In Duma Committee on civil, criminal, arbitral and remedial legislation has prepared a package of amendments to the acting legislation, including the law "About extremists activity counteraction", where they suggest liability for extremists information distribution via the Internet and computer games.
Mass celebration of Epiphany is to take place on January 19 in Yekaterinburg. Some officials of high standing and cregy are going to participate in religious procession to Shartash lake and bathe in consecrated ice-holes. The participants of the future events say that they will go into water even in case of - 30C frost.
Local Authorities recommend to introduce shortened workday on Friday because of snowfall in Vladivostok.
First vice-premier of Chechen government Ramzan Kadyrov advocates for official permission of polygamy in republic.
Moscow synagogues will be constantly guarded by officials of state law machinery organs.
From January 9 to January 19 Perm Zoo is holding 8th Festival-competition "Snow animals zoo". For the first time, this event is to become a part of Russian festival "Ecology. Creativity. Children.", organized by Moscow Zoo.
Yekaterinburg citizens are going to celebrate the Old New Year`s Eve with the same grand scale as traditional.
News program of NTV channel "Today with Mikhail Osokin", coming out at midnight, was closed.
Assault on believers in Moscow synagogue testifies about "disease of all society", thinks representative of Buddhistic traditional sangha in Moscow Sanjei-lama.
Drastic temperature fall is expected in Middle Ural next week. According to forecasts, on Monday the temperature in Yekaterinburg is to be - 43C.
Chelyabinsk Zoo has been prepared to forthcoming frost. According to weather forecasts, in Southern Ural region the temperature may fall below - 40oC next week.
In the course of public audience in the Vatican`s audience hall Pope Benedict XVI met with 30 children who survived the 2004 school hostage siege in Beslan, Russia.
The country of their birth satisfies most of all Austrians, Italians and Russians, show the results of the poll conducted by All-Russian public opinion research.
Reconstruction of the internal lines terminal in international airport Vnukovo in Moscow has been finished, informs the airport press-service.
Soon cosmonauts will be allowed to drink alcohol on the board of International Space Station.
Russian presidential plenipotentiary in Far East federal region Kamil Iskhakov announced that foreign migration in Far East is under control of authorities.
On January 10 holiday prayer in honour of Kurban Bayram took place in the chief mosque of Yaroslavl. However, many believers couldn’t participate in the prayer, as they had to work, said the chief mosque imam Rustam Batarov.
Dagestan authorities toughen measures against possible penetration of bird flu virus from Turkey to the republic.
The Russian Federation Government approved new program of education development for the period of 2006 - 2010, reported the Cabinet of Ministers press-service.
Polar explorers has recommenced suspended in 1999 drilling of the borehole in the under-glacial lake "Vostok" in Antarctica, reported the press-service of Arctic and Antarctica Research Institute.
Moscow city court has started the hearings on the case of the editor in chief of Russian version of the magazine "Forbs", Paul Khlebnikov murder.
On January 10 Muslims of Russia participate in solemn sermons and greetings in honor of Islamic holiday Kurban-bairam.
Russians under 30 don`t hurry to register their marriages officially, every tenth marriage is not registered.
Over 150 tons of drugs were withdrawn in 2005 in Russia by law machinery, informed the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration official.
Russian Federal Agency of Tourism (Rustourism) doesn’t plan to appeal to Russian people and ask them to refrain from trips to Turkey.