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A consortium led by Russia"s largest independent...
A consortium led by Russia"s largest independent crude producer LUKoil will invest some $30 billion in the development of the West Qurna-2 oil field in Iraq, LUKoil CEO Vagit Alekperov said on Monday.
A deputy commander of Tajikistan"s border...
A deputy commander of Tajikistan"s border guard troops has been detained on suspicion of drug trafficking and accepting bribes, the director for the Tajik agency for financial control said on Tuesday.
A Dubai court sentenced on Monday two men...
A Dubai court sentenced on Monday two men to 25 years in prison for their roles in the murder of the commander of a Russian Defense Ministry battalion in Chechnya.
A Moscow priest who was shot down by a masked...
A Moscow priest who was shot down by a masked gunman last week was laid to rest at a church cemetery in the capital"s west amid tight security.
A painting by Russian artist Nicholas Roerich...
A painting by Russian artist Nicholas Roerich was sold for 993,250 pounds (some $1,635,000) at a Christie"s auction in London, the auction house"s website said.
A plane carrying the body of late Maria...
A plane carrying the body of late Maria Kaczynski, who along with her husband Polish President Lech Kaczynski died last Saturday in west Russia plane crash, will arrive in Warsaw on Tuesday morning.
A plane crash in west Russia that killed...
A plane crash in west Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 96 other people has brought Moscow and Warsaw closer, the head of Poland"s senate said.
A priest has been stabbed to death in Chuvashia...
A priest has been stabbed to death in Chuvashia, less than two weeks after a clergyman was shot dead in the central Russian republic, local investigators said on Wednesday.
Around 30 kilograms of heroin have been...
Around 30 kilograms of heroin have been seized in an operation in Moscow Region, local drug police said on Tuesday.
A Russian pensioner beat his 82-year-old...
A Russian pensioner beat his 82-year-old former KGB officer father to death in revenge for the 1918 murder of the country"s last tsar and his family, national media said on Monday.
A Russian space cargo ship is expected to...
A Russian space cargo ship is expected to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) late on Saturday delivering fresh supplies to the current crew, Russia"s Mission Control said.
Bilateral discussions between Russia"s president...
Bilateral discussions between Russia"s president and India"s prime minister on Monday are expected to focus on cooperation in energy and civil and military technology, as well as pharmaceuticals and the diamond industry.
CAIRO, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Libya...
CAIRO, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Libya said on Saturday it will cut all forms of cooperation with the United Nations agency for culture and education (UNESCO) if a Bulgarian nominee is confirmed as the UNESCO new director general.
Conscripts in the Russian armed forces will...
Conscripts in the Russian armed forces will have a five-day working week and civil workers will be hired to cook food and clean, Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said.
Forty five bodies recovered in the wreckage...
Forty five bodies recovered in the wreckage of the Polish presidential plane, which crashed last Saturday near the western Russian city of Smolensk, have been identified, the Russian health minister said.
Greenpeace activists tore up the train track...
Greenpeace activists tore up the train track near the Tricastin Nuclear Power Center in southeast France on Monday to stop a shipment of nuclear waste to Russia, the organization said.
In a dramatic sign of improving ties, Moscow...
In a dramatic sign of improving ties, Moscow and Kiev on Wednesday agreed to extend the lease on a Russian naval base in the Crimea in exchange for a 30% cut in gas prices for Ukraine.
In its relations with Kyrgyzstan, Moscow...
In its relations with Kyrgyzstan, Moscow has assumed that deposed President Kurbanbek Bakiyev has formally resigned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
Iran has produced its first stock of 20%-enriched...
Iran has produced its first stock of 20%-enriched uranium, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the Iranian Fars news agency on Thursday.
Iran hopes the International Atomic Energy...
Iran hopes the International Atomic Energy Agency will produce an unbiased report on the Islamic Republic"s nuclear program and protect its right to nuclear energy, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki...
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki blamed Washington for the surge of instability in the Middle East, the Islamic republic"s Fars news agency said on Tuesday.
Iran"s plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment...
Iran"s plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities are a rational response to world powers trying to resolve the Iran nuclear issue, the country"s nuclear chief said on Monday.
MOSCOW, April 27 (RIA Novosti) - Over 50%...
MOSCOW, April 27 (RIA Novosti) - Over 50% of Russians believe that corruption is an unavoidable and permanent fact of life, according to a nationwide survey published on Monday. The All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) found that 58% of respondents said it was impossible to fight against corruption in Russia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made the fight against corruption one of his top priorities soon after his inauguration last May, signing a decree to set up a presidential anti-corruption council just two weeks after he was sworn in. The opinion poll found that 44% of Russians consider the greed and immorality of officials as the main causes of corruption. Meanwhile, 49% of Russians believe that it would be easier for them to cope with legal and other problems if officials stopped taking bribes, while 29% of respondents said corruption did not have an influence on the way problems were handled. The poll involved 1,600 people in 140 Russian towns and cities on April 4-5. The margin of statistical error is 3.4%.
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - A strong...
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - A strong Russia side lost 3-2 to Argentina on Wednesday evening despite taking an early lead in an entertaining friendly in Moscow.
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russian warships, led by the Ladny frigate, are continuing the search for a Russian-crewed cargo ship missing in the Atlantic since August 1, the Navy said in a statement on Thursday.
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Air Force could be in line for over 60 Su fighters worth at least 60 billion rubles ($1.9 bln) under a contract expected to be signed at the MAKS-2009 air show, a Russian defense source said on Monday.
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, August 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Air Force may receive over 60 Su fighters worth at least 60 billion rubles ($1.9 bln) under a contract expected to be signed at the MAKS-2009 air show.
MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow...
MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow court has ruled to arrest a former high-profile investigator, in custody on suspicion of bribe taking, a court spokesperson said on Wednesday. Dmitry Dovgy, who led a series of high-profile probes, was dismissed in late April allegedly for divulging confidential information and negligently carrying out his duties. He was remanded in custody for 48 hours on Tuesday accused of accepting a $1 million bribe. Earlier Wednesday the court ruled there was sufficient evidence for a criminal case against Dovgy. "Today the court ruled Dovgy"s actions showed signs of criminal intent," Anna Usacheva said. The court has also ordered the arrest of another suspect in the Dovgy bribery case, Andrei Sagura, the former head of the Chief Military Prosecutor"s Office. Dovgy denied the allegations ahead of the court hearing on Wednesday: "I maintained, and maintain that I have received no bribes. The person who has accused me of the crime is himself under investigation. Perhaps, he did a deal with the investigation committee." Dovgy"s lawyer, Yury Bagrayev, said he would appeal the court"s decision. "We will definitely appeal the decision by Moscow"s Basmanny Court. The court took none of our arguments into consideration, the law in regard to Dovgy has been cruelly and unpardonably breached," the lawyer said. Alexander Bastrykin, the chairman of the Investigation Committee at the Russian Prosecutor General"s Office, personally asked the court to initiate criminal proceedings against Dovgy. Dovgy led investigations against Sergei Storchak, the former deputy finance minister, and General Alexander Bulbov, a former senior drug control official, both in custody accused of embezzling $43 million in state funds, divulging state secrets and illegal phone tapping, respectively. It has also been alleged that Dovgy accepted 2 million euros ($3 million) in exchange for the release of former Trust Bank chairman Oleg Kolyda in an embezzlement case involving Yukos subsidiary Tomskneft. Over a thousand bribery investigations were launched in the first three months of this year, a record figure for Russia. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made the fight against corruption one of his top priorities, signing a decree to set up a presidential anti-corruption council just two weeks after his inauguration.
MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Finnish...
MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - The Finnish owner of the Arctic Sea ship, which was missing in the Atlantic for more than two weeks until it was found on Monday, wants reliable information on the crew, the Solchart company said on Friday.
MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, August 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian researchers are preparing to dive beneath the ice at the North Pole to gather scientific data and back the country's claim to a vast energy-rich Arctic territory, the Vesti 24 satellite channel said Thursday.
MOSCOW, July 8 (RIA Novosti) - Google has...
MOSCOW, July 8 (RIA Novosti) - Google has announced that it will launch a new operating system, Chrome, for laptops and netbooks in 2010.
MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - On August...
MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - On August 2 through 6, 2006 the town of Zhukovsky (the Moscow region) and the training area in Krasnoarmeisk will host an international integrated exhibition of land forces" armament and an airshow, Vladimir Paleshchuk, Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, told journalists in Moscow. "This European-scale event will represent modern technical achievements of the military industrial complex, the whole range of military output for ground forces for the purpose of obtaining new foreign outlets and partners," Paleshchuk was quoted as saying. "It will be the first time such integrated exhibition is held in Russia," the official pointed out. Ground forces" materiel in operation will be displayed at the training area in Krasnoarmeisk, while the air show in Zhukovsky will feature various piloting exercises. The exhibition will embrace the total of over 28,000 square meters. Thirty-eight well-equipped chalets will be assigned for the work of exhibitors and business visitors. Over 800 enterprises are expected to take part in the exhibition. Invitations have been sent to more than 6,000 participants, including over 4,000 enterprises from 50 Russian regions, over 300 ventures from 9 CIS countries and over a hundred firms from 60 other states. Pilots from Russia, Italy, Turkey, France and other countries will take part in the air show, which will include helicopter, sporting aeroplane and light aviation performances. The air show will feature aeroplanes of the world leading powers" air forces. The Russkiye Vityazi (Russian Knights), Nebesnye Rytsari (Sky Knights) and Strizhi (Swifts) pilot groups will participate in the show.
MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - The head...
MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - The head of PACE invited representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Monday to attend the assembly's next session in Strasbourg aimed at restoring dialogue between Russia and Georgia.
MOSCOW, May 9 (RIA Novosti) - A military...
MOSCOW, May 9 (RIA Novosti) - A military parade involving over 9,000 personnel, 103 sophisticated tracked and wheeled military vehicles, as well as 69 aircraft and helicopters was launched on Moscow's Red Square at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (06:00 GMT) on Saturday, when Russia celebrates Victory Day.
MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Over...
MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Over 200 enterprises will take part in an all-Russian exhibition, Russian Producers and Armed Forces Logistics, opening Wednesday, the Armed Forces said in a statement.
MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Any...
MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Any comparison between Nazi Germany and Stalin"s Soviet Union is unacceptable, the head of the European Jewish Congress said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - In a...
MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - In a series of major detentions this month, Italian police have arrested another boss of the Camorra organized crime syndicate in southern Italy, the La Stampa daily has reported.
MOSCOW, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Soyuz spacecraft"s reentry capsule with Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, NASA astronaut Michael Barratt and space tourist Guy Laliberte aboard safely landed in Kazakhstan on Sunday.
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Alrosa...
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Alrosa, Russia"s largest diamond miner, said on Thursday it sold diamonds worth $1.73 billion in January-October 2009.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) - November 5 was a major milestone in Nord Stream AG history. Both Sweden and Finland authorized the construction of this seabed gas pipeline in their waters.
Moscow said on Friday it linked the improvement...
Moscow said on Friday it linked the improvement of soured relations with Tbilisi to "realistically minded" political figures in Georgia.
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) - A train...
MOSCOW, September 14 (RIA Novosti) - A train carrying Belarusian S-300 air defense systems has arrived at the Ashuluk training grounds in southern Russia to participate in Zapad-2009 strategic drills, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
MOSCOW, September 22 (RIA Novosti) - Several...
MOSCOW, September 22 (RIA Novosti) - Several senior Moscow officials left their cars at home and came to work on public transport on Tuesday, to set an example for the city"s residents on Carfree Day.
MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s military leadership including fleet and military district commanders gathered in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss ongoing military reforms, a defense source said.
Nino Burdzhanadze, a leading Georgian opposition...
Nino Burdzhanadze, a leading Georgian opposition figure, has flown to Moscow to seek to improve ties broken off after the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, a Georgian news agency reported on Wednesday.
Passengers and employees of two railway...
Passengers and employees of two railway stations in Russia"s second largest city of St. Petersburg were evacuated over a bomb threat, the press service for the local transportation department said on Thursday.
Police defused a bomb found in a graveyard...
Police defused a bomb found in a graveyard near the Dagestani town of Kizlyar on Wednesday, the same day it was hit by two suicide attacks, a law enforcement source said on Friday.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is to...
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is to give government awards to the police officers who recovered the infamous Arbeit macht frei sign stolen from the Auchwitz concentration camp.
Proposed changes to Russia"s immigration...
Proposed changes to Russia"s immigration law to simplify visa procedures for foreign specialists will be sent to the government in April, the deputy head of the Federal Migration Service said on Wednesday.
Russia and France plan to sign a child adoption...
Russia and France plan to sign a child adoption agreement this year, the press service of the Russian Science and Education Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
Russia and the United States made considerable...
Russia and the United States made considerable headway last month on a new strategic arms reductions pact, and talks will continue March 9, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Russia and Ukraine will step up efforts...
Russia and Ukraine will step up efforts to create a consortium on modernizing the Ukrainian gas transportation system, Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said on Thursday.
Russia is preparing to launch a Progress...
Russia is preparing to launch a Progress cargo spaceship on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Monday.
Russian and Iranian diplomats discussed...
Russian and Iranian diplomats discussed on Thursday the situation around Tehran"s nuclear program on the back of an announcement made by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad earlier in the day that Iran had produced its first stock of 20%-enriched uranium.
Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev...
Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said on Wednesday that it was unacceptable for traffic police to force owners of private cars to use their vehicles to form roadblocks.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived on Thursday to Russia"s North Caucasus republic to discuss security situation in the region following the recent terrorist attacks.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has flown...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has flown to Poland to attend the funeral of Polish leader Lech Kaczynski and his wife, the Kremlin press secretary said on Sunday.
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 President Dmitry Medvedev urged...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Tehran to cooperate with international organizations over its controversial nuclear program in an interview published on Thursday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk on Sunday laid flowers at the site of the Polish president"s plane crash in west Russia"s Katyn forest that left no survivors.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday oil producers were lining up to pump their crude through an inaugurated strategic oil pipeline.
Russia"s agricultural regulator has canceled...
Russia"s agricultural regulator has canceled provisional restrictions on pork imports from Ireland, imposed in late 2008 following a contamination risk warning by Irish authorities.
Russia"s drug control chief, Viktor Ivanov...
Russia"s drug control chief, Viktor Ivanov, will announce new proposals on Wednesday for eliminating the narcotics threat from Afghanistan at the Russia-NATO Council meeting in Brussels, a law enforcement source said.
Russia"s Evgeni Plushenko, who hoped to...
Russia"s Evgeni Plushenko, who hoped to become the first repeat men"s Olympic gold medalist since 1952, but won silver in the free skate in Vancouver, said on Sunday he hoped to perform at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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 Reserve Fund set up to cushion...
Russia"s Reserve Fund set up to cushion the federal budget against a fall in oil prices will reach 1.8 trillion rubles ($58.87 bln) on January 1, 2010, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.
Russia will create a state e-mail service...
Russia will create a state e-mail service allowing citizens to communicate with officials and be rendered public services via the Internet by the end of 2010, the CNews web portal has said.
Talks in Moscow on U.S. adoptions of Russian...
Talks in Moscow on U.S. adoptions of Russian children have been postponed until April 29-30, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Tuesday.
TALLINN, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Estonia...
TALLINN, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Estonia joined on Monday an international investigation group probing the hijacking of the Arctic Sea cargo vessel, along with Russia, Finland, Sweden and Malta.
The Caesar Kunikov large amphibious landing...
The Caesar Kunikov large amphibious landing ship from Russia"s Black Sea Fleet will take part in regular Blackseafor naval drills in April, the fleet"s press office said on Thursday.
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church...
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, will on Saturday head to Azerbaijan to attend an international religious summit on April 26-27, a church spokesman said.
The issue of the imposition of sanctions...
The issue of the imposition of sanctions against Iran has become "practical," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said on Thursday.
The ivi.ru website comprising hundreds of...
The ivi.ru website comprising hundreds of videos in Russian opened on Friday, providing Internet users with an opportunity to legally watch movies on-line free of charge.
The official logo for Euro 2012, to be jointly...
The official logo for Euro 2012, to be jointly hosted by Poland and Ukraine, was unveiled on Monday.
The Ukrainian opposition will not be able...
The Ukrainian opposition will not be able to hamper the ratification of a deal between Moscow and Kiev on extending Russia"s use of a naval base in Ukraine"s Crimea, Russian daily Kommersant said.
The United States is stalling inter-Palestinian...
The United States is stalling inter-Palestinian reconciliation talks by pressuring the Fatah leader and Egyptian authorities, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal told a Russian daily.
The U.S. has reiterated its concerns over...
The U.S. has reiterated its concerns over Venezuelan arms purchases from Russia, a U.S. State Department official has said.
The world"s largest particle accelerator...
The world"s largest particle accelerator could provide key insights into the makeup of matter and change our view of physics as early as at the end of 2010, the director of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said.
Two police officers were killed and another...
Two police officers were killed and another two injured in a series of two explosions, at least one of them caused by a suicide bomber, in Russia"s volatile southern republic of Ingushetia, local police said on Monday.
Two Russian emergencies ministry planes...
Two Russian emergencies ministry planes have arrived in Chile carrying rescuers, supplies and equipment including a mobile hospital to help the earthquake-stricken country, a ministry"s spokeswoman has said.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will not...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will not make a decision on sanctions against Iran until he gets better explanation from the U.S. government on the sanctions to better understand the dispute over Iranian controversial nuclear program, CNN said.
Ukraine has little chance to renege on a...
Ukraine has little chance to renege on a Russian naval base deal as its refusal to honor the treaty would be a breach of international law, Russian First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov said on Tuesday.
WARSAW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S...
WARSAW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. will go ahead with the deployment of a Patriot missile battery in Poland in the first quarter of 2010, a Polish deputy defense minister said on Friday.