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An Airbus-320 passenger plane flying from...

An Airbus-320 passenger plane flying from Moscow to Siberia"s Krasnoyarsk made an emergency landing in Novosibirsk over a navigation device failure, the regional transportation prosecutor"s office said on Sunday.

An air crash near the western Russian city...

An air crash near the western Russian city of Smolensk on Saturday, in which Polish President Lech Kaczinski, his wife and another 95 top Polish officials died, became a test of relations between the two countries.

Any new sanctions against Iran should work...

Any new sanctions against Iran should work toward the strengthening of the nonproliferation regime, a deputy Russian foreign minister said Wednesday in a signal that Moscow will not back strong punitive action against Tehran.

A Russian Orthodox priest has been killed...

A Russian Orthodox priest has been killed in the Moscow Region south of the Russian capital, and two suspects have been detained, police said.

A senior aide for Russian President Dmitry...

A senior aide for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia"s performance at the Vancouver Olympics was "dismal" although he expected such failure.

A senior Russian Orthodox Church spokesman...

A senior Russian Orthodox Church spokesman said on Thursday church-goers should not be put off attending services this Easter by the terrorist attacks that have shocked the country.

A synagogue with a dramatic history has...

A synagogue with a dramatic history has been reopened in the Moscow Region town of Malakhovka five years after burning down, the chief rabbi of Russia, Berel Lazar, said on Wednesday.

At least 13 people were injured in a series...

At least 13 people were injured in a series of two explosions in Russia"s volatile southern province of Ingushetia, a local investigative committee spokesman said.

Belarus may import up to 10 million metric...

Belarus may import up to 10 million metric tons of oil (73 million barrels) from Venezuela in 2011, the director general of the Belarusian Oil Company said on Monday.

Canadian speed skaters won gold in men"s...

Canadian speed skaters won gold in men"s team pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.

China"s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group signed...

China"s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group signed a $1.8-billion deal with Ford Motor Co. on Sunday to acquire the U.S. auto giant"s Volvo car unit, the Xinhua news agency said.

China won gold in Short Track ladies" 3,000...

China won gold in Short Track ladies" 3,000 m relay at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada"s Vancouver setting a new World Record.

Gazprom has signed a memorandum with Gaz...

Gazprom has signed a memorandum with Gaz de France Suez on the French utility"s participation in the Nord Stream gas pipeline project, the companies said in a joint statement on Monday.

German alpine skier Maria Riesch won her...

German alpine skier Maria Riesch won her second gold medal during the Vancouver Olympic games.

In a rare albeit implicit criticism of its...

In a rare albeit implicit criticism of its U.S. counterparts, Moscow indicated on Tuesday that a new Russian-U.S. arms reduction deal could have been prepared earlier if negotiators had followed the principles laid out by the two sides.

In its relations with Kyrgyzstan, Moscow...

In its relations with Kyrgyzstan, Moscow acts on the assumption that deposed President Kurbanbek Bakiyev has formally resigned, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

Iran has developed its own air defense system...

Iran has developed its own air defense system comparable to and even more sophisticated than the Russian S-300 system, the IRNA news agency said Monday, citing an Iranian military official.

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is holding talks with head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano in Vienna on the Iran controversial nuclear program, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Sunday.

Kyrgyzstan"s interim government thanked...

Kyrgyzstan"s interim government thanked on Monday Russia for its assistance in the arrest of former Kyrgyz interior minister, Kyrgyz media reported.

MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - A Tajik...

MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - A Tajik national was killed in an apparently racially motivated attack in the north of the Russian capital, a spokesman for the Moscow police said on Sunday.

MOSCOW, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - The ongoing...

MOSCOW, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - The ongoing economic crisis has already had an effect on everyone in Russia, from oligarchs to humble office workers, and now even Lenin in his Red Square mausoleum has felt the pinch.

MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev"s claims that Kiev was responsible for deteriorating relations with Moscow were aimed at President Yushchenko, not the entire country, a senior Kremlin official said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...

MOSCOW, August 13 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Navy dismissed on Thursday media reports that the Black Sea frigate Ladny had been pursuing a ship in the Atlantic that resembled the missing Arctic Sea cargo vessel.

MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...

MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Defense Ministry and the Sukhoi aircraft maker signed on Tuesday a contract on the delivery of 64 Su fighters to the Russian Air Force.

MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) - A Cameroon...

MOSCOW, January 11 (RIA Novosti) - A Cameroon national who was attacked on Saturday in the Russian capital by a group of unidentified assailants died in hospital overnight, a police source said. The man was attacked in northwestern Moscow late on Saturday by at least three young people, sustaining four knife injuries in the back. "The male victim was assaulted in a park...and later died in hospital from knife wounds," the source said. Police are still searching for the suspects. Russia"s Interior Ministry warned in December there could be a rise in crime against foreigners and migrant workers amid the worsening economic situation in the country. The ministry has set up a special group to investigate crimes related to racial hatred. On December 6, Salokhiddin Azizov, a 20-year-old migrant worker from Tajikistan was murdered and decapitated in a forest near Moscow. Azizov"s head was later found in a rubbish dumpster. A group calling themselves the Combat Organization of Russian Nationalists has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to the Russian non-governmental organization SOVA, 68 people died and 262 were injured in racially motivated attacks in the country in the first eight months of 2008. Eighty-five people died in race-hate murders in 2007 in Russia.

MOSCOW, July 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...

MOSCOW, July 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government"s foreign debt, including liabilities of the former Soviet Union, fell by 3.6% in the first half of 2009 to $39.1 billion, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, March 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Oxana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin won a compulsory dance at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championship in Los Angeles to take the lead in the event.

MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...

MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government"s foreign debt, including liabilities of the former Soviet Union, declined 2.7% in January-March 2009 to $39.5 billion, the Finance Ministry reported on Tuesday. However, exchange rate differences mean that when calculated in euros, the government"s foreign debt increased 3.8% to 29.9 billion euros, the ministry said. Non-restructured debts to official creditors that are parties to the Paris Club of creditor nations declined $100 million to $1.3 billion in the reporting period, the ministry said. Debts to official creditors outside the Paris Club ($1.9 billion), former Communist bloc countries ($1.4 billion) and also former Soviet debts to foreign commercial creditors ($1.2 billion) were unchanged in January-March 2009, the ministry said. Also unchanged in the reporting period were outstanding government domestic foreign currency-denominated bonds (OVGVZ) at $1.8 billion and Russia"s foreign currency denominated government guarantees at $0.6 billion. The Russian government"s liabilities to international financial institutions shrank by $300 million to $4.3 billion, and the amount of Russia"s outstanding Eurobonds declined from $27.7 billion as of January 1 to $27 billion as of April 1, the ministry said.

MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - The European...

MOSCOW, May 24 (RIA Novosti) - The European Union welcomes Russia"s commitment to the ongoing international fight against terrorism financing and money laundering, the deputy head of the European Commission"s delegation in Moscow said Thursday. Paul Vandoren said the European Commission and the Council of Europe will contribute 3.5 million euros ($4.5 million) through 2010 on a program to assist Russia in its continuing enforcement efforts. Alexander Seger, the head of the Council of Europe"s technical cooperation division in the Department of Crime Problems, said that Russia and the EU already have considerable experience working together to stop financial crimes. Russia is an active participant in the international fight against money laundering and a full-fledged member of the Egmont Group, he said, referring to the coordinating body for international financial intelligence units (FIUs) formed in 1995 to promote and enhance international cooperation in anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing. He said that international money laundering and terrorism financing registered a 15-fold increase in 2006 and early 2007 over previous years, although he did not cite any specific figures for Russia.

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - A court in...

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - A court in south Russia"s Astrakhan Region has given a three-year suspended sentence to a local businessman who traded pirated Microsoft software, the regional prosecutor"s office said on Thursday. A statement from the prosecutor"s office said that by producing and selling pirated discs, Mikhail Shvets inflicted damages to the copyright holders exceeding 5 million rubles ($211,000). Last month the Russian Interior Ministry reported that copyright piracy in Russia, which has been a major obstacle to the country joining the World Trade Organization, dropped 15% in 2007, year-on-year. Russia, the second-largest market for pirated products after China, has been strongly criticized internationally for its failure to protect intellectual property rights. Over 4,000 people were arrested in 2007, and more than 800 people in January-March this year for breaching copyright laws, Vladimir Lukyanov, deputy head of the ministry"s economic security department, said last month. Almost four million counterfeit items, mainly computer software, DVDs and CDs, worth an estimated 182 million rubles ($8 million) were seized last year. Last year Alexander Ponosov, a school principal in a small town in the Perm Region, was charged with copyright violation after he bought a set of computers for his school containing unlicensed Microsoft software.

MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov for RIA Novosti)...

MOSCOW. (Nikita Petrov for RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has finished his visit to Warsaw. His talks with his Polish counterpart, Radislaw Sikorski, focused on the situation in the Caucasus and the planned deployment of ten U.S. antimissiles at Redzikowo, near Slupsk in northern Poland.

MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - South...

MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting on Tuesday after a brief exchange of gunfire between North and South Korean ships in the Yellow Sea.

MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - South...

MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - South Korea has deployed a new destroyer to enhance the protection of its western sea border following a recent exchange of gunfire between one of its warships and a North Korean patrol boat, the Yonhap news agency reported.

MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Rescue...

MOSCOW, November 17 (RIA Novosti) - Rescue workers have retrieved a total of 23 bodies buried under debris following a massive landslide in northern China, the Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - A police...

MOSCOW, November 28 (RIA Novosti) - A police officer who shot his colleague in the head and then turned his weapon on himself near Moscow earlier on Saturday has died in hospital, investigators said.

MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) - The shooter...

MOSCOW, November 6 (RIA Novosti) - The shooter in a rampage at the Fort Hood military base in the U.S. state of Texas on Thursday has been identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, who was a psychiatrist, CNN quoted law enforcers as saying.

MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - A police...

MOSCOW, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - A police officer from the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk has been fired after posting a video on the web accusing his chiefs of corruption, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday.

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - New charges...

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - New charges could be filed in the case of the Arctic Sea dry cargo ship"s seizure, an investigator said in a Moscow court on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s parliamentary speaker urged a consensus on Friday among parties in the State Duma after protests over the October 11 regional elections dominated by pro-Kremlin United Russia.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - On Monday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin chaired a special meeting in Voronezh, southern Russia, to review the procurement of modern weapons for the Russian Armed Forces.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - U.S. President Barack Obama has decided to scrap the Bush administration"s plans for a missile tracking radar in the Czech Republic and antimissiles in Poland. This has displeased Poland and has not made the Czech government, Republican congressmen and American neoconservatives happy.

North Korean authorities have detained a...

North Korean authorities have detained a U.S. citizen, who crossed into the country from China to draw attention to human rights abuses in North Korea, South Korean Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday.

NOVOROSSIISK, August 24 (RIA Novosti) -...

NOVOROSSIISK, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - The Arctic Sea merchant vessel, recently freed from hijackers by a Russian missile frigate, is being towed by a tugboat to the south Russian port of Novorossiisk, a port official said on Monday.

OBUZ-LESNOVSKY RANGE (Brest Region), September...

OBUZ-LESNOVSKY RANGE (Brest Region), September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Belarus on Tuesday to inspect the final stage of the Zapad 2009 joint military drills with his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko.

On March 24, Russia and NATO discussed efforts...

On March 24, Russia and NATO discussed efforts to combat drug trafficking in Afghanistan at an extended meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels.

On the last day before Great Lent, the head...

On the last day before Great Lent, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church called on believers to forgive others and apologize to those they are in "real conflict with."

Poland is thankful to Russia for its help...

Poland is thankful to Russia for its help in investigating the deadly plane crash near the western Russian city of Smolensk, which claimed the lives of the Polish president and dozens of the country"s top officials.

Reports of the recent case of a 7-year-old...

Reports of the recent case of a 7-year-old Russian boy stuck on a plane on his own and shipped back to his homeland by his U.S. adoptive parents over his “psychopathic” behavior have caused outrage in Russia.

Russia and NATO have formed a working group...

Russia and NATO have formed a working group on missile defense issues and the first meeting will be held in January, Russia"s envoy to the military alliance said on Friday.

Russia has confirmed its readiness to transfer...

Russia has confirmed its readiness to transfer its Nerpa nuclear-powered attack submarine for a 10 year-lease to India, The Times of India reported on Wednesday citing defense ministry sources.

Russia has destroyed nine intercontinental...

Russia has destroyed nine intercontinental ballistic missiles this year under a Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty (START 1), the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) chief said on Wednesday.

Russia may become a leader in the protection...

Russia may become a leader in the protection of the Arctic environment and northern indigenous peoples, the head of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

Russian and French delegations will meet...

Russian and French delegations will meet later this month to discuss the possible sale of a French warship, a Russian Defense Ministry source said on Monday.

Russian businessmen have a responsibility...

Russian businessmen have a responsibility to help improve the economic and social situation in the country"s volatile North Caucasus region, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

Russian lawyers expressed doubt Thursday...

Russian lawyers expressed doubt Thursday that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev"s decree to streamline the law enforcement structure would be effective and said society should change first.

Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid...

Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid Tyagachev resigned on Wednesday, two days after President Dmitry Medvedev said sports officials should quit over the country’s poor showing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered special one-off payments for people injured in Saturday"s blast in the North Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, a government spokesperson said on Monday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday that Russia"s energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine"s gas monopoly Naftogaz should create a joint holding.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will pay a working visit to Italy on Sunday to discuss cooperation in energy and science, the press service of the Russian government said in a statement.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit Austria on April 24-25, a Russian government source said on Friday.

Russia’s new strategic bomber will...

Russia’s new strategic bomber will use stealth technologies and is expected to enter service in 2025-2030, the commander of Russia’s strategic aviation said on Tuesday.

Russia"s Olympic Committee on Tuesday accepted...

Russia"s Olympic Committee on Tuesday accepted the resignation of its head Leonid Tyagachev over the country"s poor showing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Russia"s sports minister disagrees that...

Russia"s sports minister disagrees that the national team performed poorly at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Canada"s Vancouver.

Russia will provide by the end of 2010 the...

Russia will provide by the end of 2010 the first batch of low-enriched uranium for an international nuclear fuel reserve bank under control of the UN nuclear watchdog, the head of Russia"s state-run nuclear power corporation Rosatom said.

Russia will seek to use the momentum created...

Russia will seek to use the momentum created by a deal with Ukraine extending the stay of its naval base in Crimea for a discount on gas prices to forge new long-term partnerships in the air industry, energy and nuclear sectors with Kiev, a Russian business daily said on Wednesday.

STAVROPOL, June 21 (RIA Novosti"s Valery...

STAVROPOL, June 21 (RIA Novosti"s Valery Oliyanchuk) - The ataman council of the Georgiyevsk department of the Tersky Cossack Troops in the Stavropol territory (Russia"s south) has sent an open letter to the local and territorial authorities condemning the activities of Jehovah"s Witnesses. First of all, the Cossacks and Orthodox clergymen are concerned about the political activities of the sect. In particular, the sect prohibits its members to serve in the army, join other organizations, vote in elections, respect the national flag and anthem, and celebrate birthdays and Christian holidays. The main purpose of Jehovah"s Witnesses is to collect money and enlist new members. "On March 26, 2004 Moscow"s Golovinsky Court satisfied the petition of the prosecutor"s office of Moscow"s northern district and decided to liquidate the community of Jehovah"s Witnesses in accordance with Article 14 of the law on freedom of conscience as its activities are aimed at religious discord, breaking families, etc." the open letter reads. It contains the request of Cossacks and Orthodox clergymen to thoroughly analyze the activities of Jehovah"s Witnesses in the Stavropol territory, first of all, the Georgiyevsk district, and to take relevant measures. The suit against Jehovah"s Witnesses was initiated in September 1998. Having checked the community, the prosecutor"s office of Moscow"s northern district came to the conclusion that its activities are aimed at religious discord, breaking families, etc. Moreover, Jehovah"s witnesses persuaded gravely ill people to give up medical aid for religious reasons. The prosecutor"s office accused Jehovah"s Witnesses of extremist activities.

ST. PETERSBURG, July 30 (RIA Novosti) -...

ST. PETERSBURG, July 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian researchers plan to dive 4,200 meters (14,000 feet) in two mini-submarines to explore the ocean floor below the North Pole August 1-2 and back the country's claim to Arctic, a research institute spokesman said Monday.