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A Madrid court has agreed to hold a behind-closed-doors...
A Madrid court has agreed to hold a behind-closed-doors trial of a former Spanish intelligence officer accused of selling classified information to Russia, a Spanish newspaper said.
A Russian-Indian fifth-generation fighter...
A Russian-Indian fifth-generation fighter jet could be developed by 2015-2016, a Russian defense industry official said on Tuesday.
A Russian airliner made an emergency landing...
A Russian airliner made an emergency landing in Iran on Sunday after experiencing technical difficulties en route from the Urals city of Perm to Dubai, Ekho Moskvy radio station reported.
A Russian human rights veteran and her group...
A Russian human rights veteran and her group, Memorial, were nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, Russian media reported on Wednesday.
Ben Southall, the winner of the "Best job...
Ben Southall, the winner of the "Best job in the World," has been stung by a deadly jellyfish as he jetskied near a tropical island in Australia"s Great Barrier Reef.
Former President of the International Olympic...
Former President of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch, who steered the IOC for over two decades (1980-2001) in the times of political boycotts, bribery and doping scandals, passed away on Wednesday afternoon at the Quiron Clinic in his native Barcelona at the age of 89.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has defended...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has defended his decision to allow the sale of a Mistral-class amphibious assault ship to Russia by saying it would not threaten regional security, the Daily Herald reported.
Fugitive Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev...
Fugitive Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev, the former head of mid-sized oil firm RussNeft, is regaining control of the company in an apparent bid to rescue it from a heavy debt burden, a business daily reported on Monday.
Gazprom"s position as the world"s largest...
Gazprom"s position as the world"s largest natural gas supplier may be shattered as an ever larger number of companies are investing in alternative gas production, a Russian business paper reported on Wednesday.
Global oil markets will face a shortage...
Global oil markets will face a shortage of oil as the global economy exits recession and supply fails to keep pace with recovery in demand, a Russian business daily reported on Tuesday, citing Goldman Sachs" analysts.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said...
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Tuesday Greece is ready to sign a contract with Russia for the construction of the Greek section of the South Stream pipeline project.
Guus Hiddink will meet with the new president...
Guus Hiddink will meet with the new president of Russian football"s governing body on Thursday to discuss his future as national team coach.
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal will hold consultations...
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal will hold consultations in the Russian Foreign Ministry early next week, ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said Thursday.
More than 50% of the world"s computer hacking...
More than 50% of the world"s computer hacking crimes were carried out from China in 2009, a leading Russian computer security company said in a report on Tuesday.
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 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia and Bulgaria will endorse preliminary documents on the South Stream gas pipeline later on Tuesday and sign a final agreement in two weeks, the Russian prime minister said.
MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - An official...
MOSCOW, August 14 (RIA Novosti) - An official farewell ceremony for a strategic nuclear submarine from the Russian Northern Fleet was held on Friday at the Zvezdochka shipyard in northern Russia.
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, August 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Federal Space Agency has decided to send a U.S. woman of Iranian descent into space, instead of a Japanese space tourist who failed a medical test, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.
MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Delegations...
MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Delegations from North and South Korea agreed at talks on Friday to hold reunions in late September of families separated by the Korean War more than half a century ago.
MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Olympic...
MOSCOW, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Olympic champion Elena Isinbayeva put her disappointing performance in the world championships behind her to set a new pole vault world record in Zurich, Russia"s Vesti-24 channel reported.
MOSCOW, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he had sent one of his birthday presents, a female Siberian tiger cub, to a zoo in southern Russia.
MOSCOW, February 23 (RIA Novosti) –...
MOSCOW, February 23 (RIA Novosti) – Russian international Yury Zhirkov will miss Chelsea’s Champions League match against Inter Milan on Wednesday after picking up an injury during the club’s 2-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend.
MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - The launch...
MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - The launch of the Proton-M Russian carrier rocket with
Moscow is holding a day of mourning after...
Moscow is holding a day of mourning after two suicide bombings killed dozens of people in the capital"s subway on Monday.
Moscow is undaunted by Poland"s decision...
Moscow is undaunted by Poland"s decision to base U.S. surface-to-air missiles closer to Russian borders, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Navy will expand and modernize its Soviet-era naval maintenance site near Tartus in Syria to support anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast, a high-ranking navy source said on Monday.
MOSCOW, June 24 (RIA Novosti) - French Total...
MOSCOW, June 24 (RIA Novosti) - French Total and Russian independent gas producer Novatek are expected to implement a $1 billion project to develop a gas condensate project in northwest Siberia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...
MOSCOW, March 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian customs authorities are ready to drop their $22.5 billion lawsuit against the Bank of New York Mellon in exchange for an $800 million compensation settlement, a business paper reported on Tuesday. Russia"s Federal Customs Service on May 17, 2007, filed a damages lawsuit after accusing the bank of laundering funds, received from exports to Russia, through its accounts in the late 1990s. "For the purpose of settling the dispute, the Federal Customs Service of Russia suggests holding a working meeting to discuss the issue of reaching an amicable agreement on the matter," Kommersant quoted Konstantin Chaika, deputy head of the Federal Customs Service, as saying in a letter obtained by the paper. According to Kommersant"s source in the Russian government, the Federal Customs Service has been forced to take this step at the insistence of Sergei Sobyanin, deputy prime minister and head of the government"s office, who Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally put in charge of the matter. "This is a political decision, quite logical in the period of the global financial crisis. Moreover, BNY Mellon does not have any accounts on the territory of Russia that can be seized if the Federal Customs Service wins in a court," Kommersant said, referring to the government source. Neither party has made any comment on the information, Kommersant said. According to Steven Marx, a U.S. lawyer acting for the Russian customs service, under U.S. law the plaintiff can demand compensation of up to three times the laundered sum. He said the bank"s management has acknowledged its involvement in the laundering of around $7.5 billion. In the early 2000"s several countries accused employees at the Bank of New York of involvement in organizing tax evasion and money laundering schemes, primarily with the use of the shadow economy. The bank fired several staff responsible for the Russian money transfers. The main case in Russia related to the bank"s management of U.S. correspondent accounts at Incombank, formerly Russia"s second-largest bank, which was declared bankrupt in the late 1990s.
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s broadly defined monetary base expanded 4.6% to 5.024 trillion rubles ($179.4 bln) in the month up to November 1, the Central Bank reported on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Police...
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Police have set free all the protesters detained in an unauthorized rally in downtown Moscow on Saturday, the Moscow interior department said on Sunday.
MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, November 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian news agency RIA Novosti resumed on Monday the Arabic edition of the Moscow News paper after a 17-year break, Anbaa Mosku editor Raed Jaber said.
MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak...
MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - Spartak Moscow cruised to the top of the Russian Premier League on Saturday with a 3-0 win in the capital"s northern suburb of Khimki, confirming the home side"s relegation from the top flight.
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-crewed...
MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian-crewed and Maltese-flagged vessel at the center of a mysterious hijacking case was handed over to representatives of Malta on Thursday, the Russian Prosecutor General"s Office said.
Moscow police have stopped an unemployed...
Moscow police have stopped an unemployed Dagestani construction worker who attempted to enter the Kremlin to talk to President Dmitry Medvedev about marrying into his family, according to a Russian tabloid.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Oleg Mityayev) - The Russian rail monopoly and its Mongolian partners agreed to set up a joint venture during Prime Minister Vladimir Putin"s visit to Mongolia on May 13.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - The Japanese government has approved a document declaring the South Kurils an occupied territory.
MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - The Arctic Sea is unable to call at the Spanish port of Las Palmas after Malta refused to take part in the handover of the ship, Russian investigators said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has launched a Proton-M heavy carrier rocket with the Nimiq 5 telecommunications satellite on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.
On Monday, February 1, Iran will start traditional...
On Monday, February 1, Iran will start traditional 10-day celebrations of the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with missile and satellite launches expected.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan...
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will discuss military and economic cooperation, including a $2.2 billion loan to buy Russian arms, during his first visit to the South American country, a Russian government source said on Wednesday.
Rubin Kazan host Israel"s Hapoel Tel Aviv...
Rubin Kazan host Israel"s Hapoel Tel Aviv in Kazan on Thursday in a Europa League round of 32 first leg tie - the Russian champion"s first competitive game of the year.
Russia has an important role to play in...
Russia has an important role to play in assisting the Afghan government in its fight against drug trafficking and corruption, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has told RIA Novosti.
Russia has made significant contributions...
Russia has made significant contributions to the international particle collider project and hopes it will boost the prestige of Russian scientists worldwide, a Russian physicist said on Tuesday.
Russia has taken the lead in the medal standings...
Russia has taken the lead in the medal standings after the first day of Paralympics in Vancouver, gaining three gold, three silver and two bronze medals and affirming the suggestion by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the Russian Paralympics team would prove its class.
Russia may boost the share of advanced military...
Russia may boost the share of advanced military equipment in its Armed Forces to 70% of the total by 2020, a Russian think tank said on Wednesday.
Russian and NATO Chiefs of Staffs will meet...
Russian and NATO Chiefs of Staffs will meet in Brussels on January 26 for the first time since the improvement in ties between Russia and the alliance, Russia"s envoy to NATO said on Wednesday.
Russian doctors in Haiti treated more than...
Russian doctors in Haiti treated more than 100 earthquake survivors over the weekend, and Emergency Situations Ministry representative said on Monday in Moscow.
Russian pawnshops increased lending to individuals...
Russian pawnshops increased lending to individuals by 18% in 2009 as banks were unwilling to extend loans to citizens over the high risk of defaults, a respected business daily reported on Wednesday.
Russian police have arrested four top officials...
Russian police have arrested four top officials of the Eurasia Logistics company, Russia"s major industrial and warehouse property developer, on charges of complicity in embezzling some $2 billion of Kazakh investments, a leading Russian business daily has said.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday demanded the introduction of price ceilings for utility tariffs.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev pledged support to Pakistan, which has seen a series of deadly suicide bombings in recent months, in its efforts to fight terrorism, the Kremlin reported on Saturday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that he is dissatisfied with the results of the recent climate change conference in Copenhagen.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday though the global economic crisis still persists, his country had successfully passed the worst stage of it.
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 skier Alexander Legkov, who came...
Russian skier Alexander Legkov, who came in forth in the men"s 30km cross-country pursuit in Vancouver, has apologized for his failure to secure an Olympic medal.
Russian State News & Information Agency...
Russian State News & Information Agency RIA Novosti has launched a multimedia platform, which will collect and post pictures and videos made by everyday Internet users, who have witnessed a remarkable event.
Russia"s Institute of Medical and Biological...
Russia"s Institute of Medical and Biological Problems announced on Thursday the names of 11 volunteers on the shortlist to take part in a 520-day simulation of an expedition to Mars, a spokesman said.
Russia"s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport...
Russia"s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has signed two contracts worth $1.2 billion on the deliveries of 16 jet fighters to Algeria and another six fighters to Uganda, the Russian Vedomosti daily reported on Monday.
Russia will finalize in August 2010 the...
Russia will finalize in August 2010 the design of a new booster rocket for a manned spacecraft it is planning to launch in 2017, a design bureau chief said on Tuesday.
Russia will launch two international satellites...
Russia will launch two international satellites as well as a freighter to the International Space Station (ISS) next month from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Federal Space Agency said Monday.
Sales of new passenger cars in Russia in...
Sales of new passenger cars in Russia in January-February 2010 decreased by 34% compared with the same period last year, according to the Association of European Businesses (AEB).
SINGAPORE, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
SINGAPORE, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to increase its naval presence in the world"s oceans, President Dmitry Medvedev said on board a Russian warship during an official visit to Singapore on Monday.
Slovakian athletes took gold medals in men"s...
Slovakian athletes took gold medals in men"s and women"s visually impaired Alpine Skiing Gi, March 17ant Slalom at 2010 Paralympics in Canada.
State Technology Corporation Rostekhnologii...
State Technology Corporation Rostekhnologii plans to establish a joint venture with Israel Airspace Industry for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the Russian corporation"s head said on Wednesday.
Thai prosecutors have put off until Feb...
Thai prosecutors have put off until Feb. 11 a decision on whether to indict the crew of a cargo plane that was seized with illegal weaponry from North Korea on board, national media said on Friday.
The ailing Russian car giant AvtoVAZ said...
The ailing Russian car giant AvtoVAZ said on Wednesday it planned to increase output more than 50% in 2010 to 446,000 vehicles in an apparent bid to compensate for a slump in sales last year.
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 Large Hadron Collider (LHC) set a new...
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) set a new record by accelerating its proton beams to half its designed energy - 3.5 tera-electron volts (TeV) - early on Friday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on its website.
The Large Hadron Collider will be re-launched...
The Large Hadron Collider will be re-launched in a few days, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said Thursday.
The London High Court has lifted a freeze...
The London High Court has lifted a freeze in the U.K on the assets of Russian state-run oil major Rosneft in a lawsuit filed by former managers of now defunct oil giant Yukos, a Rosneft representative said on Thursday.
The next Russia-EU Summit will take place...
The next Russia-EU Summit will take place in Rostov-on-Don on May 31 - June 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
The number of U.S. service personnel killed...
The number of U.S. service personnel killed in Afghanistan since military operations began in 2001 has reached 1,000, the icasualties.org web site reported on Tuesday.
The political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan was...
The political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan was caused by a lack of solid democratic institutions, a chief Kremlin ideologist told RIA Novosti on Friday.
There is no hard proof that Iran is working...
There is no hard proof that Iran is working on nuclear weapons, but Tehran has to clarify several key issues on its nuclear program to avoid fresh international action, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.
The Russian president is expected to attend...
The Russian president is expected to attend a summit of the four largest emerging market economies due to open in Brazil on April 15-16, Russian presidential aide Arkady Dvorkovich said on Friday.
The United States has completed a military...
The United States has completed a military operation in Afghanistan"s Hilmand Province and is preparing a new operation, in Kandahar. The U.S. says its new strategy in Afghanistan does not emphasize action against drug producers.
The Vietnamese defense minister said on...
The Vietnamese defense minister said on Tuesday that the current visit of his Russian counterpart to Vietnam would strengthen bilateral military ties, which have seen a significant improvement in the last few years.
Three astronauts who left the International...
Three astronauts who left the International Space Station (ISS) have been warned that the weather in the landing area was worse than expected, Russian Mission Control said on Tuesday.
Three drunk passengers have been arrested...
Three drunk passengers have been arrested and taken off a flight en route from London to Emirates, SkyNews website reported.
Three Russian emergencies ministry planes...
Three Russian emergencies ministry planes took off for Haiti on Thursday carrying rescuers, supplies and equipment including a mobile hospital to help the earthquake-stricken country.
Ukraine"s national energy company Naftogaz...
Ukraine"s national energy company Naftogaz and Russian energy monopoly Gazprom have agreed to increase natural gas deliveries to Ukraine this year from 33.75 bcm to 36.5 bcm, the Ukrainian energy ministry said.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday that Washington wants to lift the Jackson-Vanik amendment.
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