Ukrainian declared the world`s tallest
A Ukrainian man is the tallest person in the world at 8 feet 5 inches, overshadowing a Chinese man who previously held the title, Guinness World Records said Wednesday.
Austria is against extradition of Kazakh leader`s former son-in-law
An Austrian court has refused a Kazakh request to extradite President Nursultan Nazarbayev`s former son-in-law accused in the Central Asian state of kidnapping and illegal business, a spokesman for the Austrian Prosecutor General`s Office said Thursday.
Russian patriarch and Pope seek meeting
Relations between the Orthodox and Catholic churches are improving, Russia`s Patriarch and Pope Benedict XVI are considering meeting, Cardinal Roger Etchegaray said Tuesday following a meeting with the Russian spiritual leader.
Moscow to defend Russian arrested in U.S. over visa fraud scheme
Russia will protect the interests and rights of a Russian national arrested in the United States Monday on suspicion of organizing a fraudulent visa scheme, the Foreign Ministry said.
Top court: National Bolsheviks are extremists
Russia`s Supreme Court has upheld an earlier court ruling banning the National Bolshevik Party (NBP) as an extremist organization, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the courtroom.
Roadside bombs kill 4 US troops in Iraq
Four more U.S. soldiers were killed in roadside bombings in the Baghdad area, including three in a single strike, the military said Tuesday, raising to at least 19 the number of troop deaths in the first week of August.
Suspect of killing mother, daughter, wife arrested near Moscow
Police have detained a man suspected of killing his mother, ex-wife and two-year-old daughter in a town 193 km (120 miles) to the south of Moscow on August 1, a police source said Saturday.
Workaholics suffer from a lack of sex
German workaholics may be suffering from a lack of sex, according to a university study published Friday.
Pneumonia outbreak in Sverdlovsk Region: 167 infected, 5 killed
The number of people killed by the outbreak of Legionnaires` disease in Verknyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region, increased. On Wednesday, a woman died in hospital, a REGNUM correspondent was told at the Sverdlovsk Region Healthcare Ministry.
Moscow expects formal reply from U.S. to missile shield alternative
Russia`s foreign minister said Thursday that Moscow expected a written response from the United States to its counterproposal on Washington`s plans for a missile shield in Central Europe.
UN peace-building mission in Tajikistan to be closed
The United Nations said Tuesday the Tajikistan Office of Peace-building (UNTOP) has completed its mission demonstrating the country`s stability and capability of taking part in UN peacekeeping operations.
Terrorist Shamil Basayev lost cashier
A cashier of terrorist Shamil Basayev was detained in Kazakhstan, Spokesman for the Kazakh Interior Ministry Bagdat Kozhakhmetov made the announcement at a briefing in Astana yesterday, a REGNUM correspondent informs.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky about scandal at NASA: America is slipping to the ranks of marginal states
Hard drinking is flourishing among astronauts, which describes a cluster of the American elite, leader of the Russian Liberal Democratic Party, MP Vladimir Zhirinovsky announced yesterday commenting among others a scandal at NASA.
Prosecutors apologized to Russian scientist for wrong charges
charged with divulging secrets
N. Caucasus to host command and staff exercises from today
Russia is set to conduct command and staff exercises throughout the North Caucasus from July 31 through August 9, a regional military spokesman said Tuesday.
Power generator OGK-4 to start building power unit Tuesday
Russian wholesale power generating company OGK-4 will launch Tuesday the construction of a new power unit at a plant in the Moscow Region, the company`s press service said.
Phosphorus train crosses border with Russia
A train, 15 of whose tanker cars carrying yellow phosphorus overturned in Western Ukraine Monday catching fire and releasing pollution, has crossed the Russian-Ukrainian border, a spokesman for the Ukrainian railways administration said Saturday.
Israel to let Palestinians into Gaza
Israel has agreed to allow at least 627 Palestinians who have been stranded in Egypt for weeks to pass into the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said Saturday.
Strasbourg court orders Russia to compensate Evangelical pastor
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ordered Russian authorities to pay 6,000 euros ($8,220) in compensation to an Evangelical pastor who was banned from holding services.
Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghan
Three NATO troops and an Afghan soldier have been killed in two separate clashes with insurgents in Afghanistan, the alliance said.
Soviet Soldiers costs Estonia over 4mn euro
The total expenditures for reburial of Soviet Soldiers and repaying damage caused by April riots in Tallinn and Ida-Viru district are expected to be about 73mn kroon (about $4.6mn euro), Eesti Paevaleht newspaper reports. The money will be taken from the governmental reserve.
Strategic Missile Forces to conduct over 100 exercises this summer
The Strategic Missile Forces will conduct more than 100 exercises this summer and fall, the SMF press service said Friday.
Moscow Region police destroy 40 tons of cannabis
Police in the Ramenskoye district, southeast of Moscow, have discovered and burned 40 tons of cannabis growing wild in fields, a local police spokesman said Friday.
Moscow students will take drug tests
Russia`s chief sanitary doctor upheld Friday the Moscow mayor`s initiative to make students take drug tests.
Spanish police tackle sex traffickers targeting Russian women
Spanish police have cracked down on a sex trafficking gang that tricked Russian women with job offers and then forced them into prostitution, a police spokesman in Spain`s southern province of Almeria said Thursday.