State Duma may prohibit gambling industry in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Sochi. The appropriate draft is to be submitted for Duma lower house consideration, reported an official from the State Duma lending and financial market committee. The draft provides for amendments in the "Separate kinds of activity licensing" law.
Fifteen streets in the Russian capital Eastern sector have become one-direction streets since December 17, reports Moscow traffic server, referring to the resolution signed by Moscow authorities in June 2004.
20 military units will be manned on contract basis in 2006 in Russia, informed the chairman of the State Duma defense committee, Colonel-General Viktor Zavarzin at the meeting with foreign military attachÊs in Moscow on Tuesday.
Textbooks with covers, portraying map of Russia without Kurile Islands and Kaliningradskaya oblast, are withdrawn from school libraries of Sakhalin.
As capital Department of nature management and environmental protection informed, the start of operation concur with opening of official fir markets in town.
More than half of Russians, 58%, consider that Russian culture and way of life are more close to countries of Europe.
TV presenter of REN TV Marianna Maximovskaya announced about intention to summon Mikhail Khodorkovsky as a witness.
Governor of Chukotsky autonomous oblast Roman Abramovich is interested in wines and vineyards.
The main Christmas tree is to arrive tonight in Moscow. It will decorate the Sobornaya square in Kremlin.
During last week the staff of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs internal security department were withdrawing forged and expired identity cards of militia officials and their public assistants. The campaign resulted in over a hundred withdrawn militia id cards, including belonging to non-existent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs departments.
First near-Moscow station of Moscow metropolitan will open soon on the bank of Moscow-river.
Every second Austrian was disappointed with Christmas present during his life, and every fifth get rid of the unpleasant thing.
Speaker of State Duma Boris Gryzlov considers that large economic projects of Siberia and Far East development can be attractive for citizens of ex-Soviet republics.
Amount of marriages, registered in Moscow in 2005, increased in comparision with 2004 by 9.1%.
In 2008 Russia will set record high standard of living, announced the head of Russian Ministry of Finance Aleksey Kudrin.
Main Christmas fir-tree of Russia is sent to Moscow from Veliky Ustug. This was informed by press-secretary of the Velikoustugsky district head Elena Zelenina.
Today sessions, devoted to problem of energy supply in the country, crisis situation in development of the industry and unsuccessful reforms of United Energetic System, conducted by Anatoly Chubais, took place in State Duma.
Vladimir Putin considers issue of Groznyy town rename closed after statement of Ramzan Kadyrov.
It is a well-known truth that no one needs vacation so bad than a person, who just returned from it. Long and passive rest leads to stupidity and difficulties on returning to work.
State Duma has passed the bill "About obligatory insurance of civil liability for trespass during exploitation of a dangerous object" in first reading.
Can of honey is delivered to every Moscow children`s home, informed capital mayor Yurii Luzhkov on traditional Holiday of Honey in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.
JSC "Russian railways" is going to assign over a thousand additional long-distance trains in the period of New Year’s and Christmas holidays, informed the company’s press-cutting service on Friday.
On the instruction of Presidential envoy in the Ural Federal District P. Latyshev, the staff of his administration have started organizational work on the preparation of the Ural federal district children’s trip to Moscow for the traditional New Year’s party in Kremlin, informed the Envoy’s press-cutting service.
Before the New Year`s holiday fireworks became one of the most popular goods on the markets. These days Chelyabinsk region inhabitants provide themselves with pyrotechnics: New Year’s celebration is a good occasion for "shooting and exploding".
Federal Security Service denounced criminal groups, preparing terrorist attacks in Novosibirsk and Volgograd.