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According to unofficial sources, at least...

According to unofficial sources, at least nine people were killed in violence in Iran, including the nephew of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi, local media has reported.

A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin...

A monument to Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin will be put up in the southeast Ukrainian city of Zaporozhie ahead of May 9 Victory Day celebrations, the head of the city"s Communist Party said on Thursday.

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 plane carrying Russian doctors who treated...

A plane carrying Russian doctors who treated residents of quake-hit Haiti took off Saturday and is expected to land Sunday morning at Ramenskoye airport near Moscow, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

A temperature of 8.1 degrees Celsius (46.58...

A temperature of 8.1 degrees Celsius (46.58 degrees Fahrenheit) was recorded in Moscow on Wednesday, the highest for 111 years, the Meteonovosti website said

A U.S. security spokesman assured reporters...

A U.S. security spokesman assured reporters on Friday that Moscow and Washington had overcome their "historical" differences.

Avatar topped the Russian box office ratings...

Avatar topped the Russian box office ratings for the fifth straight week, raking in almost four times the ticket sales of its nearest rival over the weekend, the Bulletin of Film Distributors reported on Tuesday.

Bjorn Ferry of Sweden took the Olympic gold...

Bjorn Ferry of Sweden took the Olympic gold in the men"s 12.5 km pursuit on Wednesday.

BRUSSELS, January 7 (RIA Novosti) - Bulgaria...

BRUSSELS, January 7 (RIA Novosti) - Bulgaria has offered the European Commission to reanimate its Kozloduy nuclear power plant, mothballed over EU accession requirements, the Belgian Libre Belgique newspaper reported on Wednesday. The Bulgarian proposal is being viewed as a way to ensure European energy security amid the gas conflict between Moscow and Kiev, which halted Russian natural gas transit via Ukraine earlier on Wednesday. Other East European states are also seeking to reduce energy dependence on Russia. Lithuania, which receives Russian gas via Belarus, is also seeking to extend the life of the second reactor of its Ingalina nuclear power plant, while Poland insists that the construction of the Nabucco pipeline project to pump Caspian gas to Europe bypassing Russia be sped up, the paper said. The authorities at the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, which has a large liquefied gas storage facility, said it could meet gas demand in Western Europe. Zeebrugge, one of Europe"s major gas terminals, receives liquefied gas shipped from Qatar and Algeria, and also has two pipelines pumping gas from Norway and Britain. The Russian gas monopoly said that so far this year, European consumers had failed to receive more than 86 million cubic meters of gas, tapped by Ukraine. Russia demanded that Ukraine make up the volume from its own reserves. Kiev closed on Wednesday the fourth, final gas pipeline pumping Russian gas to Europe. The latest closure added Austria, the Czech Republic, Romania and Slovakia to the growing list of countries receiving no Russian gas. The three other pipelines were closed on Tuesday, ending deliveries via Ukraine to Hungary, Serbia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, and Bosnia. Supplies to Italy, Poland, France and Slovenia are seriously disrupted.

Canada has blocked the adoption of all documents...

Canada has blocked the adoption of all documents to be considered at an upcoming Russia-NATO meeting, the Russian envoy to NATO said on Tuesday.

CSKA Moscow drew 1-1 with U.S. side Red...

CSKA Moscow drew 1-1 with U.S. side Red Bull at Spain"s Campoamour Resort as they prepare for the start of the new Russian season and a Champions League clash with Sevilla.

Danish company Novo Nordisk, a world leader...

Danish company Novo Nordisk, a world leader in production of anti-diabetic medicine, has signed an agreement to build an insulin plant in Kaluga, the regional administration"s press service said on Wednesday.

IBF and WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir...

IBF and WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine will be defending his titles against U.S. boxer Eddie Chambers on Saturday night in Germany"s Dusseldorf.

It will take Russia four or five years to...

It will take Russia four or five years to return to the deficit-free budgets that the country enjoyed before the global financial crisis hit, Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said on Wednesday.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of...

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Yukos oil giant who is facing new charges of oil and oil revenue embezzlement, said on Thursday the prosecution"s accusations were paradoxical and devoid of logic.

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.

MISSION CONTROL CENTER (Moscow Region)...

MISSION CONTROL CENTER (Moscow Region), March 20 (RIA Novosti) - A Soyuz carrier rocket guided by a Russian astronaut has successfully docked with the Zvezda module of the International Space Station (ISS), a RIA correspondent reported from mission control Monday.

MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...

MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is preparing to launch an ambitious lunar project which could provide access to alternative energy resources, a company involved in the project said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) - The global...

MOSCOW, April 30 (RIA Novosti) - The global market will undergo a significant shift in the next 15 years as a result of the increase in the number of companies entering foreign markets from emerging economies, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) revealed in one of its latest press releases.

MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Arctic...

MOSCOW, August 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Arctic Sea cargo vessel, recently freed from hijackers by a Russian missile frigate, is heading to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk for an investigation, the Russian defense minister said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...

MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to orbit at least 30 telecom satellites and launch probes to Mars and Venus under the federal space program for 2006-2015, a Russian Space Agency official said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) -Russia and...

MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) -Russia and Europe have agreed to launch a joint space-based antenna project to explore outer space, a spokesman for the Russia's space agency said Friday.

MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, June 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships will take part in several international drills in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea later this year, a Navy spokesman said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - Lokomotiv...

MOSCOW, March 10 (RIA Novosti) - Lokomotiv Moscow have made an offer for Schalke 04 forward Kevin Kuranyi, the Bild newspaper said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Admiral Panteleyev destroyer is escorting a convoy comprising five Russian and foreign merchant vessels through the Gulf of Aden, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Wednesday.

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

MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) - The WWF has approved the relocation of several Russian Amur tigers to northeastern China to restore the wild animal"s population, World Wildlife Fund Russian department director Igor Chestin said.

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti"s sport...

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti"s sport writer Mikhail Smirnov). Russian car racers are finishing the season well enough, having secured high trophies in international motor sport, which were a dream but could not come true for their predecessors doomed to internal fighting. Alexei Vasiliev, 32, and Nikolai Fomnko, 42, of Yukos-Freisinger team have secured the title in the N-GT class of the FIA GT championship on a Porsche 969 RSR with two races still remaining to the end of the championship. Individually, the Russian racers are put at 6th and 10th places. They are first Russians to enter the Top 10 N-GT racers. N-GT is a series lasting from April till November at 11 tracks. "Finally the Russian flag has waved at the international motor racing scene. We have written a Russian page in the history of world motor racing," said Vasiliev who has had over 30,000 kilometers behind his back this season, "the basic thing is that we have overcome the loser complex; we now have confidence and desire to fight for victory now, to which second place in Belgian Spa and a good Le Mans 24-hour race," the Russian pilot told RIA Novosti. Nikolai Fomenko said FIA GT championship was growing more and more competitive each season and could challenge the Formula 1 as the top motor race. "In the GT championship, any team can break through, unlike the Formula 1 where everything is fixed," he said. However, Fomenko repeatedly said he would be happy to try the world-best motor race. Younger Russian pilots have done no worse this season, though. September 12, 2004 will be a historic date for world motor racing since on this day Russian Roman Rusinov, 23, won the legendary 1,000-km Le Mans Endurance Series for the first time ever. Rusinov is no stranger to European races, though he is young enough. He was the first Russian to take the title in the Formula Renault international finals. Formula Renault is a series where many future Formula 1 pilots, like Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, have come from. The Russian was also close to the Formula Palmer Audi title, regularly winning races and setting several best-lap records. He also accounts for the ever-first Russian pole position in the F3000. Driving a sport prototype, Rusinov had won the thrilling 1,000-km Le Mans race, making his latest Le Mans Endurance Series title a next step on the ladder that must lead, Rusinov said, to the Formula 1. Still younger racers are to enter the ranks in the coming years, who are desperate to outdo their senior fellow countrymen as well as Michael Schumacher himself. The freshest example is Oscar Paegle, 15, who first has become the first Russian to win Czech Open ICA Intercontinental A carting championship, and then won the Mid-European Cup in this class of vehicles, getting the trophy from the hands of Max Mosley, FIA president and a living legend of world motor racing. However, progress has been scarce in advancing the Formula 1 track project in this country. Earlier this autumn, there were reports Ukrainian authorities had approved the plan to build an F1 track near the border with Russia. The Russian city of Belgorod will host a large international conference on the matter, involving Russian and Ukrainian businessmen, as well as Ferrari and Fiat presidents. A couple of years ago the issue of holding Formula 1 races in Russia was perceived as all but sealed. Setting Russia as the host for one of the Grand Prix 2004 races was even discussed, and this summer the track was considered all but built as Moscow region governor Boris Gromov estimated its cost at $2 billion. The area of 400 hectares was allocated to the north of Moscow in the Dmitrov district but the project lacked investors, without which no contract could be signed. A couple of years ago a Formula 1 track, called Northern Monaco, was bound for the Nagatino bottomland near the Moskva River (in the southeast part of the Russian capital). The cost of the whole project, including the track itself, and hotels, supermarkets, cafes, and restaurants nearby, was estimated at nearly $600 million. The track w

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, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian...

MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian diesel-electric submarine from the Black Sea Fleet is being towed to the port of Novorossiisk after suffering an engine malfunction during sea drills, a Black Sea Fleet official said.

MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - Warships...

MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) - Warships from all of the Russian Navy fleets will be involved in measures to fight piracy in the Horn of Africa region, Russia's Navy commander said on Sunday.

MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Sales...

MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Sales of a traditional Chinese medicine against swine flu, which its producer says is especially effective for children, have been launched in China, a local newspaper said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s flagship air carrier Aeroflot announced on Thursday that its net profit under International Financial Reporting Standards declined 80%, year-on-year, in January-June to $14.1 million.

MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - New NASA...

MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - New NASA chief Charles F. Bolden will arrive on Friday at Russia"s Mission Control to watch a Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft dock with the ISS and hold talks with Russian space agency Roscosmos head Anatoly Perminov, Roscosmos said.

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Italian...

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Italian auto giant Fiat plans to launch production of off-roaders in Russia, the company"s executive director said on Thursday.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) -- It does not sound likely that Russia will employ a reusable spacecraft in 2012 - but it is. On Friday, February 3, the Russian Space Agency is due to announce the developer of a new Russian reusable spacecraft.

MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov)

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov)

MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - The...

MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Discovery shuttle is set to land at the Kennedy Space Center on Friday, after a delay due to thunderstorms in Florida, NASA said.

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. (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.

Nikolai Paletsky, representative of the...

Nikolai Paletsky, representative of the ship’s owner and head of the Department of Navigation and Practical Training at the Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy (BFFSA), discusses the circumnavigation of the world by the Russian barque Kruzenshtern in this RIA Novosti interview.

No one has applied to become the president...

No one has applied to become the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, with potential applicants wary of unrealistic pressure to succeed, a top official said on Wednesday.

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Over 300 paratroopers from the 76th Airborne...

Over 300 paratroopers from the 76th Airborne Division will be airdropped during military exercises in northwest Russia on Thursday, Airborne Troops spokesman Col. Alexander Cherednik said.

Road accidents in China decreased by 10.1%...

Road accidents in China decreased by 10.1% in 2009 against the last year, with the death toll and the number of injured dropping by 7.8 % and 9.8% respectively, Xinhua news agency said.

Rubin Kazan won their second successive...

Rubin Kazan won their second successive Russian Premier League title on Saturday as they drew 0:0 at home with Zenit St. Petersburg, while second-placed Spartak Moscow lost 3:2 to cross-town rivals CSKA Moscow.

Russia and the United States may sign a...

Russia and the United States may sign a nuclear arms reduction pact to replace the outdated START treaty in March or April, the Russian president"s aide said on Wednesday.

Russia could soon sign a contract with a...

Russia could soon sign a contract with a U.S. space company on the delivery of Soviet-era rocket boosters in support of the development of the Taurus II space launch vehicle, a Russian newspaper said on Wednesday.

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military...

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military products last year, and expects to sell at least a similar amount in 2010, the head of the country"s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.

Russia has sent its proposals on a Russian-Venezuelan...

Russia has sent its proposals on a Russian-Venezuelan bank being set up by the two countries to Caracas, a deputy Russian finance minister has said.

Russia is not developing military cooperation...

Russia is not developing military cooperation with Pakistan, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday.

Russia is ready to help reconstruct Afghanistan...

Russia is ready to help reconstruct Afghanistan, but it is up to Western countries to come up with the funds, a Russian newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting Russia"s envoy to NATO.

Russia is seriously concerned by reports...

Russia is seriously concerned by reports that Russian citizens and ethnic Russians living in Kyrgyzstan are losing their homes and businesses in racially-motivated attacks, Russia"s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander...

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov is the only candidate for the post of the president of the Russian Olympic Committee as no other candidacies were registered before the deadline.

Russia needs to improve private property...

Russia needs to improve private property protection, Igor Shuvalov, the country"s powerful first deputy prime minister in charge of anti-crisis management, said on Thursday.

Russian investigators searched the Moscow...

Russian investigators searched the Moscow office of U.S. high-tech corporation Hewlett-Packard on a request from Germany, Russia"s Investigative Committee said on Wednesday.

Russian mobile operator VimpelCom announced...

Russian mobile operator VimpelCom announced on Thursday a US GAAP profit of $283 million for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared with a net loss of $816 million the previous year.

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will...

Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom will increasingly cede the domestic market to independent producers by 2030 as part of ambitions to double exports to 320-345 billion cubic meters, a Russian business daily said on Monday.

Russian oil output increased 1.2% year-on-year...

Russian oil output increased 1.2% year-on-year to a post-Soviet record of 494.228 million metric tons (3.63 billion barrels) in 2009, the Energy Ministry said on Monday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss economic and humanitarian ties with Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday, a Kremlin source said on Monday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will announce on Thursday the establishment of a joint venture between Russian automaker Sollers and Italy"s car giant Fiat, a Russian business daily said on Tuesday.

Russia on Friday launched a military satellite...

Russia on Friday launched a military satellite, the Defense Ministry said.

Russia"s Alexander Zubkov and Alexei Voevoda...

Russia"s Alexander Zubkov and Alexei Voevoda won bronze medals in Bobsleigh two-man at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada"s Vancouver.

Russia"s cross country skier Irek Zaripov...

Russia"s cross country skier Irek Zaripov took his fourth gold at the 2010 Paralympics in Canada"s Vancouver after winning the Men"s 10 km, Sitting.

Russia"s economic development is being held...

Russia"s economic development is being held back by the financial satisfaction of a large segment of the population, a state-owned insurer has said.

Russia"s first and only Formula One driver...

Russia"s first and only Formula One driver, Vitaly Petrov, scored his first championship points on Sunday with a seventh-place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix, won by Jensen Button.

Russia"s metals giant Norilsk Nickel posted...

Russia"s metals giant Norilsk Nickel posted a 6% decrease year-on-year in nickel output to 282,900 metric tons in 2009, with last year"s copper production down 4% to 402,000 metric tons against 2008.

Russia"s MiG aircraft maker said on Tuesday...

Russia"s MiG aircraft maker said on Tuesday it has delivered the first four MiG-29 Fulcrum-D carrier-based fighter jets to India.

Russia"s Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov...

Russia"s Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov are third after the short program in figure skating, with 74.16 points.

Russia will begin and end their attempt...

Russia will begin and end their attempt to make the final stages of Euro 2012 with matches against minnows Andorra.

Russia will boost its drug control mission...

Russia will boost its drug control mission staff in Afghanistan, Russia"s drug control chief said on Tuesday.

Russia will pick from two to four international...

Russia will pick from two to four international and domestic lenders to manage its sovereign Eurobond issue, a government official said on Tuesday.

Soaring imports into Russia registered in...

Soaring imports into Russia registered in the fourth quarter of 2009 threaten the country"s economic recovery and may plunge it into a new economic decline, a business paper reported on Thursday.

The first reactor of the Kudankulam nuclear...

The first reactor of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India will be launched in 2010 as scheduled, Russia"s nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko said.

The operator of the Glonass satellite navigation...

The operator of the Glonass satellite navigation project has taken control of three newly orbited satellites, Russia"s leading satellite manufacturer said on Tuesday.

The overthrow of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek...

The overthrow of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has confirmed the old truth: All authoritarian regimes are eventually overthrown by a wave of public wrath if they are unable to resolve internal political problems peacefully and do not encourage political and socio-economic modernization.