Abkhazian president laid to rest
The funeral of Abkhazia`s President Sergey Bagapsh is taking place today following his death five days ago in a medical center in Moscow.
Healed by art, happy on demand
Fed up with your daily routine? In search of inspiration? Head to the Art Healing Ministry in New York, where the quintessential conceptual artist - Russian-born Alexander Melamid - will help you recover with a twist of irony.
Politkovskaya murder suspect arrest
The man suspected of killing Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has been brought to Moscow for interrogation. Prosecutors believe they are a little closer to solving the murder, one of the most high-profile slayings in recent Russian memory.
New top-notch hospital for cancer kids
It was one Russian child`s dying wish to a president - a new hospital for cancer-suffering children. As the doors of the center are now about to officially open, the memory of Dima, who sadly did not survive his illness, will live on.
American income inequality ignorance
Georgetown and Congress Heights are both communities in Washington, DC, but although they are only a few miles away, they are in some ways, worlds apart.
Khodorkovsky asks for early release
Former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky has filed a request for early parole. However, he has no intention of asking for mercy and admitting his guilt.
Head of children`s club arrested for sexually abusing boys
The respected head of a Moscow children`s seamanship club has reportedly pled guilty to more than 10 acts of sexual assault on his charges, shocking the kids` parents, some of whom still refuse to believe it.
US veterans left to fight post-war demons alone
American soldiers who return from Iraq are often left to adjust to life after service all by themselves, struggling to make sense of and justify the deaths caused by the war. The US government is often accused of failing to help them.
Chicago lawyer angered by woman`s distractingly large breasts
A lawyer in Chicago is being lambasted with accusations of sexism after he filed a motion with the court complaining about the distracting bust size of a ‘large breasted woman` sitting at the opposing council’s table in court.
Khodorkovsky gets reduced jail term
The Moscow City Court ruled on Tuesday to reduce by one year the prison sentences for former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner ex-Menatep head Platon Lebedev.
Yandex gets $8 billion valuation with shares at $25
Yandex has raised $1.3 billion, with company valuation of $8 billion, with a Nasdaq IPO valuing its shares at $25.
Cops paid after beating teen
"Where`s the money? Where`s the gun? Where`s the drugs?"
Riding Russia`s natural energy advantage
With the 2011 surge in energy prices underlining the sector`s importance to the Russian economy Business RT spoke with Aton Chief strategist, Peter Westin about factors at play for the Russian energy sector, and it’s influence on the Russian economy.
Russia lacks top-rate scientists
President Dmitry Medvedev has voiced concern over the situation with higher education in Russia, which churns out two million university graduates a year, but very few of them are truly professional.
Heat memories provide motivation for air conditioning sales
The Russian 2010 summer heatwave and drought provided an advertisement like no other for air conditioning vendors and producers, and that is seeing greater interest in air conditioning this year before the summer warms up.
Putin about politically-correct hunting
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin does not see anything wrong or politically incorrect in posing shirtless, nor in hunting and fishing - unless it damages nature.
Android phones face public WiFi security threat
Users of Google`s Android based smartphones are being warned to avoid using public WiFi networks due to a data security issue which could allow hackers access to immense personal data.
Sarkozy`s story turned into film
One of the films gaining the biggest buzz on the French Riviera has been described broadly as "the story of a man gaining power and losing his wife."
Man eats 25,000 hamburgers
Competitive eaters of the world, take note: those looking to oust Don Gorske from his recent record-breaking feat have an awful lot to ketchup on.
Chinese videogame targets US troops
It is a first-person shooter just like the famous "Call of Duty", but "Glorious Mission" is quite different - the enemy is American troops.
Moscow gets first private Museum of Jewish History
The first private Museum of Jewish History has opened in Moscow. The museum`s collection covers more than 200 years of the history of Jewish life in Russia from the late 18th century through to the late-Soviet period.
New agency for strategic initiatives to help "talented youth"
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested that a new innovation agency should be launched at the end of May and a contest be held to choose its head.
St. Petersburg parliament recalls upper house speaker
Deputies of the legislative assembly of the second largest city in Russia on Wednesday voted to recall Federation Council speaker Sergey Mironov from the upper house.
A plaque in memory of killed Red Army servicemen removed in Poland
Polish authorities have removed a plaque with an inscription in Russian honoring killed Red Army soldiers from a memorial stone set up on the 90th anniversary of Poland`s independence in Stshalkovo.
Alleged cannibal arrested while feasting on victim’s liver
Moscow police have detained a man whom they believe killed, butchered and partially ate one of his acquaintances. Severed parts of the victim`s body have been discovered in various parts of the city since early May.