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A court in China has sentenced Kang Wannian...
A court in China has sentenced Kang Wannian to 12 years in prison for shooting to death an Indo-Chinese tiger in southwest China in February, Xinhua news agency reported.
A historic discovery was made on January...
A historic discovery was made on January 28, 1820. A Russian navy expedition under the command of Faddei Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev sighted the last of the remaining unexplored continents - Antarctica.
A man was shot dead in west Moscow on Saturday...
A man was shot dead in west Moscow on Saturday, a police source told RIA Novosti.
Amnesty International has called on Belarusian...
Amnesty International has called on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to pass an immediate moratorium on the death penalty after it became known that two men were executed in Minsk last week.
An Armenian national has been shot dead...
An Armenian national has been shot dead in a cafe by an unknown assailant in north Moscow, police told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
A North Caucasus terrorist group is possibly...
A North Caucasus terrorist group is possibly involved in the Moscow subway bomb blasts that killed 37 and injured at least 65 people, the Federal Security Service chief said on Monday.
An unprecedented three-month exhibition...
An unprecedented three-month exhibition of more than 200 Pablo Picasso"s masterpieces opened at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow on Thursday.
A strange mixture of lion and tiger dwelling...
A strange mixture of lion and tiger dwelling in a Siberian zoo could revive the lion that inhabited south Africa since Biblical times until it became extinct 100 years ago.
A teenager in west Russia has been sentenced...
A teenager in west Russia has been sentenced to 8.5 years in a correctional facility for the brutal murder of his teacher, investigators say.
At least 10 people died and 20 are missing...
At least 10 people died and 20 are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized in the Godavari River in southern India on Saturday, the Hindustan Times and other media reported.
At least 37 people died as two suspected...
At least 37 people died as two suspected terrorist bombs ripped through the central Moscow metro system during Monday morning"s rush hour, the emergencies ministry said.
Both bombers who carried out the Monday...
Both bombers who carried out the Monday morning terrorist attacks in the Moscow subway were females, the Russian Security Service (FSB) said.
Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Maxim Surayev...
Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Maxim Surayev on Thursday moved through an airlock on the International Space Station to start the first spacewalk of 2010.
Double Olympic champion in short track speed...
Double Olympic champion in short track speed skating, Yang Zhou of China, finished the semifinal race in women"s 1,000 meters with a new world record of 1 minute 29.049 seconds.
French energy producer EDF will sign an...
French energy producer EDF will sign an agreement to join the South Stream gas pipeline project with Russia"s energy giant Gazprom and Italy"s Eni during the International Economic Forum due in Russia"s second city of St. Petersburg on June 17-19, Gazprom has said.
Georgian Airways will on Friday perform...
Georgian Airways will on Friday perform a direct charter flight to Moscow for the first time since August 2008.
Georgian opposition parties said on Thursday...
Georgian opposition parties said on Thursday they will sue Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and TV channel head Georgy Arveladze over a faked report about a Russian invasion of Georgia.
GROZNY, July 17 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen...
GROZNY, July 17 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has called allegations that he was responsible for the murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova "unethical."
It is impossible to ensure 100% security...
It is impossible to ensure 100% security for the pope without erecting a barrier between him and believers, the Vatican spokesman said after an attack at Benedict XVI on Thursday night.
Ministers from 13 countries still inhabited...
Ministers from 13 countries still inhabited by wild tigers approved on Friday Russia"s idea to host an international forum on tiger conservation in 2010, WWF Russia said.
Minsk has filed a lawsuit with the post-Soviet...
Minsk has filed a lawsuit with the post-Soviet bloc economic court against Russia"s decision to charge duties on oil supplied to the ex-Soviet republic and refined for re-export, the Belarusian Justice Ministry said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Interior Ministry said on Sunday it was taking extra measures to thwart neo-Nazi rallies on Hitler's birthday.
MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, April 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev posted his first live blog on the LiveJournal.com website on Wednesday on the theme of the Internet.
MOSCOW, April 26 (RIA Novosti) - Bulgarian...
MOSCOW, April 26 (RIA Novosti) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev who is arriving in Moscow on a working visit will discuss joint energy projects with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a source in the Russian government said on Sunday.
MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian officials are unaware of any plans to hold popular French and Russian international air shows together, a deputy general director of Russia's Aviasalon company said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - NATO assistance...
MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - NATO assistance significantly facilitated the search and rescue of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel seized in the Atlantic by a group of hijackers in late July, the Russian NATO envoy said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - The value of Russian art sold by Christie's in 2008 fell 59% compared with the year before to $59 million, the Kommersant business daily said on Friday, citing results issued by the auction house.
Moscow is urging NATO to prioritize the...
Moscow is urging NATO to prioritize the fight against drug trafficking in Afghanistan, the Russian envoy to the Western bloc said on Friday.
MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, January 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's three leading mobile phone operators MTS, VimpelCom and Megafon have suspended services in the Moscow subway, the companies told RIA Novosti Wednesday.
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Even...
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Even as Russian No. 3 seed Dinara Safina prepared to play Serena Williams in the final of the Australian Open, Russia was celebrating a victory in Melbourne on Saturday.
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two caches...
MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Two caches of weapons have been discovered in the North Caucasus republics of Daghestan and Chechnya, Russian police said Saturday. The stash in Chechnya"s Shatoi District contained a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two mortar projectiles, 12 cartridges for grenade launchers and 272 other rounds of ammunition. The cache in Daghestan was found to contain a Kalashnikov assault rifle, two F-1 grenades and 186 rounds of ammunition. Investigations are underway.
MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is...
MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is against any arms race in the Arctic, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) - FIFA is to...
MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) - FIFA is to use the 2009/10 Europa League to experiment with five match officials, UEFA has confirmed on its website.
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - Portuguese...
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - Portuguese law enforcement bodies have seized a record 760 kg (1,675 lbs) of cocaine that was intended to be smuggled in the country, the Finance Ministry said on Friday.
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Pirates operating...
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Pirates operating in waters off the Somali coast earned up to $150 million in ransom payments, a deputy Russian prosecutor general told a Russian respected daily on Friday.
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Dynamo...
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Dynamo Moscow, one of Russia's oldest and most famous clubs, moved closer to their first appearance in the Champions League after a 2-0 win on Sunday over Vladivostok's Luch-Energiya.
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak...
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak Moscow extended their winning streak to five games with a 5-1 demolition of Rostov on Sunday, cutting the gap to Rubin at the top of the table to one point after the leaders" win on Friday.
MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Standard...
MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Standard & Poor's revised downwards the long-term credit rating for Russia's largest diamond producer Alrosa to BB- from BB over higher financial leverage and deteriorated liquidity, the international rating agency said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday dialogue with European partners on issues related to human rights should be politically unbiased.
* Moscow police detained some 100 people...
* Moscow police detained some 100 people, including several prominent opposition leaders, after an unsanctioned rally in downtown of the Russian capital
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) - Russia"s ambitious plans to diversify its natural gas supply routes to Europe are taking shape. At the end of last week, Sweden and Finland gave the approval required for construction on the Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany through the Baltic Sea to begin.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - Before the 20th century, the Arctic was a relatively peaceful region. The Russian Navy deployed its first permanent detachment there shortly before World War I when construction of the sprawling Romanov-on-Murman seaport, subsequently renamed as Murmansk, got underway.
MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said during a televised interview on Friday that the human rights situation in the country was "far from perfect."
MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - The death toll from a tsunami that hit the remote Pacific islands of American and Western Samoa on Wednesday has risen to at least 99, with dozens of people missing, Taiwan News reported.
Nikolai Davydenko, Russia"s top men"s tennis...
Nikolai Davydenko, Russia"s top men"s tennis player, inched up to sixth place in the rankings on Monday after his victory in the yearend ATP World Tour Finals in London.
On February 24, Russia"s Pacific Fleet dispatched...
On February 24, Russia"s Pacific Fleet dispatched the large anti-submarine warship Marshal Shaposhnikov, a rescue tugboat and the Pechenga tanker to fight pirates off the Somali coast.
On March 19 the Quartet on the Middle East...
On March 19 the Quartet on the Middle East will meet in Moscow. The meeting, held at the at top level, will be hosted by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union Catherine Ashton.
Police detained two schoolboys in East Siberia...
Police detained two schoolboys in East Siberia suspected of killing seven people, Russia"s investigative committee said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the reopening of the only land border crossing between Russia and Georgia was a sign of improving ties between the two countries.
Protests in Kyrgyzstan will not lead to...
Protests in Kyrgyzstan will not lead to a civil war and the situation in the Central Asian state may normalize within a few days, the country"s first post-Soviet president, Askar Akayev, said on Thursday.
Roman Pavlyuchenko wants to quit the English...
Roman Pavlyuchenko wants to quit the English Premier League and return home to Russia, his agent said, despite reports that Birmingham City are looking to sign the unsettled Tottenham striker.
Rubin Kazan defender Cristian Ansaldi is...
Rubin Kazan defender Cristian Ansaldi is to join Manchester City, reports in both Russia and England suggest.
Russia is preparing an answer to an interstate...
Russia is preparing an answer to an interstate claim brought by Georgia to the Strasbourg Court against Russia"s actions in South Ossetia last August, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
Russian and Belarusian officials meet in...
Russian and Belarusian officials meet in Minsk on Tuesday for discussions on electricity transit through Belarus, with both sides hopeful an agreement can be reached soon.
Russian champions Rubin Kazan have turned...
Russian champions Rubin Kazan have turned down an offer from CSKA Moscow for their captain, Sergei Semak, the player said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a range of new measures to improve Russia"s fight against terrorism in the volatile North Caucasus region, the Kremlin announced on Wednesday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has no doubts that the organizers of the deadly blasts in the Moscow subway carried out on Monday morning will be punished.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in a message to Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko his silver Olympic medal is worth "gold."
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich may head...
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich may head the board of trustees of the Russian Football Union (RFU), a Russian respected business daily said.
Russia on Friday launched a military satellite...
Russia on Friday launched a military satellite, the Defense Ministry said.
Russia"s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Saturday...
Russia"s Foreign Ministry welcomed on Saturday the UN nuclear watchdog"s resolution on Moscow"s initiative to establish a reserve of low-enriched uranium.
Russia"s women curling team lost 4-6 to...
Russia"s women curling team lost 4-6 to the United States on the eighth day of the Olympics in Vancouver, handing the Americans their first win in the competition after three defeats.
Sevastopol, a city on the Crimean Peninsula...
Sevastopol, a city on the Crimean Peninsula where the Russian Black Sea Fleet is based, gave the start to the St. George ribbon campaign in Ukraine on Saturday.
ST. PETERSBURG, August 22 (RIA Novosti)...
ST. PETERSBURG, August 22 (RIA Novosti) - Close relatives of the crew of the Arctic Sea cargo ship have still not had any contacts with their loved ones, the wife of one of the sailors told RIA Novosti on Saturday. "As before, there is no communication. Everything we know is from what is shown on television," said the woman, who saw pictures of her husband on television after he arrived in Moscow on a Russian military plane. The Arctic Sea was found and freed by a Russian warship on Monday, more than two weeks after it disappeared. Eleven of the crew and eight suspected hijackers were flown to Russia from the Cape Verde islands on Thursday. The wife of another sailor, who apparently is among the four who remain on the ship while it is towed to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk for further investigation, said she has received no information on his fate. "So far, there has been no communication," she said. Russian investigators said on Friday that the sailors were being treated in strict accordance with the law and were free to move around as they pleased and make telephone calls if they wished. "Reports in a number of media outlets that the rights of participants in the criminal process have been infringed do not correspond to reality," the Investigations Committee said in a statement. The Maltese-flagged cargo vessel was found off Cape Verde on Monday with 15 Russian crewmembers and eight suspected hijackers on board. The ship was freed by the Russian Ladny missile frigate without a single shot being fired. A Moscow court on Friday sanctioned the detention of the suspected hijackers, who were taken straight to a high-security prison in Moscow after landing at a military airfield near the capital on Thursday.
Supporters of Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek...
Supporters of Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, deposed in large-scale protests that swept across the country last week, are joining forces in the country"s south, Bakiyev"s traditional stronghold, as the ousted leader has refused to hand over power to the opposition. The opposition has urged the president to resign and leave the country.
Tatjana Hufner of Germany won the luge singles...
Tatjana Hufner of Germany won the luge singles competition on Wednesday, bringing her country to the very top of the overall medal count.
The 12th day of the Olympics in Vancouver...
The 12th day of the Olympics in Vancouver was a good one for Russia as it took its third gold and fourth silver.
The biathlon track for the Olympic Games...
The biathlon track for the Olympic Games in Vancouver is in unsatisfactory conditions, Russian head biathlon coach Vladimir Barnashov said during an interview with Russian radio Mayak on Saturday.
The Catholic Church in South Africa said...
The Catholic Church in South Africa said it has prepared a special prayer for the 2010 FIFA World Cup as part of a series of initiatives to ensure the success of the upcoming football event.
The Katyn massacre - the 1940 mass murder...
The Katyn massacre - the 1940 mass murder of thousands of Polish prisoners of war (primarily military officers), intellectuals, policemen, and government officials by the Soviet security services - remains one of the most bitter and contentious issues in Russian-Polish relations.
The new START bilateral nuclear arms reduction...
The new START bilateral nuclear arms reduction agreement between Russia and the United States was signed by Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama on April 8, 2010 in Prague, the Czech Republic.
The president of Algeria has proposed French...
The president of Algeria has proposed French football star Zinedine Zidane to take the post of the country"s national team head coach after the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, SoccerWay.com website reported.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has send notes...
The Russian Foreign Ministry has send notes to Chinese authorities urging them to help hundreds of Russian tourists, stranded in Beijing airports amid air traffic disruptions in Europe, a Foreign Ministry spokesman has said.
The second conference in the Russian-Chinese...
The second conference in the Russian-Chinese section of the Valdai International Discussion Club took place in Beijing. It was organized by RIA Novosti, the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy (SVOP) and the Chinese Institute of International Strategic Studies (CIISS).
The two bombs in the Moscow subway blasts...
The two bombs in the Moscow subway blasts that killed 37 and injured at least 65 people had the equivalent of up to 4 kg and 2 kg of TNT, the Federal Security Service (FSB) director said on Monday.
The volcano eruption in Iceland will not...
The volcano eruption in Iceland will not have a serious impact on the Earth"s climate, because the dust has not reached the upper layers of the atmospheric, a Russian meteorologist told RIA Novosti on Friday.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who...
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who has come to Russia on a two-day visit, will meet with President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday to sign agreements on multifaceted privileged partnership, also described as strategic partnership. The latter implies political cooperation and even regular ministerial meetings.
Ukraine has asked Russian energy giant Gazprom...
Ukraine has asked Russian energy giant Gazprom to cut natural gas supplies to 7 billion cubic meters in the first quarter of 2010, from 8.75 bcm under the existing contract, a business daily said on Wednesday.
Ukraine"s president-elect Viktor Yanukovych...
Ukraine"s president-elect Viktor Yanukovych could author a philosophic essay on the fickleness of human nature. State leaders, organizations and analysts who only recently referred to him as the Kremlin"s puppet, an election forger, a twice-convicted violent felon and lumpen victor, now seem happy to congratulate him on his victory. At the very least they recognize him as the president of Ukraine and are able to accept him as he is for the sake of international cooperation.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych will on Monday pay an unofficial visit to Moscow, a deputy head of the presidential administration said.
U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton has...
U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton has come to Moscow on March 18 for a two-day visit. She will attend a meeting of the Middle East quartet comprising the United States, Russia, the UN and the EU, and also discuss strategic offensive weapons, the missile defense shield, Iran, Afghanistan, and other problems of bilateral concern.
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