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A court in Dubai has turned down bail applications...
A court in Dubai has turned down bail applications from two men accused of involvement in the murder of a Russian army commander.
(Adds Lavrov's quote in para 6)
(Adds Lavrov's quote in para 6)
A Georgian Airways plane landed at Moscow"s...
A Georgian Airways plane landed at Moscow"s Domodedovo airport on Friday, the first direct flight between Russia and Georgia since the August 2008 war over South Ossetia.
All three trucks from the Russian Team Kamaz...
All three trucks from the Russian Team Kamaz have occupied the first three places of the 13th leg of the 2010 Dakar Rally in Chile.
A Russian Dnepr carrier rocket will launch...
A Russian Dnepr carrier rocket will launch the European Space Agency"s CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer satellite from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Thursday, the Russian Space Agency said.
A Soyuz-TMA-15 space capsule carrying three...
A Soyuz-TMA-15 space capsule carrying three astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) successfully landed in north Kazakhstan on Tuesday, Russian Mission Control said.
Attempts by Washington to threaten Tehran...
Attempts by Washington to threaten Tehran with possible nuclear strikes undermines global security and brings harm to the global community, an Iranian news agency said citing the country"s foreign minister.
Bulgaria has put on hold construction of...
Bulgaria has put on hold construction of its second nuclear power plant until it finds a new investor to complete the project, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said on Tuesday, the daily 24Casa reported.
By James SHERR, Head, Russia and Eurasia...
By James SHERR, Head, Russia and Eurasia Programme at the Queens Institute of International Relations, Chatham House
By Leszek MILLER, Leader of the Democratic left Alliance
By Leszek MILLER, Leader of the Democratic left Alliance
China won gold in Short Track ladies" 3,000...
China won gold in Short Track ladies" 3,000 m relay at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada"s Vancouver setting a new World Record.
Communists from Russia"s second city of...
Communists from Russia"s second city of St. Petersburg sent a request to city officials on Wednesday if signs and banners of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin would decorate the city during the 65th anniversary of WWII Victory Day celebrations scheduled for May 9.
Deposed Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek...
Deposed Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on Tuesday he will resign only if the interim government guarantees his and his family"s security and order in the country.
Deposed Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek...
Deposed Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on Tuesday he will resign only if the interim government guarantees his and his family"s security and order in the country.
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Tuesday...
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Tuesday he could foresee no problems with gas payments by Ukraine after the presidential elections in the former Soviet republic.
Gazprom intends to increase natural gas...
Gazprom intends to increase natural gas supplies to Europe to 160.8 billion cubic meters in 2010 from about 140 billion cu m last year as the global economy shows signs of recovery, the energy giant said on Tuesday.
Iceland"s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has thrown...
Iceland"s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has thrown out about 140 million cubic meters of ash over the past three days, Icelandic scientists said on Sunday.
India and Russia have agreed in general...
India and Russia have agreed in general on shared responsibility for the joint development of the fifth-generation fighter, the chairman of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said.
International police agency Interpol has...
International police agency Interpol has offered to help Russian authorities investigate the Moscow subway explosions, pledging its "full support and assistance."
Iran has produced its first batch of 20%-enriched...
Iran has produced its first batch of 20%-enriched uranium, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the Iranian Fars news agency on Thursday.
Iran has started the final test of equipment...
Iran has started the final test of equipment at the country"s first nuclear power plant, the Bushehr project manager has said.
Iran"s first nuclear power plant, Bushehr...
Iran"s first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, will be launched in 2010, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Just 3% of Russians use sex to relieve stress...
Just 3% of Russians use sex to relieve stress, while almost half of them (43%) prefer to ease tension by talking with relatives and friends, an opinion poll has shown.
Libya has decided to impose a "total" economic...
Libya has decided to impose a "total" economic embargo on Switzerland following Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi"s declaration of holy war on the European nation, government spokesman Mohammed Baayou has said, as quoted by international media.
MOSCOW, 4 July - (RIA Novosti) The president...
MOSCOW, 4 July - (RIA Novosti) The president of Media International Group (MIG), Vadim Rabinovich, said Sunday that he had bought outright a Russian company, Moskovskiye Novosti, and its popular brands the Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper and its English-language version, The Moscow News. Speaking live on Ukrainian television, Rabinovich also said that the day before the deal had gone through, the previous owners had dismissed former TV anchorman Yevgeny Kiselyov from his posts as editor and general director of Moskovskiye Novosti.
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - A Proton-M...
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - A Proton-M rocket successfully orbited on Wednesday a Chinese telecommunications satellite, the Russian Federal Space Agency said.
MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, December 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has made this year"s last launch from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, launching a Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite DirecTV-12, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said Tuesday.
Moscow highlighted the need to carry out...
Moscow highlighted the need to carry out an assessment of missile threats jointly with both Washington and Europe in response to U.S. plans to deploy missile defense elements in Romania.
Moscow investigaotors requalified into a...
Moscow investigaotors requalified into a political murder the killing of lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were gunned down by suspected neo-Nazis, a source familiar with the investigation said.
MOSCOW, January 18 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom...
MOSCOW, January 18 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom is preparing documents on gas supplies to Ukraine and gas transit to Europe for signing on Monday, the Russian energy giant said on Sunday.
MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, January 23 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Navy has rejected media reports that the Baltic Fleet's Neustrashimy missile frigate is in an unsatisfactory technical condition, a Navy spokesman said on Friday.
MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Space Forces will launch a new relay satellite in 2009, the forces' commander said Friday.
MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - Ousted...
MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - Ousted former Honduran president Manuel Zelaya has left the country for exile in the Dominican Republic amid hopes that his departure will end seven months of political turmoil, the BBC said.
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is...
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is setting up a permanent investigation mission in the Gulf of Aden to participate in international efforts to fight piracy at sea off Somalia, the chief investigator said on Friday.
MOSCOW. (Konstantin Bogdanov for RIA Novosti)...
MOSCOW. (Konstantin Bogdanov for RIA Novosti) – At 6:30 p.m. Moscow time on Wednesday, October 28, a thin white candle with an American flag on its side lifted off into the serene sky at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL. This is how the first flight of Ares I-X, a prototype of the Ares I carrier rocket, began.
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Two major...
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Two major Russian space enterprises have agreed to develop the Soyuz-2-3 rocket to launch a new-generation manned spacecraft, a company spokesperson said Friday.
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Pirates seized...
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - Pirates seized by the Russian Navy will be transferred to a third party, the first deputy defense minister said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will...
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will spend around 600 billion rubles ($25 billion) on scientific research in 2008-2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The average one-issue readership of the English-language weekly Moscow News has been estimated at around 80,000 readers by a Russian media research company, TNS Gallup Media.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Dmitry...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Dmitry Babich) - The U.S. Interfaith Alliance has made an unexpected statement. It has released an open letter to other religious leaders, politicians, and pundits calling for civility in public debate and to specifically refrain from using inappropriate references to the Holocaust and Nazis.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik)
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik)
MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov)
MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov)
MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev instructed the head of the country"s energy giant Gazprom on Monday to stick to the current gas contract with Ukraine regarding transit rates.
MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Kiev...
MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Kiev plans to stick to the natural gas contract it agreed with Moscow at the start of the year, the Ukrainian economics minister told a Russian business daily.
North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear...
North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear program and Russia has to take this fact into account to adjust its policy towards the reclusive Communist state, Russian experts said on Tuesday.
Outgoing Croatian President Stjepan Mesic...
Outgoing Croatian President Stjepan Mesic could become head of a company to build Croatia"s segment of the South Stream gas pipeline, if Zagreb joins the project, Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List reported on Sunday.
RIA Novosti on Wednesday expressed its strong...
RIA Novosti on Wednesday expressed its strong disagreement with the decision of a Moscow court, who found one of the agency"s photojournalists guilty of taking part in an unsanctioned protest in Moscow.
Russia and Belarus have failed to agree...
Russia and Belarus have failed to agree on Russian oil supplies to the ex-Soviet state, but are willing to continue negotiations, a spokesman for the Belarusian President has said.
Russia and Sri Lanka signed on Monday a...
Russia and Sri Lanka signed on Monday a $300 million loan to buy armaments and dual-purpose technology for Sri Lanka"s military, Russia"s deputy finance minister said.
Russia and the U.S. will finish talks on...
Russia and the U.S. will finish talks on a new nuclear arms reduction treaty in the next few weeks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
Russia does not support a final document...
Russia does not support a final document distributed after an international nuclear conference in Iran that gathered top officials and experts from 60 countries, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.
Russia has paid off the remaining Soviet-era...
Russia has paid off the remaining Soviet-era commercial debt to the London Club of creditors, which was not swapped for Russia"s Eurobonds, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
Russia launched on Wednesday a Progress...
Russia launched on Wednesday a Progress cargo spaceship on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said.
Russia may withdraw from the arms reduction...
Russia may withdraw from the arms reduction treaty if Washington significantly increases its missile defense, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Russian energy giant Gazprom and Hungary...
Russian energy giant Gazprom and Hungary are set to sign an agreement later this month clearing way for building the South Stream gas pipeline across the Central European state.
Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko...
Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, disappointed with his silver medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, said on Friday that officials, not athletes, should challenge the judges.
Russian Greenpeace activists protested in...
Russian Greenpeace activists protested in front of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow on Friday to support two Japanese colleagues arrested over a whale meat scandal.
Russian holding Digital Sky Technologies...
Russian holding Digital Sky Technologies Ltd. (DST) has increased its stake in the world largest social networking website Facebook to 10%, Russian business daily Vedomosti said on Wednesday.
Russian investigators have brought embezzlement...
Russian investigators have brought embezzlement charges against a former Moscow Region deputy finance minister in a high-profile investigation involving several regional officials and a U.S. businesswoman, Russia"s Investigative Committee said on Thursday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev"s criticism...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev"s criticism of Iran during his recent visit to the United States came as a pleasant surprise for the Western and Israeli press. Medvedev said, "Iran is causing some problems", adding that "the most important thing now is for us to find evidence of what their nuclear program is."
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has allocated 1.1 billion rubles ($37 million) to develop supercomputer technologies in Russia.
Russia"s Army will mostly use domestically-built...
Russia"s Army will mostly use domestically-built arms, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin told Ekho Moskvy radio on Saturday.
Russia"s fifth-generation jet fighter, the...
Russia"s fifth-generation jet fighter, the T-50, is to undergo more than 2,000 flight tests before full-scale production starts, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
Russia"s Moskva missile cruiser will make...
Russia"s Moskva missile cruiser will make a port call in the southwestern Indian city of Kochi on Friday, a spokesman for the Russian Navy said on Wednesday.
Russia"s Progress M-05M space freighter...
Russia"s Progress M-05M space freighter docked with the International Space Station (ISS) manually late on Saturday night, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control Center said.
Russia"s richest woman, Yelena Baturina...
Russia"s richest woman, Yelena Baturina, earned 31 billion rubles ($1 billion) in 2009, but spent almost all of it to pay down the debts of her Inteko company, the firm said on Tuesday.
Russia"s UC RusAl, the world"s largest aluminum...
Russia"s UC RusAl, the world"s largest aluminum company, increased its market capitalization by $2.24 billion on Friday through an initial public offering in Hong Kong.
Russia"s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)...
Russia"s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) is to double production by 2012 from 2009 to 200 planes, the company said on Tuesday.
Russia will not introduce any "draconian"...
Russia will not introduce any "draconian" measures to provide security during the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia"s deputy premier in charge of Olympic preparations said on Wednesday.
Russia will this year use the Yury Dolgoruky...
Russia will this year use the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear powered submarine for the first time to carry out test launches of the troubled Bulava missile, a Defense Ministry official said on Wednesday.
The explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil...
The explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico has already been dubbed "Big Oil"s Chernobyl," although it is still difficult to estimate the true scale of the disaster or the impact it will have on the local environment and the global economy.
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church...
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday called on the world to expose cases of bias and discrimination against Christians in Europe.
The new arms deal to replace the START treaty...
The new arms deal to replace the START treaty with the United States is 97% ready but U.S. plans for missile defenses in Eastern Europe are affecting the negotiations, the chief of Russia"s General Staff said on Wednesday.
The post-Soviet security group Collective...
The post-Soviet security group Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is to become an alternative to NATO when the UN and CSTO sign a declaration on cooperation during UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon"s visit to Moscow this week, a respected Russian daily reported.
The Russian and Belarusian prime ministers...
The Russian and Belarusian prime ministers agreed on Saturday to hold the next meeting of the Union government in March.
The Russian Foreign Ministry described on...
The Russian Foreign Ministry described on Thursday a decision by seven Western partners in the Group of Eight leading nations not to invite Moscow to a ministerial meeting in Canada as "incorrect" and said it reflected old stereotypes.
The Russian women"s gymnastics team have...
The Russian women"s gymnastics team have won gold in the team competition of the European Gymnastics Championships.
The Swiss national team took the lead in...
The Swiss national team took the lead in the gold medal count on the forth day of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, securing two victories.
The use of huge quantities of chemical dispersant...
The use of huge quantities of chemical dispersant to break up an oil spill from a BP drilling site in the Gulf of Mexico could seriously endanger local wildlife, WWF Russia"s Oil and Gas Environmental Policy Officer said.
The U.S. may be allowed to continue poultry...
The U.S. may be allowed to continue poultry exports to Russia, but will have to review its chlorine treatment technologies in two or three months, a respected Russian business daily said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Space Shuttle program may not come...
The U.S. Space Shuttle program may not come to an end this year, Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said in a statement, citing International Space Station (ISS) manager.
Turkmenistan resumed on Saturday natural...
Turkmenistan resumed on Saturday natural gas supplies to Russia under a deal the parties signed in December to end a months-long dispute, a spokesman for Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said.
Washington"s new missile shield plans for...
Washington"s new missile shield plans for Eastern Europe will not affect nuclear arms reduction talks with Russia, the U.S. ambassador to Moscow said on Thursday.