A third of the 1.2 trillion rubles ($38.6 billion), put aside by the Russian government for anti-crisis measures during the economic downturn, was spent inefficiently, Russian daily Vedomosti said on Tuesday, citing research carried out by a Russian think-tank.
Russia wants an explanation from the United States over the arrest of a group of suspected Russian spies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Russia has proposed hosting the G20 summit in 2013 and the decision will be made this fall, a top Russian presidential aide said.
Russia is sending two more cargo planes with medical supplies and humanitarian aid to help Kyrgyzstan overcome the current economic and political crisis in the country.
Russia`s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Internet media outlets which refuse to remove reader comments when requested to do so by the federal media watchdog will be prosecuted.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin believes that each federal region should have a university or institution adapted to the needs of handicapped individuals wishing to receive a higher education.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev became the first Russian to get the brand new iPhone 4, which are to go on sale on Thursday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday Russia will not copy the U.S. Silicon Valley while building its own high-tech research hub near Moscow, but will try to employ some of U.S. tactics.
The official death toll in the southern Kyrgyz interethnic clashes has risen to 258 people, the AKIpress agency said on Thursday citing the republic`s health ministry.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev received more than 15,000 followers in less than 12 hours after officially opening up his Twitter account during his visit to the United States.
Somali militants killed two soccer fans whom they caught watching a 2010 FIFA World Cup game, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) said on its website.
Law enforcement officers have averted a number of large-scale attacks in Russia over the past two months, the head of Russia`s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Tuesday.
The first innovation project for Russia`s new high-tech research hub near Moscow has been approved by Skolkovo`s modernization committee, a Russian business daily quoted a presidential aide as saying on Tuesday.
The death toll in Kyrgyzstan`s interethnic clashes has risen to 138, the AKIpress news agency reported late on Monday citing data from the country`s Health Ministry.
More than 2,200 people have been evacuated from southern Kyrgyzstan, where ethnic violence has killed at least 170 people, Kyrgyz 24.kg news agency cited the head of the civil aviation agency as saying on Tuesday.
The swine flu pandemic, which claimed over 18,000 lives worldwide, remains a threat for Russia, but experts believe that Russia`s response to the deadly virus was effective.
Moscow will not introduce a visa-free travel regime for EU citizens before the EU is ready to abolish visas for Russians, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Hotel chain Hilton Worldwide has signed an agreement to open five new hotels in Russia by 2014, Hilton`s Russia and CIS Business Director Vladimir Ilyichev said at the Adam Smith Insitute "Real Estate in Russia" summit on Wednesday.
At least 30 people were burnt alive to death and 28 others were injured after the bus they were traveling collided with a diesel oil tanker in south India, Times Now TV channel reported on Sunday.
Russia welcomes a deal approved by a UN conference on nuclear non-proliferation and is prepared to implement it, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a visit on Sunday to the construction site where Zenit St. Petersburg are building a new 68,000-seat stadium.
The Russian Space Systems corporation and the U.S. Trimble Navigation Group have signed an agreement to create a joint satellite navigation venture in Russia, the Russian company has said.
Russia has reached the final stage of talks on the purchase of four French Mistral-class helicopter carriers, the Russian defense minister said on Monday.
A Russian law on returning religious property seized by the Bolsheviks has been amended, banning the transfer of property from museum collections, parts of the Russian Museum, Archive and National Library funds, a Russian respected daily said on Monday.
The Dowager Grand Duchess of Russia died early on Monday at the age of 95, the Ekho Moskvy radio station reported citing a spokesman for the Romanov house.