MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Anatoly Korolyov) -- Russia's national emblem, the two-headed crowned eagle, came to the country 553 years ago, in 1452, from Rome.
MOSCOW, August 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s state savings bank Sberbank has issued a 11.9 billion ruble ($382.6 million) loan to oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, the bank said Monday.