Austrian Federal Criminal Police Office has discovered a global child pornography ring, involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries who view videos of young children being terribly sexually abused, local media reported on Wednesday.
Own house, happy family life and well-paid job - that are the three main constituents of a "good life", according to the study which has been made recently by the All Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VCIOM).
The problem of the Russian language in the Crimea is being imposed on Ukraine. Ukrainian President Victor Yuschenko expressed such an opinion during the press conference on Tuesday.
The World Day of Water is commemorated on 22 March. This day was established on the initiative of United Nations in 1993.
Interregional Olympiad on the Tatar language and literature will be held in Kazan. The schoolchildren of 9-11 grades, who took the first places on the republic and provincial stages of Olympiads on the Tatar language and literature, will participate in the Olympiad, reports the press-service of the Ministry of Education and Science of Tatarstan Republic.
The secretary of state, Deputy Minister of Defense General of the Army Nikolai Pankov does not support the idea of increasing the call-up age.
Some Moscow houses foundations may "float" this spring, the chairman of Moscow Duma commission for perspective development and municipal engineering Mikhail Moskvin-Tarkhanov reported at the press-conference on Monday.
The ninth national exhibition and fair "Books of Russia" will take place in Moscow on All-Russia Exhibition Center on March 15-20, reported the leader of Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications adviser Vladimir Grigoryev at the press conference on Monday.
Russian ice-breaker "Krasin" returned to Vladivostok port on Sunday evening after piloting of 2 American ships to USA artic station "Makmerdo".
Plenipotentiary of Russian president in Far East federal region Kamil Iskhakov supported a prolongation of federal purpose program "Social-economic development of Kurile islands of Sakhalin oblast".
Russia`s Gorky Automobile Plant will continue producing the Volga vehicles despite earlier claims it would end production.
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay $41,700 in compensation to a Rostov woman over her illegal arrest and beating in the second ruling this year in favor of a victim of police brutality.
The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) has recently submitted its recommendations to U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman in the annual "Special 301" review of copyright piracy and related market access problems around the world.
According to the results of post-mortem examination the former President of Yugoslavia Slobodan Miloshevich passed away because of cardiac arrest. The official of the public information service of International tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Christian Shartie reported about that.
Despite of powerful snowstorm in Moscow, airports of capital air center - Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetevo - operate in regular regime.
Participation of famous politician, leader of Economic Freedom Party Konstantin Natanovich Borovoi in shootings of regional TV program "2 against 1" ended up with a fight.
Last 5-storied building is demolished in Tagansky district of Central administrative area of Moscow.
Over 7000 rebels voluntarily laid down arms and returned to peaceful life during last several years.
Russia`s lower house of parliament rejected in the first reading a bill to impose a 40% minimum limit for the screening of Russian films at cinemas to support national film-makers, who are unable to withstand competition from foreign films.
Elections to eight regional legislatures this Sunday will likely be a key midterm indicator of which parties are in good financial shape for the next State Duma elections and which parties currently enjoy the Kremlin`s blessing.
Russia has begun the mass vaccination of poultry to try to stop the spread of the lethal H5N1 bird flu virus. Millions of vaccines have already been delivered to provinces in southern Russia - a region believed to be most vulnerable to the virus.
Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ, known for its Lada brand, plans to attract up to $4.5 billion of investment to update its product range under an agreement signed between the company and a Russian bank, the company`s press service said Friday.
State Dume has refused to pass the law about establishing obligatory quota for showing Russian films in the cinema theatres of the country.
The Head of the Russian Emergency Ministry Sergei Shoigu does not exclude that Russia will not manage to localize centers of bird flu spreading.
An opinion that successful career and happy personal life are incompatible is a common one.