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AC Milan are determined to buy CSKA Moscow"s...

AC Milan are determined to buy CSKA Moscow"s Milos Krasic, but will have to wait until next summer to do so, an Italian paper reported.

A counter-terrorism operation regime was...

A counter-terrorism operation regime was imposed early on Monday in a street in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia"s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, a spokesman for the republic"s security service said on Monday.

Acting Polish president, parliamentary speaker...

Acting Polish president, parliamentary speaker Bronislaw Komorowski will attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow in an effort to strengthen relations with Russia.

A Moscow court has extended the custody...

A Moscow court has extended the custody for a police officer suspected of killing his colleague, a Moscow City Court spokeswoman said.

A new Russian nuclear-powered multipurpose...

A new Russian nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine will be floated out on May 7, a shipyard spokesman said on Monday.

A Russian expert expressed hope on Monday...

A Russian expert expressed hope on Monday that an international Middle East conference in Jordan would help promote inter-Palestinian unity.

A syndicate of four large Russian banks...

A syndicate of four large Russian banks has provided a loan worth 6 billion rubles ($198 mln) to the Finance Ministry of Belarus, the banks said in a joint statement.

BERLIN, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - The European...

BERLIN, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - The European Union and Ukraine must work with Russia in modernizing the Ukrainian natural gas pipeline network, the German chancellor said on Tuesday.

Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov proposed...

Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov proposed on Monday the death penalty be reinstated as a part of the Russian penitentiary system.

Deposed Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev...

Deposed Kyrgyz 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.

Drug addiction, which has spread significantly...

Drug addiction, which has spread significantly across Russia over the past decade, poses a serious threat to the country"s security, Russia"s Federal Drug Control Service has said.

German biathlete Magdalena Neuner won the...

German biathlete Magdalena Neuner won the 10 km pursuit at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on Tuesday, avenging Anastasia Kuzmina"s victory in the sprint event three days earlier.

Guus Hiddink will meet with the new president...

Guus Hiddink will meet with the new president of Russian football"s governing body on Thursday to discuss his future as national team coach.

Human error was most likely to blame for...

Human error was most likely to blame for the crash of Polish President Lech Kaczynski"s airplane in western Russia in which 132 people including the president died, a Russian security source said.

Impostors, who illegally built a chapel...

Impostors, who illegally built a chapel and charged people for holding funeral services claiming they were Orthodox priests, were detained in Russia"s northern city of St. Petersburg, police said Tuesday.

In a year that showed Rubin"s first title...

In a year that showed Rubin"s first title was no fluke, the leading Moscow clubs and Zenit St. Petersburg were left to rue what might have been as each changed coach mid-season.

Investigators are looking into the death...

Investigators are looking into the death of a police officer, who was apparently shot by his colleague, Moscow"s top investigator Anatoly Bagmet said on Saturday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is heading to the U.S. city of New York to participate in a conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Voice of America reported.

Iran on Tuesday launched production of an...

Iran on Tuesday launched production of an indigenous short-range air-defense artillery system, codenamed Mesbah, the Defense Ministry said.

It appears that Russian-French talks on...

It appears that Russian-French talks on buying a Mistral-class amphibious-assault ship and building three other similar ships at Russian shipyards have now entered their final stage.

Lithuanian special services are looking...

Lithuanian special services are looking into possible involvement of a Lithuanian woman in deadly twin blasts in the Moscow metro in late March, the Lietuvos Rytas newspaper said.

MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's legendary Yelena Isinbayeva, who has broken the world pole vault record 26 times, has been nominated for world sportswoman of the year, a press release by the Laureus sports academy said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - Lokomotiv...

MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - Lokomotiv became the second Moscow club in a month to dismiss their trainer after Rashid Rakhimov was fired on Tuesday. Former Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Vladimir Maminov will take over as caretaker manager. A statement on the club"s official website gave no reason for the decision, but speculation had been rife that the 2002 and 2004 Russian champions would part ways with the 44-year-old Tajikistan-born coach after the team was beaten 1-0 at home by newly promoted Kuban at the weekend. The defeat left Lokomotiv, the last Russian club to reach the group stages of the Champions League, in 12th place in the 16-team Premier League. Rakhimov"s dismissal comes less than two weeks after Spartak Moscow fired Danish coach Michael Laudrup over "unsatisfactory results." Spartak have won both of their games since general manager Valery Karpin came out of the boardroom to take control.

MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Investigators...

MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Investigators have said that a bomb attack that killed at least 20 people in the south Russian republic of Ingushetia on Monday may have been aimed at the destabilization of the republic.

MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - South...

MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - South Korea has postponed the launch of its first carrier rocket from the Naro Space Center until August 25, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti) - Arctic...

MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti) - Arctic sea ice has shrunk to its second lowest level since the start of satellite observations of the territory, and could melt further to exceed the 2007 record, a U.S. research group said.

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

MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator, will be officially unveiled on October 21, a Russian scientist said Tuesday. (VIDEO)

MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, January 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's anti-terrorism committee said Tuesday it has obtained a foreign report of a possible terrorist plot to attack ground transport and the metro system.

MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Serena...

MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Serena Williams swept past Russia's Dinara Safina in less than an hour on Saturday evening in Melbourne to win the Australian Open title for a fourth time.

MOSCOW, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - Galina Rusanova...

MOSCOW, May 4 (RIA Novosti) - Galina Rusanova, a Britain-based Russian artist, faces charges in the United States after allegedly attacking crewmembers when drunk on a flight from Los Angeles, British media reported on Monday. The plane, which was headed for London last Wednesday, had to be diverted to Maine after the disturbance, the Press Association said. The agency cited prosecutors as saying Rusanova, 54, began behaving aggressively after taking a cocktail of wine, prescription medicine and liquid soap. When restrained by air stewards, she lashed out, kicking and punching them. Prosecutors told a court hearing in Bangor, Maine on Friday that at one point Rusanova fell to the floor "snapping like a dog." She will attend a district court hearing on Monday, on charges of assault and interfering with a flight crew. According to the Daily Mail, which said Rusanova is "known in Britain as a respected artist, actress and author," she was interviewed by FBI agents after the incident, and explained to them: "It"s typical of me. I sometimes do crazy things." Rusanova told the FBI that she took the pills and alcohol due to her fear of flying, but remembers little of the incident. A flight attendant reportedly witnessed her sucking on a bottle of liquid soap taken from the plane"s lavatory.

Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov has thanked the...

Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov has thanked the residents of the Russian capital for restraint during Monday"s deadly subway blasts.

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

MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will meet with Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann on Wednesday to discuss Russian gas supplies to Europe, the Russian government"s press service has said.

MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - The penultimate weekend of Russian Premier League soccer saw Dynamo Moscow clinch a 2009/10 Champions League spot with a 1-1 draw at 2007 title winners Zenit.

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The first circulating beam of protons successfully made it through the entirety of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on Friday, a source at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) told RIA Novosti by telephone.

MOSCOW, October 19 (RIA Novosti) - Turkey"s...

MOSCOW, October 19 (RIA Novosti) - Turkey"s government has approved geological exploration work for the South Stream gas pipeline in its Black Sea economic zone, the Kremlin quoted the countries" presidents as saying on Monday.

MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, October 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s United Aircraft Corporation has bought a 100% interest in the MiG aircraft making corporation, UAC said on Friday.

MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak...

MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak Moscow cruised to the top of the Russian Premier League on Saturday with a 3-0 win in the capital"s northern suburb of Khimki, confirming the home side"s relegation from the top flight.

MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - An official...

MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - An official offer on a contract extension for the Russian national team"s Dutch trainer Guus Hiddink will be made after the World Cup qualifiers, the Russian Football Union president said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s hydropower company RusHydro announced on Wednesday it had completed the cleanup of debris at a Siberian hydropower plant severely damaged during a recent accident.

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s state-owned oil company Rosneft is prepared to study all offers to buy new assets, the company"s CEO said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld the arrest of an Estonian national suspected of involvement in the seizure of the Arctic Sea merchant vessel in July, a court spokesperson said.

MOSCOW/ST. PETERSBURG, October 27 (RIA Novosti)...

MOSCOW/ST. PETERSBURG, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian and a Ukrainian sailor have been found dead in South Africa on a cargo ship run by a St. Petersburg-based firm, a Russian online edition said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW. (Yuri Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) -...

MOSCOW. (Yuri Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - Recently there have been several news announcements from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) mostly associated with the planned restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is scheduled to power up November 19, give or take a few days.

MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) -...

MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti) - A black hole will appear in mid-July on the border between France and Switzerland, swallowing up first Europe and then the entire planet. Such are the apocalyptic forecasts being made ahead of the scheduled launching, in three weeks, of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

NATO"s secretary-general reiterated on Wednesday...

NATO"s secretary-general reiterated on Wednesday his call for closer cooperation with Russia on the issue of the European missile defense.

Olympic Games have long become a global...

Olympic Games have long become a global information venue, and the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, are no exception.

On Monday, February 1, Iran will start traditional...

On Monday, February 1, Iran will start traditional 10-day celebrations of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with missile and satellite launches expected.

RUSSIA

Russia celebrated the 150th birthday of...

Russia celebrated the 150th birthday of Anton Chekhov on Friday with a series of events in remembrance of the writer and playwright who had an immense influence on world literature and theater.

Russia has a good chance of being awarded...

Russia has a good chance of being awarded the right to host the 2018 World Cup, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

Russia is ready to discuss human rights...

Russia is ready to discuss human rights with other countries, but will solve existing problems on its own, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday.

Russian mobile network provider Mobile TeleSystems...

Russian mobile network provider Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) pledged on Monday to return money to its subscribers for text messages sent following the deadly bomb attacks in the Moscow subway, its PR director said.

Russian national coach Guus Hiddink will...

Russian national coach Guus Hiddink will not manage the Ivory Coast at this summer"s World Cup, the Dutch trainer said in a newspaper column on Saturday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded tightened security across the country after the early Monday morning blasts in the Moscow subway.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday laid flowers at the site of a suicide bomb attack in the Moscow metro.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told top...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told top judicial officials on Monday that the country"s laws concerning terrorism-related crimes should be reviewed.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will pay his first visit to Venezuela to meet with President Hugo Chavez on April 2, a government source told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.

Russia"s Deputy Premier Igor Sechin and...

Russia"s Deputy Premier Igor Sechin and Venezuelan Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez discussed issues of oil cooperation and export of Russian cars to Venezuela.

Russia should not congratulate Viktor Yanukovych...

Russia should not congratulate Viktor Yanukovych until he officially becomes Ukraine"s president to avoid repeating its mistake of 2004, the speaker of the lower house of parliament warned on Tuesday.

Russia"s Proton-M carrier rocket, launched...

Russia"s Proton-M carrier rocket, launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, took a U.S. telecommunications satellite to orbit after a nine-hour flight, a spokesman for Russia"s federal space agency said on Sunday.

Russia"s women"s hockey team enjoyed its...

Russia"s women"s hockey team enjoyed its first win in the preliminaries during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, beating the Chinese 2:1.

Security measures were stepped up in the...

Security measures were stepped up in the Washington subway following Monday"s twin blasts in the Moscow metro, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said in a statement.

Sidney Crosby"s scored goal in game winning...

Sidney Crosby"s scored goal in game winning shootout brought Canada a narrow victory against Switzerland 3-2 at the ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Soviet-era Moscow authorities succeeded...

Soviet-era Moscow authorities succeeded in reducing the amount of snow using aviation, a Russian scientist said amid public arguments that the practice should be renewed.

The death toll in Saturday"s powerful earthquake...

The death toll in Saturday"s powerful earthquake in Chile has exceeded 300 people, authorities said.

The first circulating beam of protons has...

The first circulating beam of protons has made it halfway through the circular device of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a scientist participating in the experiment said on Friday.

The flow of drugs into the Republic of Dagestan...

The flow of drugs into the Republic of Dagestan in Russia"s volatile North Caucasus region increased 60 times in 2009, Russian drug control chief Viktor Ivanov said on Saturday.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has called on Christians to have an optimistic view of life in the New Year.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide Moldova with loans worth a total of $570 million to help one of Europe"s poorest states in post-crisis recovery.

The three Russian crews of the Kamaz team...

The three Russian crews of the Kamaz team finished first, second and third in the truck class in Thursday"s sixth stage of the 2010 Dakar Rally in Chile.

The tiny Pacific island of Nauru has recognized...

The tiny Pacific island of Nauru has recognized the independence of the former Georgian republic of South Ossetia.

The United States on Tuesday praised the...

The United States on Tuesday praised the conduct of Ukraine"s presidential election as a step forward in the country"s democratic development.

Tom Balmforth, Russia Profile

Twin blasts rocked Russia"s North Caucasus...

Twin blasts rocked Russia"s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, just two days after two metro suicide bombings in Moscow.

Two Chinese pairs took the first two places...

Two Chinese pairs took the first two places in Figure Skating pairs at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Canada.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has...

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has put into force a decision of the National Security and Defense Council to enhance security measures for the presidential election"s second round slated for Sunday.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will not recognize opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych as president and has hinted that a third round of election could be held, a Ukrainian online edition said on Tuesday.

U.S. space shuttle Endeavour undocked from...

U.S. space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday at 07:54 p.m. EST (00:54 GMT Saturday), NASA said on Saturday.

U.S. speed skater Shani Davis has won the...

U.S. speed skater Shani Davis has won the Olympic gold in the men"s 1000m, and his compatriot Chad Hedrick took the bronze.

WORLD

World"s No. 6 Venus Williams was upset but...

World"s No. 6 Venus Williams was upset but not broken after China"s Li Na knocked her out of the 2010 Australian Open, snatching the quarterfinals victory in three sets 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5.