursday.

Libya"s sovereign fund has bought the most...

Libya"s sovereign fund has bought the most shares in Russian aluminum giant RusAl"s initial public offering in Hong Kong, along with Russia"s national development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB), a business daily reported on Monday.

MISSION CONTROL (Korolyov, Moscow Region)...

MISSION CONTROL (Korolyov, Moscow Region), October 11 (RIA Novosti) - The launch of a Progress space freighter to the International Space Station planned for late 2009 has been postponed until 2010, the Russian rocket and space corporation Energia said on Sunday.

MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Finnish...

MOSCOW, August 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Finnish owner of a cargo ship, crewed by Russians, that went missing off Portugal"s Atlantic coast on August 1 has asked Russia to assist in tracing the vessel, which may have been hijacked. "The Solchart company and me personally are counting, above all, on Russia"s assistance in the search for the missing vessel and its crew," Viktor Matveyev, the company"s executive director, said. The dry cargo vessel, the Arctic Sea, was due to arrive at the Algerian port of Bejaia on August 4. According to crew members, on July 24, masked men claiming to be police stopped the Arctic Sea in the Baltic Sea and tied up the crew, after which they searched the vessel. The crew is reported to have said the men then left the ship after the 12-hour ordeal and the Arctic Sea resumed its voyage. The Times newspaper cited a Maritime and Coastguard Agency representative as saying "We thought we had spoken to a member of the crew but of course it could have been someone with a gun pointed at their head or a hijacker." Mark Clark said that the ship had last been seen by a Portuguese patrol vessel. "This is the last information we have on the ship. Where she is now no one knows," Clark said, adding "no one can recall a hijacked ship being taken through the [English] channel." According to media reports, the Arctic Sea, which flies the Maltese flag, had a crew of 13 sailors on board as of late March.

MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, August 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Kruzenshtern sailing ship is taking part in a nautical festival in the Dutch port of Delfzijl a month ahead of her voyage round the world, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...

MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Finance Ministry has received, and is considering, a request from the Bolivian government for a $100-mln loan, a ministry"s source said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti) - The implementation...

MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti) - The implementation of bilateral Russian and Bulgarian energy projects is particularly important in these times of global financial crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.

MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships will take part in several international drills in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea later this year, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has...

MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has bought 12 unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel in a recent deal worth $53 million, a Russian government official said on Monday.

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom...

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom plans to occupy 10% of the British energy market by 2011, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Friday at the Russian energy giant"s annual shareholders" meeting.

MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot has filed a bid for a tender to purchase a 91.5% stake in Czech Airlines (CSA), Aeroflot's press office said on Monday.

MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti) - The World...

MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti) - The World Wildlife Fund has asked Russians to switch their lights off for one hour on Saturday as part of Earth Hour, a global event to promote energy conservation and raise climate change awareness.

MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian interior minister used his annual Police Day address on Tuesday to remind police chiefs that officers should point their weapons at criminals, and not aim them at law-abiding citizens.

MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...

MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia may raise oil export duty on its benchmark Urals blend by $40 from December 1 to $271-273 per metric ton from the current $231.2 per ton, a Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Sales...

MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Sales of a traditional Chinese medicine against swine flu, which its producer says is especially effective for children, have been launched in China, a local newspaper said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - U.S...

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Russian human rights activists in Moscow on Saturday, a day after unsuccessful defense talks with the country's leaders.

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Reserve Fund decreased 3.7% to 2.298 trillion rubles ($76.37 billion) while the National Welfare Fund shrank 0.9% to 2.764 trillion rubles ($91.86 billion) in September, the Finance Ministry said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-British...

MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-British joint oil venture TNK-BP said on Tuesday its U.S. GAAP net profit had increased 34% year-on-year in July-September 2009 to $1.7 billion.

MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-crewed...

MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-crewed and Maltese-flagged vessel at the center of a mysterious hijacking case will arrive in Malta on Thursday, an unnamed diplomatic source said Wednesday.

MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - A group...

MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - A group of prominent Russian scientists working abroad have urged measures to end the ongoing brain drain from the country and prevent the collapse of science in the country.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna) - Four Baltic nations - Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and Poland - have decided to build a powerful nuclear plant together.

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Arctic Sea cargo ship that was missing for more than two weeks before being freed from hijackers is preparing to enter the Mediterranean Sea, a Russian military source said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-British joint oil venture TNK-BP will hold an initial public offering after 2010, Viktor Vekselberg, one of the four major Russian shareholders in the company, said Tuesday. The British oil giant and the Alfa Access-Renova consortium of Russian billionaire shareholders signed last week a memorandum of understanding that should put an end to their protracted dispute over the joint oil venture"s management. It includes an option to sell up to 20% of a TNK-BP subsidiary through an IPO on international financial markets. The deal is a concession by BP to a number of its Russian partners" demands, including the removal of BP-appointed chief executive Robert Dudley, whom they accused of acting in only BP"s interests, and the appointment of three independent executives. The British oil major earlier accused the Russian shareholders of orchestrating a state harassment campaign against TNK-BP, Russia"s third largest producer, and seeking to seize control of the venture.

Moscow waits for detailed explanations concerning...

Moscow waits for detailed explanations concerning U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile shield in Bulgaria, the Russian foreign minister said.

North Korean authorities have detained a...

North Korean authorities have detained a U.S. national for illegally entering the communist state from China, Yonhap said on Thursday, citing the official Korean Central News Agency.

Over 3.5 million people attended the night...

Over 3.5 million people attended the night Easter service in Russia, with about 114,000 police and interior troops providing public security during the festivities, the Interior Ministry reported on Sunday.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has...

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has handed control over the country"s nuclear arsenal to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Dawn newspaper has said in its online edition.

Police have found an arms cache in the Republic...

Police have found an arms cache in the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia"s volatile North Caucasus region, a local police spokesman said on Sunday.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will discuss military and economic cooperation, including a $2.2 billion loan to buy Russian arms, during his first visit to the South American country, a Russian government source said on Wednesday.

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Russia and the United States will not lecture...

Russia and the United States will not lecture each other at talks in Washington next week, a senior Kremlin aide said in a newspaper interview published on Friday.

Russia and the U.S. may sign a new nuclear...

Russia and the U.S. may sign a new nuclear arms reduction treaty in March or April, the Russian president"s aide said on Wednesday.

Russia has delivered a total of 15 batteries...

Russia has delivered a total of 15 batteries of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to China, the manufacturer said on Friday.

Russia is concerned over the rise of terrorist...

Russia is concerned over the rise of terrorist activity in Yemen and supports efforts by the Yemeni authorities to tackle extremism in the country, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Russia is planning to strengthen its positions...

Russia is planning to strengthen its positions as a key supplier of weaponry in the Asia-Pacific region by seeking new customers at a major arms show in Malaysia, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has said.

Russia is set to hold the first test of...

Russia is set to hold the first test of its futuristic fifth-generation fighter jet on Friday, a source at the country"s largest aircraft producer said on Thursday.

Russia may undertake the large-scale resettlement...

Russia may undertake the large-scale resettlement of residents of single-industry towns in a bid to tackle high unemployment in the country"s depressed regions, a business daily said on Thursday.

Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football...

Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has kept his position as Britain"s second richest man, a British paper reported on Sunday.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will try on Thursday to persuade members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to support Russia"s proposal to draw up a new European security treaty.

Russian mobile operator VimpelCom announced...

Russian mobile operator VimpelCom announced on Thursday a US GAAP profit of $283 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with a net loss of $816 million the previous year.

Russia"s first and only Formula One driver...

Russia"s first and only Formula One driver, Vitaly Petrov, scored his first championship points on Sunday with a seventh-place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix, won by Jensen Button.

Russia"s Ivan Skobrev took the Olympic silver...

Russia"s Ivan Skobrev took the Olympic silver in men"s 10,000 meters speed skating event.

Russia"s largest truck maker Kamaz said...

Russia"s largest truck maker Kamaz said on Thursday it was opening an assembly facility in India on Friday with an annual output of 5,000 vehicles.

Russia"s position at negotiations on a 2010...

Russia"s position at negotiations on a 2010 agreement for oil deliveries to Belarus is seriously undermining the new Customs Union between Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan, a Belarusian government source said on Saturday.

Russia"s top ten billionaires have almost...

Russia"s top ten billionaires have almost doubled their aggregate wealth in 12 months to $139.3 billion, the Finans business magazine reported on Wednesday.

Russia successfully launched the Proton-M...

Russia successfully launched the Proton-M carrier rocket with a U.S. telecommunications satellite Intelsat-16 on Friday, a spokesman for Russia"s space agency said.

Russia will fulfill its obligations under...

Russia will fulfill its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, the presidential advisor on climate issues said on Friday.

Russia will only allow poultry imports from...

Russia will only allow poultry imports from the U.S. if it adheres to Russia"s sanitary regulations regarding poultry processing, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said on Tuesday.

Swedish cross country skiers brought their...

Swedish cross country skiers brought their country fourth gold of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver after winning in men"s 4x10 km Relay Classic.

The commander of Russia"s space forces said...

The commander of Russia"s space forces said on Friday Russia had no plans to deploy weapons of any kind in space.

The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in...

The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has apologized on national Afghan television for an airstrike that took the lives of up to 27 civilians, the alliance said on Tuesday.

The flow of counterfeit goods to Russia...

The flow of counterfeit goods to Russia from China could increase following the creation of a customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, a Russian customs official said on Thursday.

The Middle East Quartet"s call on Israel...

The Middle East Quartet"s call on Israel to freeze all settlement activity in East Jerusalem "distances" hopes for renewed peace talks, the Israeli Foreign Minister said on Friday.

The NATO chief has welcomed a new strategic...

The NATO chief has welcomed a new strategic arms reduction treaty, which will be signed between Russia and the United States soon.

The Russian and NATO top military officials...

The Russian and NATO top military officials will hold their next meeting May 6 in Brussels to finalize a draft treaty they approved Tuesday, Russia"s envoy to the alliance, Dmitry Rogozin, said.

The Russian women"s ice hockey team lost...

The Russian women"s ice hockey team lost a shootout against Switzerland to finish sixth at the Olympics in Vancouver.

The Taliban dismissed on Tuesday reports...

The Taliban dismissed on Tuesday reports that its top military commander had been captured in southern Pakistan.

Today, on February 16, the Kyoto Protocol...

Today, on February 16, the Kyoto Protocol is marking an anniversary: five years since it officially came into force. This anti-global warming charter has seen many anniversaries. It was adopted in December 1997 in Kyoto (hence its name) and opened for signing in March 1998. The first steps towards its implementation were made on January 1, 2008.