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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 new business law will allow fugitive Russian...
A new business law will allow fugitive Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev, the former head of oil firm RussNeft, to return to Russia, a business daily reported on Monday.
A new round of talks on U.S. poultry supplies...
A new round of talks on U.S. poultry supplies to Russia, suspended since January over new Russian safety requirements, will start on March 1, Russia"s chief sanitary official said on Friday.
A Proton M booster rocket with three Glonass...
A Proton M booster rocket with three Glonass M navigation satellites blasted off from the Baikonur space center on Monday in this year"s final launch, a spokesman for Russia"s space agency said.
A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman confirmed...
A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman confirmed on Saturday that Moscow and Washington would continue their dialogue on a new strategic arms deal in Geneva in February.
A Slovenian cross-country skier was able...
A Slovenian cross-country skier was able to not only compete, but won a bronze medal in the women"s classic sprint at the Vancouver Olympics on Wednesday despite injuring her ribs in a crash during training, the Slovenian newspaper Dnevnik reported.
A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two...
A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two astronauts from the International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to land in central Kazakhstan on March 18, Russian Mission Control said on Wednesday.
At least five police were killed and another...
At least five police were killed and another ten wounded in a blast near a traffic police post in the capital of Russia"s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, local law-enforcement bodies said on Wednesday.
A total of 18 people, including eight children...
A total of 18 people, including eight children, were injured during New Year celebrations in Moscow over the careless use of fireworks, Moscow"s emergencies center said on Sunday.
A U.S. court has ruled to seize $419 million...
A U.S. court has ruled to seize $419 million worth of assets of Russia"s state oil major Rosneft under a lawsuit filed by managers of the now defunct oil giant Yukos, a business daily reported on Thursday.
Czech speed skater Martina Sablikova won...
Czech speed skater Martina Sablikova won gold in ladies" 5,000 m at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada"s Vancouver.
Doping-related cases among Russian athletes...
Doping-related cases among Russian athletes are still a possibility at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, though their preliminary tests proved negative in Moscow, a senior sports doctor said.
Dutch speed skater Mark Tuitert has snatched...
Dutch speed skater Mark Tuitert has snatched a victory from the hands of U.S."s Shani Davis in the men"s 1500m pursuit in Vancouver, finishing just 0.53 seconds ahead of the American.
Four unidentified assailants have robbed...
Four unidentified assailants have robbed the house of a private businessman in St. Petersburg, stealing valuables estimated at over 2 million rubles ($65,000), a local police spokesman said on Sunday.
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is...
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is a greater threat to security in the Black Sea region than the Mistral-class helicopter carrier Russia intends to buy from France, Moscow"s envoy to NATO said on Friday.
Hockey player Alexei Morozov will lead the...
Hockey player Alexei Morozov will lead the Russian Olympic team into Vancouver"s BC Place Stadium on February 12 as the national flag bearer. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian national team ahead of the Olympics and the Russia House was opened in the XXI Olympics capital.
Jacques Rogge, the president of the International...
Jacques Rogge, the president of the International Olympic Committee, called the death of a Georgian luger a tragedy overcasting the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver hours before the Games were to start.
Mirax Group will continue the construction...
Mirax Group will continue the construction of a Moscow skyscraper set to be one of the tallest buildings in Europe, an executive said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW. (Alexander Bakustin, RIA Novosti)...
MOSCOW. (Alexander Bakustin, RIA Novosti) - The Turkish parliament recently adopted a government bill lifting a decades-old ban on wearing the hijab - a headscarf used by Muslim women to cover their hair.
MOSCOW, April 13 (RIA Novosti) - CSKA Moscow...
MOSCOW, April 13 (RIA Novosti) - CSKA Moscow made a dramatic return to form on Sunday as they beat cross-town rivals Lokomotiv 4-1, with reported Chelsea target Alan Dzagoyev finding the net twice.
MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Government...
MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Government spending on space programs will increase in the next ten years, the country"s top space official said Friday.
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - President...
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered measures to track a Finnish-owned cargo ship crewed by Russians, which was last sited off Portugal"s Atlantic coast on August 1 and may have been hijacked, the Kremlin said.
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, August 4 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian...
MOSCOW, August 4 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian carrier rocker with a U.S. satellite will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on Saturday, a spokesperson for the Russian space agency said Friday.
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, August 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Navy took over command of the Black Sea Naval Cooperation Task Group from Romania Saturday prior to an active phase of a Blackseafor exercise, the press service of the Russian Black Sea Fleet said. Formally established at Turkey"s initiative in 2001, Blackseafor - which comprises Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania, Georgia and Russia - conducts search and rescue operations, and environmental monitoring, and organizes goodwill visits among Black Sea countries. Its charter says Blackseafor can also be deployed for peacekeeping operations under a UN or OSCE mandate. Captain I Rank Mikhail Sukhval who will coordinate Blackseafor"s joint activities during the next year praised current contacts between the fleets of the Blackseafor countries.
MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - An expedition...
MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - An expedition of Far Eastern oceanologists making a voyage in the East Siberian Sea aboard the Ivan Kireyev discovered extremely high concentration of carbon dioxide in seawater and the atmosphere which, probably, had been caused by forest fires in Siberia this year. They also found places with high methane emission rates, and methane is a gas which may cause great changes in global climate. This information is presented by the "Novosti Prirody" site. According to Igor Semiletov, a researcher at the Pacific Institute of Oceanology and the expedition"s leader, participants in the second Russian-American expedition intend to conduct researches along the route from Tiksi to Wrangel Island. The ice situation is difficult there this year which may lead to changes in the programme of the expedition and its timeframe. The oceanologists hope to obtain data which must shed fresh light on the processes changing the global climate. Fifteen Russian scientists take part in the expedition. The American side, which provided it with the necessary equipment, will take part in processing the data obtained. It is worth noting that this expedition was funded mostly by Russians. The first Russian-American expedition to the Arctic took place in August-September 2003.
MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian...
MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian research vessel departs Russia"s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday for the Black Sea to probe into the long-term consequences of the 2007 oil spill in the Kerch Strait. During a storm on November 11, 2007, four ships sank and six ran aground in the channel between Russia and Ukraine that links the Black and Azov seas. Two oil tankers were damaged, causing a spill of around 2,000 metric tons of fuel oil. "This will be Russia"s largest expedition in the Black Sea" for a decade, said Alexei Sokov, deputy director at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The month-long expedition on board the Professor Shtokman vessel will involve over 80 people. One of the ship"s previous expeditions opened the Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea, whose reserves have been assessed at 1.5-2 trillion cu m of gas. The Professor Shtokman was also involved in seismological research near Bushehr in Iran, where a nuclear power plant is being built with Russia"s assistance.
MOSCOW, February 18 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian...
MOSCOW, February 18 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian consortium comprising En+ Group, Severstal and Renova submitted investment proposals to the Mongolian government last month to develop one of the world"s largest coal mines, a business paper said on Wednesday. According to Vedomosti, the consortium"s intention to develop the Tavan Tolgoi coal field in the Gobi Desert, with estimated reserves of 6.5 billion metric tons of coking coal, was confirmed by an executive of the Severstal steelmaker while a representative of the Renova asset management group declined to comment. A representative of En+ Group owned by Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska told the paper that the Mongolian side viewed positively the consortium"s proposals. At the same time, the Mongolian government has yet to determine its project requirements and it is not yet clear whether it will issue a license for the entire mine or for separate sections, the paper said. In any case, competition is going to be tough as major global companies, such as Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton, Xstrata and China"s Shenhua Energy are also keen to take part in the tender, the paper reported.
MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti) - The implementation...
MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti) - The implementation of bilateral Russian and Bulgarian energy projects is particularly important in these times of global financial crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday.
MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s...
MOSCOW, July 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s Kruzenshtern sailing ship has left the U.S. port of Boston and headed for Canada’s Halifax, taking part in the final stage of an international tall ships regatta.
MOSCOW, July 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, July 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian investigators have detained a suspect in the attempted murder of Isa Yamadayev, whose two brothers were gunned down in Moscow and Dubai over a seven-month period, an investigative committee spokesman said.
MOSCOW, June 11 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow has...
MOSCOW, June 11 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow has not received documentation from the United Arab Emirates confirming the death of Sulim Yamadayev, but Russia is ready to cooperate in the probe into his assassination, a presidential envoy said Thursday. According to Dubai police, the former commander of the Vostok Battalion in Chechnya was gunned down near his apartment in the United Arabic capital on March 28. Relatives, including his brother Isa, have said he survived the shooting and was in hospital. "We have not received official legal confirmation that Yamadayev is dead," said Anatoly Safonov, a special envoy on international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and transnational organized crime. Russia"s Interior Ministry said last Thursday that Interpol had issued warrants for the arrests of seven people in connection with the murder of Yamadayev.
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans...
MOSCOW, June 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans produce rare-earth metals on the Moon, a deputy head of the Federal Space Agency said Monday.
MOSCOW, June 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President...
MOSCOW, June 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said ensuring stability grain prices and guaranteeing food security are priorities for the agricultural sector, a Kremlin press release said on Saturday.
MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Bank...
MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) confirmed on Tuesday it had received a proposal for an out of court settlement from the Russian Federal Customs Service.
MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Arsenal Football...
MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - Arsenal Football Club"s Russian striker Andrei Arshavin is seeking a large salary increase to compensate for the high British tax rate, the Mail on Sunday reported.
MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Dynamo Kiev...
MOSCOW, May 7 (RIA Novosti) - Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk meet in a UEFA Cup semifinal, second leg clash on Thursday to decide who will be the first Ukrainian club to make the final of a major European competition since 1986.
MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, November 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia may raise oil export duty on its benchmark Urals blend by $40 from December 1 to $271-273 per metric ton from the current $231.2 per ton, a Finance Ministry official said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Reserve Fund decreased 2.4% to 2.242 trillion rubles ($77.18 billion), while the National Welfare Fund shrank 1.9% to 2.712 trillion rubles ($93.38 billion) in October, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - U.S...
MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Russian human rights activists in Moscow on Saturday, a day after unsuccessful defense talks with the country's leaders.
MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - The 9th...
MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - The 9th meeting of the Russia-India intergovernmental commission on military-technical cooperation opened on Wednesday in Moscow.
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. (RIA Novosti economic commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) - The economic downturn has hurt both the price and the volume of the natural gas Russia exports to Western Europe.
MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti football expert Marc...
MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti football expert Marc Bennetts)- Ahead of Manchester United and Barcelona"s much-anticipated Champions League final in Rome, RIA Novosti asks if Russian clubs have a realistic chance of lifting the trophy in coming seasons.
NASA"s Endeavour space shuttle will undock...
NASA"s Endeavour space shuttle will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) on February 20 after a 9-day mission, NASA reported on Friday.
News Corp. and Cameron are discussing plans...
News Corp. and Cameron are discussing plans for a sequel to the sci-fi adventure Avatar, Hollywood Reporter.com reported on Wednesday, citing a company source.
On February 12, 1955, the first military...
On February 12, 1955, the first military construction units arrived at Tyura-Tam railroad siding (station) to launch the construction of a new missile test range - Scientific-Research Test Range No. 5 of the Soviet Defense Ministry (NIIP-5), currently known as the Baikonur Space Center.
Over 1,300 firefighters and rescuers will...
Over 1,300 firefighters and rescuers will be on duty in the Russian capital as Muscovites will be celebrating New Year, a deputy head of the Moscow firefighting service said.
Qatar has invited Russia"s Gazprom to take...
Qatar has invited Russia"s Gazprom to take part in projects to extract and produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) after a moratorium is lifted on developing its North Field deposits, the Russian energy giant 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.
Russia hopes the February 7 Ukrainian presidential...
Russia hopes the February 7 Ukrainian presidential runoff will go ahead without incidents of a destabilizing nature, a Foreign Ministry source said on Friday
Russian bobsledder Irina Skvortsova, seriously...
Russian bobsledder Irina Skvortsova, seriously injured during a training incident in Germany, is facing another routine surgery, a spokeswoman for the Russian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation said Friday.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov...
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday confirmed plans to launch a Soyuz carrier rocket from the Kourou space center in French Guiana later this year.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed speculation that Moscow"s new military doctrine would see a return of Cold War tensions in an interview published on Thursday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow is interested in cooperation with NATO on issues of anti-missile defense in Europe.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet with his Palestinian counterpart on Tuesday to discuss the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian talks, a Kremlin source said.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday will take part in the opening ceremony of a trans-Atlantic sea cargo transportation route in St. Petersburg and hold talks with the Danish premier, the government said Sunday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke...
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin spoke with ousted Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev by telephone and met with interim Deputy Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev in Moscow, the Russian government"s press service said on Thursday.
Russia"s budget deficit is unlikely to fall...
Russia"s budget deficit is unlikely to fall below the projected figure of 6.8% of GDP in 2010, as the government intends to fulfill its social obligations, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday.
Russia"s budget deficit rose to 4.9% of...
Russia"s budget deficit rose to 4.9% of GDP in January-November 2009 from 4.7% in September-October, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday.
Russia"s figure skaters Oksana Domnina and...
Russia"s figure skaters Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin took the lead in the ice dance after the compulsory dance at the Winter Olympic Games in Canada"s Vancouver on Friday.
Russia"s government was able to carry out...
Russia"s government was able to carry out large-scale anti-crisis measures last year without any cuts in social spending, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday in his annual report on the government work.
Russia"s ice dancers Oksana Domnina and...
Russia"s ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin finished in the third place after the original dance at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada.
Russia"s Nikita Kriukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy...
Russia"s Nikita Kriukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy won gold and silver respectively putting an end to Russia"s medal draught on the sixth day of the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Russia"s Reserve Fund decreased by 1.8%...
Russia"s Reserve Fund decreased by 1.8% to 2.238 trillion rubles ($76.87 bln) from 2.242 trillion rubles ($77 bln) in November, the country"s Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.
Russia"s Sberbank announced on Wednesday...
Russia"s Sberbank announced on Wednesday it is launching a three-month campaign to restructure bad household loans in a bid to ease citizens" debt burden and help push the country out of recession.
Russia will seek Ukraine"s opinion on any...
Russia will seek Ukraine"s opinion on any moves to modernize its navy in Crimea, Russian Navy chief Vladimir Vysotsky said on Tuesday.
Sberbank and General Motors agreed on compensation...
Sberbank and General Motors agreed on compensation, which the U.S. auto giant will pay for its refusal to sell the ailing German automaker Opel, despite earlier accords, Russia"s largest retail bank said on Monday.
Some 30 people, including nine foreign tourists...
Some 30 people, including nine foreign tourists and a child, were injured in an acid attack on a busy street in Hong Kong, BBC said on Sunday citing a local police statement.
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 implementation of a project to develop...
The implementation of a project to develop a vast gas field in the Russian sector of the Barents Sea is being delayed further, First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said Friday.
The Investigation Committee at the Russian...
The Investigation Committee at the Russian Prosecutor General"s Office has set up a special department in Chechnya to investigate abductions in the volatile southern republic, Russia"s top investigator said.
The launch of the European Space Agency"s...
The launch of the European Space Agency"s CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer satellite on a Russian Rokot carrier rocket is scheduled for April 8, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Monday.
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 reported visit to Russia on Tuesday...
The reported visit to Russia on Tuesday of Iran"s top security official and chief nuclear negotiator has been postponed indefinitely, the ISNA news agency reported on Monday.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov...
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov on Tuesday confirmed the Central Asian republic"s readiness to supply the required gas volumes to Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
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.
Unusually warm weather has seen mushrooms...
Unusually warm weather has seen mushrooms growing in forests near Moscow, a Russian meteorological website said on Friday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived to the quake-hit Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, and met with the country"s president Rene Preval, CNN said on Sunday.
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political...
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns will arrive in Russia on Wednesday for two days of discussions with Russian officials on a wide range of global and bilateral issues.
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