MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia`s two main stock exchanges, MICEX and the RTS, opened lower on Tuesday following negative macroeconomic data published by the country`s top statistics body.
The top-ranking official of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said Friday that Russia and Armenia are to create a common air defense system, intended to be part of a larger CSTO air defense.
It has been confirmed by the Swiss anti-doping laboratory that three Russian biathletes were using prohibited substances. The results have been published on the official International Biathlon Union (IBU) website.
As the crew of the released cargo ship Faina has arrived in Ukraine, scandalous details concerning the alleged information leak have surfaced. The vessel loaded with heavy weaponry was released last week after almost five months of captivity.
MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia`s Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser has detained three pirate vessels off the coast of Somalia, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Friday.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - Russia pins special hopes on the Aero India-2009 show opening in Bangalore.
NEW YORK, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. woman who recently gave birth to octuplets and now has 14 children has launched a website asking people to help with the costs of raising her offspring.
VLADIVOSTOK, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia`s Admiral Vinogradov destroyer is escorting four vessels through waters off the Horn of Africa to protect them against Somali pirates, Navy Capt. 1st Rank Roman Martov said on Friday.
CAIRO, February 13 (RIA Novosti) - Senior officials from the two main Palestinian factions are discussing resuming Egypt-sponsored reconciliation talks that failed to get off the ground in November last year, Egyptian media said.
MOSCOW, February 12 (RIA Novosti) - Border guards in the southern Russian republic of Daghestan have detained two people on charges of attempting to sell two girls into sex slavery in Bahrain, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday.
The U.S. President Barack Obama says America is ready to talk to Iran to try and dismantle the wall that has been standing between them for three decades. However, what Iran wants is words put into practice.
The new Obama Administration is keen to tackle the problem of America`s poor international image. This may be why the Pentagon will spend $US 4.7 billion and employ 27,000 staff for recruitment, advertising and public relations this year, an Associated Press investigation has revealed.
BEVERLY HILLS (Reuters) - Charcoal gray, platinum and white gowns paired with diamonds dominated a preview of red carpet Oscar fashions on Tuesday, recalling the glamour and understated elegance of old Hollywood stars like Grace Kelly.
The EU and Russia have agreed to hold a new meeting of the Middle East Quartet - which includes the UN, the EU, Russia and the U.S. - to lay grounds for a long-term settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
BISHKEK, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - The Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan has postponed a discussion on the closure of a U.S. base in the north of the country, the party`s leader said on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL signed on Wednesday a contract with New Delhi on fuel supplies to Indian nuclear power plants, a spokesman for the Indian Nuclear Energy Department said.
NEW DELHI, February 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russian nuclear fuel producer TVEL signed on Wednesday a contract with New Delhi on fuel supplies to Indian nuclear power plants, a spokesman for the Indian Nuclear Energy Department said.
An overhaul of unemployment services to cope with the rapidly rising numbers of out-of-work professionals has been ordered by ministers as the jobless total hits two million.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 10 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia was amongst 25 countries, which initiated standardized time zones on the Earth, press secretary of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Main Astronomical Observatory (Pulkovo) Sergei Smirnov told Itar-Tass.
MOSCOW, February 10 (RIA Novosti) - Some 20 Russian nationals whose extradition is sought by Moscow are hiding from justice in Britain, the Russian ambassador to London said on Tuesday.
The Russian government has denied press reports that the country`s banks want it to help them restructure $400bn (£269bn) of their foreign debt.
The Russian government has denied press reports that the country`s banks want it to help them restructure $400bn (£269bn) of their foreign debt.
A wildfire rages up a gully near Kinglake, northeast of Melbourne. Australian firefighters fought Tuesday to save communities from wildfires that have claimed 173 lives and left a trail of charred bodies in blackened homes and twisted car wrecks.
US President Barack Obama says if lawmakers fail to approve his proposals for tackling the recession, the economic crisis could become a national catastrophe. Obama is struggling to win the support of a divided Congress for his recovery package.
Israel will vote for a new Prime Minister on Tuesday, after a devastating war in Gaza in January. There are three leading candidates in the race, but no definite favourite.