The top-ranking official of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Friday that Russia and Armenia are to create a common air defense system, intended to be part of a larger CSTO air defense.
It has been confirmed by the Swiss anti-doping laboratory that three Russian biathletes were using prohibited substances. The results have been published on the official International Biathlon Union (IBU) website.
As the crew of the released cargo ship Faina has arrived in Ukraine, scandalous details concerning the alleged information leak have surfaced. The vessel loaded with heavy weaponry was released last week after almost five months of captivity.
KOROLYOV (Moscow Region), February 13 (RIA Novosti) - The remnants of the U.S. and Russian satellites that collided on Tuesday poses a serious threat to other satellites on the same orbit, a Russian Mission Control official told journalists on Friday.
NAZRAN, February 12 (Itar-Tass) -- Three officers of the law enforcement bodies died and three got injuries in a special operation in Ingushetia, ITAR-TASS learnt at the law enforcement bodies of the republic.
MOSCOW, February 12 (Itar-Tass) - Police detained suspects in the murder of North Ossetia`s Deputy Prime Minister Kazbek Pagiyev, chairman of the Investigations Committee of the Prosecutor General`s Office (SKP) Alexander Bastrykin said at an expanded meeting of senior SKP officials on Thursday.
MOSCOW, February 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Four million illegal migrants are staying in Russia. Federal Migration Service Deputy Director Anatoly Kuznetsov said on Wednesday.
BANGALORE, February 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is planning to increase arms exports by 6% to $8.5 billion in 2009, a senior government official said on Thursday.
ASTANA, February 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian will supply Kazakhstan with S-300 air defense systems in the near future, the Kazakh defense minister said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, February 12 (RIA Novosti) - The debris from a collision involving two communications satellites poses no threat to the International Space Station (ISS), a spokesman for Russia`s space agency (Roscosmos) said on Thursday.
Export of Russian arms reached a post-Soviet era record in 2008, says President Dmitry Medvedev.
MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government will order a number of MiG-29 KUB Fulcrum-D carrier-based fighters as part of the state support for the ailing MiG aircraft maker, a deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.
KHABAROVSK, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - An Indian delegation has visited the dock in Russia`s Far East where the Nerpa nuclear submarine has been kept since a fatal accident on board last year, the dockyard`s director said on Wednesday.
VLADIKAVKAZ, February 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The killers of Vladikavkaz Mayor Vitaly Karayev have been seized, a North Ossetian police source told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.
GORKI, February 10 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s priorities in cooperation with partners in the military sphere will not change this year, President Dmitry Medvedev stressed at a meeting of the Commission on RF Military Cooperation with foreign states on Tuesday. The president held the meeting with members of the government and heads of the relevant departments at the Reception House of his countryside residence.
The Russian government is facing renewed charges that it is not doing enough to protect migrant workers in the construction industry.
MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Air Force will reduce the number of officers by 30% under the current military reform, the Air Force commander said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - More than 10,000 people have registered at Russian President Dmitry Medvedev`s personal video blog since it stared accepting comments less than a month ago.
MOSCOW, Feb 9 (Prime-Tass) -- The Russian government`s presidium on Monday approved a bill seeking to introduce criminal penalties for violations of securities legislation, Vladimir Milovidov, head of the Federal Service for Financial Markets, told reporters following the meeting of the presidium.
The economic crisis has hit not only the finances of Russia’s parents but also the psychological wellbeing of their offspring. Counselors say recessions can affect children emotionally.
MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - The ongoing reform of the Russian military will be completed in the next three or four years, the chief of the Russian General Staff said on Monday.
HAVANA, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Cuban lawmakers are planning to visit Russia in summer to meet with their Russian counterparts, a senior Cuban official told RIA Novosti on Monday.
BISHKEK, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Kyrgyz parliament`s committees began on Monday debates on the closure of a U.S. military airbase, a deputy head of the parliament`s committee on international affairs said.
MOSCOW, February 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia`s Sukhoi aircraft maker opened on Monday a representative office in the capital of India, New Delhi, the company`s press service said in a statement.
A decapitated human head was discovered in the southern Russian city of Saratov as workers were preparing an ice hole for traditional Epiphany bathing, a source in the local rescue service said on Monday.