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A Greenpeace Russia expert warned on Tuesday...

A Greenpeace Russia expert warned on Tuesday that government plans to restart operations at one of the country"s most controversial factories, the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill, would harm the nation"s image.

A group of four unidentified assailants...

A group of four unidentified assailants robbed a businessman of about $804,000 in various currencies when he stopped his car at a traffic light on a street in southern Moscow, a police source said.

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 Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S...

A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite Echostar 14 was launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said.

A Russian-U.S. inter-parliamentary group...

A Russian-U.S. inter-parliamentary group will meet in Washington on April 18-22 to discuss ratification of the new treaty on the reduction of strategic offensive weapons, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Prague on April 8.

A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has delivered...

A Russian Proton-M carrier rocket has delivered into orbit the U.S. telecommunications satellite DirecTV-12, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said.

As Russia seeks to rid itself of its dependence...

As Russia seeks to rid itself of its dependence on raw material exports and usher in innovations, the presidential commission for modernization has proposed an all-out transition to energy-saving bulbs, a business daily reported on Tuesday.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens...

At least 20 people were killed and dozens injured in Karachi on Monday when a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite Muslim procession, Pakistan"s Aaj TV reported.

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 38 people died and 55 were injured...

A total of 38 people died and 55 were injured as two buses collided in northern Peru, the Rossiya 24 TV channel reported.

Belarus is taking Russia to court. It may...

Belarus is taking Russia to court. It may sound outrageous, but this is actually how civilized nations behave. Perhaps these sister Slav nations can elevate their discourse and leave behind the family squabbles.

Foreign investment in Russia declined 21%...

Foreign investment in Russia declined 21% in 2009 to $81.9 billion, the country"s top statistics body Rosstat said on Saturday.

For the first time in the history of space...

For the first time in the history of space exploration two astronauts will celebrate their birthdays on board the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday.

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.

German auto giant Daimler AG is accused...

German auto giant Daimler AG is accused of paying some 5.02 million euros ($6.7 million) to Russian officials to accelerate the orders of more cars for government purposes, a respected Russian business daily said on Thursday.

Greenpeace activists held a rally on Tuesday...

Greenpeace activists held a rally on Tuesday in St. Petersburg against a shipment of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) belonging to the French nuclear energy group Areva, the environmental group said.

Iran"s announcement that it is starting...

Iran"s announcement that it is starting production of 20%-enriched uranium creates doubts about the peaceful nature of the country"s nuclear program, Russia"s security chief Nikolai Patrushev said on Tuesday.

Iran"s Revolutionary Guards on Friday started...

Iran"s Revolutionary Guards on Friday started the second stage of a three-day military exercise in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the Fars news agency reported.

Japan"s giant carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp...

Japan"s giant carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp., said that it is recalling about 2.3 million of its cars sold in the United States due to accelerating pedal problems.

Kazakhstan will not name Russia as a privileged...

Kazakhstan will not name Russia as a privileged supplier of satellites and will announce international tenders after the launch of its KazSat-2, the head of the Kazakh space agency said on Tuesday.

KRASNOGORSK (Moscow Region), February 5...

KRASNOGORSK (Moscow Region), February 5 - Foreign investment in the Moscow Region’s economy reached $4.3 billion in 2009, Moscow Region foreign economic relations minister Tigran Karakhanov said.

More than 300 people are suffering from...

More than 300 people are suffering from poisoning in the east Siberian city of Irkutsk caused by "holy water" taken from wells during religious ceremonies of Epiphany, Russia"s consumer regulator said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's lower house of parliament approved on Wednesday a bill restricting foreign investors' access to key sectors of the Russian economy.

MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian...

MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Pacific Fleet's Admiral Vinogradov destroyer and India's Tabar missile frigate have practiced joint anti-piracy operations off the Somali coast, the Russian Navy spokesman said on Monday.

Moscow is deeply concerned with the plans...

Moscow is deeply concerned with the plans of the United States to deploy Patriot missiles in Poland near the Russian border, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

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 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has...

MOSCOW, June 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has bought 12 unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel in a recent deal worth $53 million, a Russian government official said on Monday.

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom...

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom plans to occupy 10% of the British energy market by 2011, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Friday at the Russian energy giant"s annual shareholders" meeting.

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 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 12 (RIA Novosti) - Modernization...

MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - Modernization of Russia in the 21st century will be based on values and institutions of democracy, the Russian president said on Thursday.

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 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, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s...

MOSCOW, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s president said on Monday he was proud he had managed to enrage the West in denying the Holocaust during his speech in Tehran on Jerusalem Day, Israeli media reported.

Moscow waits for detailed explanations concerning...

Moscow waits for detailed explanations concerning U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile shield in Bulgaria, the Russian foreign minister said.

North Korean authorities have detained a...

North Korean authorities have detained a U.S. national for illegally entering the communist state from China, Yonhap said on Thursday, citing the official Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea shrugged off the importance...

North Korea shrugged off the importance to the new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty signed in Prague in early April, the central North Korean Rodong Sinmun newspaper said on Wednesday.

Over 3.5 million people attended the night...

Over 3.5 million people attended the night Easter service in Russia, with about 114,000 police and interior troops providing public security during the festivities, the Interior Ministry reported on Sunday.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is to meet...

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a January 25-28 visit to the country.

President Dmitry Medvedev pledged on Tuesday...

President Dmitry Medvedev pledged on Tuesday that Moscow would assist Russians abroad and protect their rights.

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.

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Residents of the self-proclaimed Turkish...

Residents of the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus vote in a presidential election on Sunday, which could further complicate the island"s reunification process and Turkey"s accession to the EU.

Rostov came from behind to beat Anzhi Makhachkala...

Rostov came from behind to beat Anzhi Makhachkala 2-1 in Dagestan"s capital on Monday evening, climbing to fifth in the Russian Premier League with their third win in four games.

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Russia and Abkhazia signed a deal on Wednesday...

Russia and Abkhazia signed a deal on Wednesday to establish a Russian military base in the former Georgian republic

Russia has managed to reverse the trend...

Russia has managed to reverse the trend of the past few years with explored natural reserves exceeding their output in 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Russia is expected to hold the first test...

Russia is expected to hold the first test of its fifth-generation fighter on Friday, a source at Russia"s largest aircraft building enterprise said on Thursday.

Russia is not developing military cooperation...

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

Russian and Polish clerics have agreed to...

Russian and Polish clerics have agreed to draw up a document on the reconciliation of the two nations in a bid to put an end to long-standing tensions in Russian-Polish relations, a press-secretary of the Polish Catholic Bishops Conference has said.

Russian bobsledder Irina Skvortsova, seriously...

Russian bobsledder Irina Skvortsova, seriously injured during a training incident in Germany, is expected to undergo another routine surgery Saturday, a spokeswoman for the Russian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation said.

Russian experts warned on Tuesday that the...

Russian experts warned on Tuesday that the redenomination of North Korea"s currency will do little to help the reclusive communist state boost its economy.

Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta...

Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta has said it was the target of a hacker attack after its web site crashed on Tuesday.

Russian police authorities on Saturday closed...

Russian police authorities on Saturday closed down an Internet website calling for participants to hit the streets throughout the nation in protests during the "Day of Wrath," Ekho Moskvy radio station reported.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved the country"s new military doctrine which includes the option of using nuclear strikes against potential aggressors.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for an acceleration of a project to create an international financial center in Moscow.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday terrorists should be fought against in a tough and consistent way.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet for talks with his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus during a visit to Prague on April 8, a Russian presidential aide 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 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 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 continue contacts with radical...

Russia will continue contacts with radical Palestinian group Hamas as part of efforts to revive Middle East talks, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

Salaries paid to Russians made up 40% of...

Salaries paid to Russians made up 40% of the country"s GDP last year, a rise of 4.8% on pre-economic crisis levels, the Vremya Novostei paper said on Friday.

Sergei Bobyshev and his pet leopard Cleopatra...

Sergei Bobyshev and his pet leopard Cleopatra are set to defend their home in the disputed Moscow rural settlement from being demolished.

The body of the last person missing after...

The body of the last person missing after the terrorist attack on the Nevsky Express from Moscow to St. Petersburg was found on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 27 people, a Russian emergencies spokesman said.

The children of a central Russian political...

The children of a central Russian political activist and his wife were seized earlier this month after authorities claimed they were "too poor" to look after them, media reports said on Wednesday.

The eruption of a volcano in Iceland was...

The eruption of a volcano in Iceland was not a valid reason to close down air traffic throughout Europe, the Russian Deputy Transport Minister said on Friday.

The Moscow city government intends to send...

The Moscow city government intends to send a letter to German auto giant Daimler AG requesting it refute allegations that officials were involved in corrupt deals, a source in the city"s administration said on Thursday.

The United States will continue talking...

The United States will continue talking to Iran, but wants Moscow"s cooperation in sending Tehran a signal that defiance of international demands will not go unpunished, a senior U.S. envoy has said.

Three car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital...

Three car bombs exploded in the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 200 in coordinated attacks that security officials said targeted foreign diplomatic missions.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a two-day working visit to Moscow on Tuesday to discuss economic cooperation, primarily joint energy projects, the Turkish government said on Monday.

Twenty-six members of terrorist groups involved...

Twenty-six members of terrorist groups involved in a deadly attack on a Moscow-St. Petersburg express train in late 2009 have been eliminated and another 14 arrested, Russia"s Federal Security Service (FSB) chief said on Tuesday.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg...

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said on Friday that Georgia"s offer of military cargo transit for NATO troops to Afghanistan should be studied by U.S. military officials before it could be accepted.

U.S. investment in the Moscow Region increased...

U.S. investment in the Moscow Region increased 250%, year-on-year in 2009 to $200 million, the press office of the Moscow Region governor said on Wednesday.

U.S. Patriot missiles will be stationed...

U.S. Patriot missiles will be stationed in northern Poland about 60 miles (100 km) from the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad rather than near Warsaw, the Polish defense minister said on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said ahead of her upcoming visit to Moscow she expected the replacement to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 1) to be signed soon.

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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YEREVAN, April 20 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia...

YEREVAN, April 20 (RIA Novosti) - Armenia has reached an agreement with Iran on a $400 million loan for the construction of a railway between the two countries, the Armenian transport minister, Gurgen Sargsyan, said on Monday.

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