Russia and Israel could move to visa free regime
Israel expects to sign an agreement with Russia by early 2008 to switch to a visa free regime, the minister of strategic affairs said Monday.
Art for art`s sake: oligarch rescues cellist`s rare collection
A Russian billionaire has stepped in to stop the Rostropovich art collection from being split up. Alisher Usmanov bought the Russian masterpieces hours before they were due to go under the hammer in London. He now says he`ll bring the collection back to Russia.
Russia to modernize Gabala radar station
The Russian Defence Ministry is prepared to modernize the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan if a decision is made on its joint-use with the U.S. to monitor potential missile threats.
á Óontract soldier wounded in Ingushetia
An UAZ police vehicle and a police outpost came under fire leaving a policeman and a contract soldier wounded in separate shootouts in Russia`s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, a local police spokesman said.
Rescuers team found bodies of two missing Russian rafters
Rescuers have discovered the bodies of two Russian tourists in a canyon in northwestern China, a Russian Emergencies Ministry spokesman said Saturday.
Russian blogger could possible face up to prison
A man accused of falsely warning of a terror threat could face up to three years in prison. The trial into the so-called blogger`s case has started in Perm in Russia`s Volga district. It is the first time a person has gone on trial for a text posted on the internet in Russia.
EU court to deliver Microsoft ruling
When Europe`s second-highest court rules Monday on Microsoft Corp.`s appeal of its landmark antitrust conviction, more will be at stake for regulators than just the behavior of the world`s largest software company.
Two suspects in August train derailment released
Prosecutors have released two suspects in a St. Petersburg-Moscow train derailment case, and are keeping one in custody, a defense lawyer said Thursday.
Russia is ready for heating season
The fuel reserves stockpiled during preparations for the 2007-2008 heating season exceed planned levels by more than 50 percent on average, acting Russian Regions Minister Vladimir Yakovlev said at a government meeting today.
Russia protests as global forum urges asbestos ban
Russia, the world`s leading producer of asbestos, protested on Wednesday as an international forum in Moscow urged a global ban on the use of the material because of health risks.
FSB officer was connected with Politkovskaya killing
A Lieutenant Colonel in Russia`s Federal Security Service has been arrested on suspicion of illegally revealing the address of journalist and human rights activist, Anna Politkovskaya, to her murderers.
119 pieces of Russian rocket are found by Kazakh search teams
Kazakh search teams have found 119 fragments of a Proton-M Russian rocket that crashed a week ago in Kazakhstan, the emergency situations ministry said Thursday.
Russians told to skip work and have sex
It certainly is a novel way to tackle declining birth rates. The governor of a central Russian province has urged couples to ditch work and stay home to have sex instead.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe hospitalized
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was hospitalized Thursday for stress and exhaustion a day after announcing his resignation, his doctors said, amid speculation health troubles prompted him to step down.
Rotating skyscraperto appear in Moscow
Moscow`s skyline is to get a new addition - in the shape of a rotating skyscraper - the Italian architect David Fisher told RIA Novosti.
Anna Politkovskaya is nominated for EU`s Human Rights Award
The Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in Moscow last October, has been nominated for the European Union`s Human Rights Award. The official list of candidates will be published later today.
Killing of gypsies in Ingushetia to be investigated
The local prosecutor`s office in Russia’s southern republic of Ingushetia has launched a criminal case into the killing of three gypsies. The victims, a father and his two sons, were killed in their own home by three suspects who allegedly tried to rob them.
Russian boy, borned in Turkey, to return Russia
A Russian mother who was forced to leave her new-born baby in Turkey has been re-united with her son.
America marks September 11 attacks
America was to mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Tuesday with more muted commemorations than in previous years but under the shadow of renewed threats from Al-Qaeda.
Starbucks opens first coffee shop in Russia
Starbucks opened its first coffee shop in Russia on Thursday, two years after it won a legal battle to protect the right to its brand in the fast-growing Russian market.
Abramovich in good standing at Vanity Fair
Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is more influential than George Soros, Giogrio Armani and Tom Cruise, according to a recent rating by the U.S. Vanity Fair magazine.
US economy loses jobs for first time in 4 years
The world`s largest economy was hit with surprise job losses in August as a housing slump and a pullback in home construction triggered increased layoffs, a government report revealed Friday.
Russia doesn`t support mandatory greenhouse gas commitments
Russia is against imposing mandatory targets or timetables to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, a Russian delegate to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum said.
Russian experts to inspect NKorea nuclear sites
China, Russia and the United States will send experts to North Korea next week to study how to disable the communist state`s nuclear facilities, the top US envoy said Friday.
Expert: Russian shipbuilding is noncompetitive in world market
"Our domestic shipbuilding industry cannot provide for not only foreign needs, but domestic as well," Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director-General of Krylov Research Institute Valentin Pashin announced at a shipbuilding conference in St. Petersburg today.