Russia wants to create 10-year cooperation plan with Ukraine
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday he hoped Russia and Ukraine would draw up a cooperation plan for the next ten years.
Medvedev orders Gaidar be honored
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree to memorialize Yegor Gaidar, the controversial architect of Russia`s painful post-Soviet transition to a free-market economy who died last year.
Russians among most active Internet shoppers in Europe
Russia has seen a boom in on-line shopping, with about 94% of the country`s Internet users making at least one Internet purchase in the past half year, a respected Russian business daily said on Monday, quoting survey data.
North Korea boasts success in nuclear fusion research
North Korea announced on Wednesday it has successfully carried out a nuclear fusion experiment in a further development of cutting-edge nuclear technology, the Yonhap news agency reported.
Death toll in Siberian mine blasts reaches 60
Rescuers found eight more bodies overnight at a west Siberian coal mine, bringing the death toll to 60.
Russian security service officers may return to Crimea
Russian security service personnel may return to Ukraine`s Crimea in the near future as part of a reset in relations between the two former Soviet republics, a business daily said on Wednesday.
Transdnestrian journalist admits spying for Moldova
A Transdnestrian journalist arrested by security forces in the unrecognized republic on charges of spying for Moldova has admitted his guilt.
War without end
There is currently an upsurge in the terrorist and sabotage activity of the North Caucasus Islamists. Unlike in previous years, this fact is now openly acknowledged by representatives of the Russian authorities.
Russia`s Urals crude oil price jumps 69%
The average price of Russia`s Urals export oil blend jumped 69% in April 2010 year-on-year to $82.5 per barrel as the world economy recovers from the effects of the global economic crisis, a Finance Ministry official said on Tuesday.
Russia bans Gerber Products` baby food
Russia`s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has banned the Gerber Products company, one of the largest U.S. producers of baby food, from importing four kinds of its poultry products to Russia over country`s new safety requirements, the Russian chief sanitary doctor has said.
Russian prosecutors reopen 2008 Boeing air crash case
Russia`s Prosecutor`s Office has reopened the investigation into the 2008 crash of an Aeroflot Boeing passenger plane near the Russian Urals city of Perm, which killed all 88 people on board.
New bill may give Russia`s FSB unlimited power
A new bill submitted to the Russian parliament that allows "preventive measures" against individuals committing extremist actions has fuelled fears among opposition parties of a revival of Soviet-era practices, a Russian business daily said on Monday.
Russia offers help in stabilizing Kyrgyzstan
Russia is ready to render various assistance in overcoming the current political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan, a Russian deputy foreign minister told the head of the Kyrgyz interim government on Monday.
Russian branch of Nestle says `not notified` of baby food ban
Russia`s branch of the Swiss food giant Nestle has not been officially notified by the Russian consumer rights watchdog of a ban on some its baby food imports, a company manager said.
Global warming blamed for European air traffic collapse
Global warming, which altered European winds, was partially to blame for flight disruptions in Europe caused by an ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano, the New Scientist has said.
Air China resumes flights to Moscow
The Air China air carrier resumed flights to Moscow on Tuesday, the Russian embassy in Beijing said.
Expo 2010 in Shanghai holds practice runs
The World Expo 2010 fair in Shanghai has begun holding practice runs, local media said on Tuesday.
Moscow Region to use Finland`s experience
The lawmakers of the Moscow Region parliament intend to boost cooperation with Finland in energy and in particular use the country`s experience in electric power.
Wave of new violence erupts in Kyrgyz capital
A new wave of riots erupted in the capital of the ex-Soviet Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan when some 2,000 people armed with sticks, stones and torches hit the streets of Bishkek on Monday.
Icelandic volcano leaves Russian tourists stranded in China
Chinese tourist companies are trying to accommodate some 300 Russian tourists stranded in Beijing by air traffic disruption, the Russian embassy in Beijing said on Monday.
London to send warships to rescue stranded Britons
The British government will send three Royal Navy warships to bring home Britons stranded overseas by disruption to flights caused by the eruption of a volcano in Iceland, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday.
2,000 youths to march in Moscow during `Islam against Terror`
Some 2,000 young people of different faiths and confessions will take to Moscow streets on April 20 to hold an "Islam against Terror" march, the pro-Kremlin Nashi political movement said in a statement on Monday.
Crashed Polish plane was technically sound
The Polish plane crash near Smolensk in west Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and other top officials was not caused by any technical problems with the jet, Russian investigators said on Sunday.
Lech Kaczynski spoke to brother minutes before deadly air crash
Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in an air crash, and his twin brother Jaroslaw spoke on the phone half an hour before the tragedy that also killed many of the country`s elite, a Polish member of the European Parliament said Sunday.
Putin, Tusk lay flowers at site of Polish president`s plane crash
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk on Sunday laid flowers at the site of the Polish president`s plane crash in west Russia`s Katyn forest that left no survivors.