The move by Russia`s central bank to lift the refinancing rate at its last meeting brought economic focus back to inflation, with crude and commodity prices, the rouble, and the economic recovery all factors to be balanced in the response.
A former head of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow who is accused of swindling Yelena Baturina out of 1 billion rubles said on Thursday he had been granted political asylum in Lithuania.
Muslims in southern California claimed they have been unfairly targeted because of their religion. Now they are taking on the FBI with a new lawsuit, which they hope exposes violations of the US Constitution.
Thirteen Russian customs officials have been deprived of their bonuses over video footage of a New Year`s party in a customs office in the Far East, said Thursday.
The end of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, liberalism and Perestroyka. The USSR`s first and last president, Mikhail Gorbachev celebrates his 80th birthday today, and his legacy includes being hailed as the father of Russia`s democracy.
While federal security forces are striving to bring stability to North Caucasus using legal methods, an underground anti-Wahhabi movement called Black Hawks has appeared in Russia`s Kabardino-Balkaria to fight terror with terror.
Transforming Russia’s militia into police calls for a major re-evaluation of all police officers’ qualifications and will lead to the firing of 170,000 cops.
An information system to help foreign tourists navigate their way around Moscow may be developed this year, Moscow`s top tourism official told the Izvestia daily on Tuesday.
Those who are not yet tired of the snow and freezing temperatures have several more days to enjoy this weather.
Russia`s largest air carrier, Aeroflot, has claimed it is ready to pay out compensation to passengers affected by last December`s flight-delay chaos.
The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) plans to ban officials from spending state funds to buy premium-class goods for their departments.
The Russian Ground Forces will start receiving a number of advanced weapons in 2011, including modernized S-300V4 air defense missile systems, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
Some 50 representatives of indigenous peoples from Russia`s North have put a curse on Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov and A Just Russia, a pro-Kremlin quasi-opposition group that he heads, over the use of "dirty electoral technology."
Four families of Russian Orthodox Old Believers have returned to the Russian Far East from Bolivia, where they took refuge from the Stalinist repression early last century, local officials said on Friday.
The Moscow Region`s top prosecutor has been suspended amid a scandal over alleged links to illegal gambling, police say.
Russia`s Sukhoi has entered a bid with its Superjet 100 airliner to a request for proposals from America`s Delta Air Lines for as many as 200 narrow-body aircraft, according to sources quoted by FlightGlobal.com.
Net profit for Russia`s Baltika Breweries, which belongs to Carlsberg Group, fell 18% in 2010 to 19.171 billion rubles ($654 million) to IFRS, Baltika said on Monday.
Russia cannot afford to raise taxes for two to three years or it will face slower economic growth and a low level of modernization, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Monday.
Moscow, February 18, 2011. - The Board of Directors of TNK-BP Limited, the main holding company of TNK-BP group, met on 18 February, 2011 to review the company`s performance in 2010 and plans for 2011. TNK-BP will report its annual US GAAP audited financial statements for 2010 on 1 March, 2011.
Direct foreign investment in the Russian economy fell significantly in 2010, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Friday.
At 16.32 on January 24 a suicide bomber blew himself up at Moscow`s Domodedovo Airport. The news was first broken on Twitter at 16.44 after which international news sites picked up on the story. Almost two hours later, Russia`s state-run TV channels announced the attack.
The Moscow authorities said on Wednesday an additional 4 million rubles ($136.59 million) has been set aside to clear the roads and pavements of the Russian capital following heavy snowfalls.
The authorities in Russia`s far eastern Amur Region say they will reward hunters cash bounties to kill members of the growing wolf population.
Russia`s Transportation Ministry will allocate 1.6 trillion rubles ($54.6bn) for the development of Moscow`s subway within the next nine years, a business daily quoted the transport program for the Russian capital and its surrounding region until 2020.
Two students died overnight in Moscow after they attempted to ride on the roof of a metro train, a police source said.