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AC Milan are determined to buy CSKA Moscow"s...
AC Milan are determined to buy CSKA Moscow"s Milos Krasic, but will have to wait until next summer to do so, an Italian paper reported.
A consortium led by Russia"s largest independent...
A consortium led by Russia"s largest independent crude producer LUKoil is expected to sign a contract with Iraq on Sunday to develop the West Qurna-2 oil field.
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Almost 1,800 passengers of the Russian air...
Almost 1,800 passengers of the Russian air company VIM-Avia have been stranded at French Alps Chambery airport due to heavy snow, a company"s spokeswoman said on Sunday.
Another round of talks between Moscow and...
Another round of talks between Moscow and Washington on a new strategic arms deal will open in Geneva on Monday, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.
A Russian government commission has approved...
A Russian government commission has approved the basic and back-up crews for a new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).
A second wave of economic crisis is unlikely...
A second wave of economic crisis is unlikely in Russia but the country is braced for a long period of recovery after the global financial meltdown, a senior Central Bank official said on Wednesday.
A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two...
A Soyuz-TMA-16 space capsule carrying two astronauts returning from the International Space Station (ISS) successfully landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
As Russia seeks to rid itself of its dependence...
As Russia seeks to rid itself of its dependence on raw material exports and usher in innovations, the presidential commission for modernization has proposed an all-out transition to energy-saving bulbs, a business daily reported on Tuesday.
Beams of protons have started circulating...
Beams of protons have started circulating in both directions around the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a scientist participating in the experiment said on Monday.
China"s Zhou Yang has won the gold in the...
China"s Zhou Yang has won the gold in the women"s 1500m short track race, setting a new olympic record on the ninth day of the Olympics in Vancouver.
Colombia is looking to attract Russian investment...
Colombia is looking to attract Russian investment in any sector and is prepared to offer potential investors all necessary guarantees, Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez said on Monday.
CSKA Moscow will need to stay calm and collected...
CSKA Moscow will need to stay calm and collected when they face Inter Milan in Italy in a Champions League quarter final first-leg on Wednesday evening, the Russian club"s Japanese midfielder Keisuke Honda said.
Gazprom said on Thursday it will extend...
Gazprom said on Thursday it will extend a contract on gas supplies to Western Europe via Poland until 2045, while gas supplies to Poland may be increased to 11 billion cu m from this year.
Google has decided to close its Internet...
Google has decided to close its Internet search service based in inland China over censorship concerns and will direct Chinese users to a Hong Kong-based uncensored version of its search engine, the company has said in blog post.
Hannah Kearney of the United States won...
Hannah Kearney of the United States won on Saturday evening in Freestyle Skiing ladies" moguls bringing her country the first gold at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Iran has compiled a list of some 60 foreign...
Iran has compiled a list of some 60 foreign organizations and media which it said were agents in the "soft war" against the country, the Press TV reported on Tuesday.
Israel"s Airports Authority on Tuesday launched...
Israel"s Airports Authority on Tuesday launched a pilot "self check-in" automated security system for passengers traveling abroad, a national daily said.
Japan"s giant carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp...
Japan"s giant carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp., said that it is recalling about 2.3 million of its cars sold in the United States due to accelerating pedal problems.
KOROLYOV (Moscow Region), September 20 (RIA...
KOROLYOV (Moscow Region), September 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian oxygen regeneration system at the International Space Station has been turned off, as one of its blocks may need replacement, a space agency official said Wednesday.
Kurmanbek Bakiyev"s claims he is still the...
Kurmanbek Bakiyev"s claims he is still the president of Kyrgyzstan do nothing but harm to the process of political stabilization in the country, a former Kyrgyz prime minister said on Friday.
Libya"s sovereign fund has bought the most...
Libya"s sovereign fund has bought the most shares in Russian aluminum giant RusAl"s initial public offering in Hong Kong, along with Russia"s national development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB), a business daily reported on Monday.
LONDON, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - David...
LONDON, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - David Miliband is starting a two-day visit to Russia on Sunday, which will be the first visit to the country by a British foreign secretary in the past five years.
More than 3,000 people turned up in central...
More than 3,000 people turned up in central Moscow on Wednesday to remember the victims of the latest terrorist bomb attacks in the capital, a city police official said.
MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Mission Control near Moscow said it would widen the International Space Station"s orbit by 700 meters on Wednesday evening.
MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian warships will continue patrolling pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast to ensure the safety of commercial shipping in the area, Russia"s defense minister said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is...
MOSCOW, April 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is planning to launch three more Soyuz piloted spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) this year, the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti) - Three Russians...
MOSCOW, April 6 (RIA Novosti) - Three Russians and two Ukrainians are among the crew of the German container vessel Hansa Stavanger captured by Somali pirates, the Sovfracht Maritime Bulletin reported on Monday.
MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - South...
MOSCOW, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - South Korea has postponed the launch of its first carrier rocket from the Naro Space Center until August 25, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Reserve Fund declined 5.5% to 2.957 trillion rubles ($94.52 billion) while the National Prosperity Fund grew 1% to 2.814 trillion rubles ($89.93 billion) in June, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is...
MOSCOW, July 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is against any arms race in the Arctic, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom...
MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) - Gazprom plans to occupy 10% of the British energy market by 2011, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said on Friday at the Russian energy giant"s annual shareholders" meeting.
MOSCOW, March 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, March 6 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Space Agency is ready to help Venezuela put its first astronaut into space, the agency"s head said Monday.
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Somali pirates...
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Somali pirates can be prosecuted under Russian laws, a Russian deputy general prosecutor said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Somali pirates...
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Somali pirates can be prosecuted under Russian laws, a Russian deputy general prosecutor said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Dynamo...
MOSCOW, November 10 (RIA Novosti) - Dynamo Moscow, one of Russia's oldest and most famous clubs, moved closer to their first appearance in the Champions League after a 2-0 win on Sunday over Vladivostok's Luch-Energiya.
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - President...
MOSCOW, November 12 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev said he was firmly convinced that Russia could once more achieve superpower status by adopting new ideas.
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian...
MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian nuclear submarine has successfully test-launched a ballistic missile, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Neustrashimy (Fearless) missile frigate is escorting an international convoy of nine vessels past the Horn of Africa to protect them from Somali pirate attacks, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Friday.
MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Inspections...
MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Inspections of the Arctic Sea ship, which was held captive for several weeks during the summer, have not revealed suspicious cargo, and the vessel will soon be released, Russia"s Foreign Ministry has said.
MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Partners...
MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Partners in the Shtokman gas condensate field in the Barents Sea will invest from $15 billion to $20 billion in the project by 2014, a Russian senior government official said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Tatyana Sinitsyna) - The construction of the Belene Nuclear Power Plant has finally started on the Bulgarian bank of the Danube.
Moscow’s Sheremetevo International...
Moscow’s Sheremetevo International Airport joined the St. George ribbon campaign, the airport’s PR center said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva says she has plans to retire from top-flight sport until after the 2013 world athletic championships in Moscow.
MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's investment in the troubled U.S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is estimated at around $30 billion, the Audit Chamber chief said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s next national census, originally scheduled for October 2010, has been postponed to 2013 due to the economic crisis, a spokesman for Russian statistics service Rosstat said on Friday.
MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - The...
MOSCOW, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - The British frigate HMS Iron Duke has seized 5.5 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $384 million from a fishing boat off the coast of Latin America, a Spanish news agency said.
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MOSCOW. (Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti.) - A Russian strategic nuclear-powered submarine is poised to launch an innovative, compact, 80-kg spacecraft from the Barents Sea in the second quarter of this year.
Roman Pavlyuchenko fired Tottenham Hotspur...
Roman Pavlyuchenko fired Tottenham Hotspur to a 3-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers on Saturday with his fourth and fifth goals in three league games.
Russia continues to view NATO as a major...
Russia continues to view NATO as a major security threat rather than an ally, while Moscow"s military doctrine does not reflect reality, the head of the Western military alliance said on Friday.
Russia has managed to reverse the trend...
Russia has managed to reverse the trend of the past few years with explored natural reserves exceeding their output in 2009, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
Russia is concerned over the rise of terrorist...
Russia is concerned over the rise of terrorist activity in Yemen and supports efforts by the Yemeni authorities to tackle extremism in the country, the Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Russian athletes won eight medals, including...
Russian athletes won eight medals, including two golds, at Vancouver Paralympics biathlon events on Thursday.
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said...
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Friday that he expected the global economic crisis to continue, and that further surprises should be expected.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for an acceleration of a project to create an international financial center in Moscow.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday congratulated Peoples" Friendship University, an institution created in 1960 to prepare qualified specialists from Asia and Africa, and Latin America with the 50th anniversary.
Russian prosecutors have asked the United...
Russian prosecutors have asked the United States to pass on information about corrupt practices at German auto giant Daimler AG to help investigate allegations of bribery in Russia, the prosecutor general said on Wednesday.
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich may head...
Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich may head the board of trustees of the Russian Football Union (RFU), a Russian respected business daily said.
Russia"s ailing car giant AvtoVAZ said on...
Russia"s ailing car giant AvtoVAZ said on Thursday it planned to begin the production of Renault and Nissan cars in 2012-2013, a year later than Russian officials had planned.
Russia"s foreign minister said on Wednesday...
Russia"s foreign minister said on Wednesday he hopes a poultry dispute with the U.S. will be resolved soon.
Russia"s GDP fell 8.9% in the third quarter...
Russia"s GDP fell 8.9% in the third quarter year-on-year and grew 13.8% on the second quarter, the Federal Statistics Agency said on Friday.
Russia"s gold and foreign exchange reserves...
Russia"s gold and foreign exchange reserves grew $13.52 billion to $440.6 billion in 2009, the Central Bank of Russia said on Thursday.
Russia"s missile-defense proposals, including...
Russia"s missile-defense proposals, including the joint use of the Gabala radar station in Azerbaijan, are still on the table, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
Russia"s National Oil Consortium on Friday...
Russia"s National Oil Consortium on Friday paid Venezuela a bonus of $600 million for participation in the development of the Junin-6 deposit, the head of a company making part of the consortium said.
Russia"s new main battle tank (MBT), the...
Russia"s new main battle tank (MBT), the T-95, could be exhibited for the first time at an arms show in the Urals Region this summer, the developer and future manufacturer of the tank has said.
Russia"s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport...
Russia"s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport confirmed on Saturday ongoing arms talks with Libya, but said no new contracts have been signed yet.
Russia"s Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket has successfully...
Russia"s Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket has successfully put into orbit a U.S. telecommunications satellite, the Intelsat-15, a spokesman for Russia"s space agency Roscosmos said,
Several Russian car manufacturers have asked...
Several Russian car manufacturers have asked the government to introduce a minimum assembly requirement for foreign producers of 300,000 cars per year by 2013-2014, Russian business daily Kommersant said on Monday.
Soviet-era Moscow authorities succeeded...
Soviet-era Moscow authorities succeeded in reducing the amount of snow using aviation, a Russian scientist said amid public arguments that the practice should be renewed.
Swedish skier Marcus Hellner has taken the...
Swedish skier Marcus Hellner has taken the gold in the men"s 30km cross-country pursuit on the ninth day of the Olympics in Canada"s Vancouver, and his compatriot Johan Olsson has won the bronze.
Tatneft, one of Russia"s top 10 crude producers...
Tatneft, one of Russia"s top 10 crude producers, said on Tuesday its U.S. GAAP net profit increased 55%, year-on-year, in January-September 2009 to 47.15 billion rubles ($1.6 billion).
The commander of Russia"s space forces said...
The commander of Russia"s space forces said on Friday Russia had no plans to deploy weapons of any kind in space.
The deadline for Ukraine"s payment for natural...
The deadline for Ukraine"s payment for natural gas supplied in December has been moved from January 7 to January 11, 2010, due to the New Year holidays, energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday.
The first pipelay vessel started its journey...
The first pipelay vessel started its journey to the Baltic Sea to begin construction on the Nord Stream pipeline, which will pump Russian natural gas to Europe, the project operator said on Monday.
The launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket...
The launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket carrying the European Eutelsat W7 satellite has been scheduled for Tuesday evening, a spokesman for Russia"s Khrunichev space center said.
The next Russia-EU Summit will take place...
The next Russia-EU Summit will take place in Rostov-on-Don on May 31 and June 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday.
The number of police killed in a suicide...
The number of police killed in a suicide bomb attack in Russia"s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan has risen to seven, after a police officer died from blood loss, Russian TV channel NTV reported on Wednesday.
The wife of Russian businessman and alleged...
The wife of Russian businessman and alleged arms trafficker Viktor Bout, who faces extradition from Thailand to the United States, has called on Moscow to protect her husband from Washington"s persecution.
The World Expo 2010 fair in Shanghai may...
The World Expo 2010 fair in Shanghai may expand bilateral cooperation between Russia and China, a counselor on trade and economic issues from the Chinese embassy in Russia said on Wednesday.
Two Russian mini-subs that have spent the...
Two Russian mini-subs that have spent the past two summers researching Siberia"s Lake Baikal will return to the depths of the world"s largest freshwater lake this summer, a senior researcher said on Thursday.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has ordered Defense Minister Mykhailo Yezhel to ensure good weather for the country"s Victory Day celebrations, UNIAN news agency reported on Wednesday.
Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk were refused...
Ukrainian side Shakhtar Donetsk were refused entry to Fulham owner Mohamed al-Fayed"s Harrods ahead of this week"s Europa League clash with the west London side, the luxury store told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political...
U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov met in Moscow on Thursday to discuss arms reductions and Iran.