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A long-range free-kick by Japanese international...
A long-range free-kick by Japanese international Keisuke Honda saw CSKA Moscow recorded a famous victory in Spain as they beat Sevilla 2-1 and progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
A "magical force" and disputed bindings...
A "magical force" and disputed bindings helped Simon Ammann of Switzerland to win his fourth Olympic title in Saturday"s ski jumping large hill competitions.
Andrei Arshavin has told Arsenal manager...
Andrei Arshavin has told Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger that he "doesn"t want to play football" after Russia"s failure to qualify for the 2010 World Cup.
An incorrect timing might have cost a medal...
An incorrect timing might have cost a medal in the women"s biathlon pursuit to Sweden"s Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek, the national team"s head coach told Swedish media.
At least 11 people, including seven police...
At least 11 people, including seven police officers and four drug smugglers, have been killed in a shootout in eastern Iran, BBC has said.
At least five suspected militants were killed...
At least five suspected militants were killed in Pakistan"s restive tribal zone on the border with Afghanistan during a U.S. drone attack on a militant hideout, the Press Trust of India said on Saturday.
Canadian Space Agency is planning to build...
Canadian Space Agency is planning to build two bases for launching rockets carrying space tourists, the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos said citing the information agency Canadian Press.
Deposed Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek...
Deposed Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on Tuesday he will resign only if the interim government guarantees his and his family"s security and order in the country.
Double Olympic champion in short track speed...
Double Olympic champion in short track speed skating, Yang Zhou of China, finished the semifinal race in women"s 1,000 meters with a new world record of 1 minute 29.049 seconds.
Finland had a 5-1 confident victory over...
Finland had a 5-1 confident victory over Belarus starting its hockey tournament of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and securing a leading berth in Group C.
Great Britain has extended a ban on flights...
Great Britain has extended a ban on flights in its airspace at least until 19:00 U.K. time Sunday over the spread of the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland, the U.K."s main air navigation services provider NATS announced.
IBF and WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir...
IBF and WBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko of Ukraine has defended his titles with a 12th-round knockout of U.S. boxer Eddie Chambers.
Iceland"s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has thrown...
Iceland"s Eyjafjallajokull volcano has thrown out about 140 million cubic meters of ash over the past three days, Icelandic scientists said on Sunday.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay an official visit to Russia on December 6-8, a Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday.
International forces in Afghanistan have...
International forces in Afghanistan have failed to tackle drug trafficking during their nine-year military presence, Russia"s chief anti-narcotics official said on Wednesday, reflecting Moscow"s concern.
Iran and Russia should switch to their national...
Iran and Russia should switch to their national currencies in joint oil and gas projects, an Iranian oil official suggested on Wednesday as part of bilateral talks on a long-term plan of energy cooperation.
Iran hanged on Thursday two men over unrest...
Iran hanged on Thursday two men over unrest following the June 2009 presidential elections, the ISNA news agency reported.
Moscow and Washington could resume talks...
Moscow and Washington could resume talks on a new U.S.-Russian strategic arms reduction treaty by the end of January, the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday.
MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - The crew...
MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - The crew of a Russian tanker has successfully repelled an attack by pirates off the Somali coast, the Russian maritime journal Sovfrakht reported.
MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Admiral Panteleyev missile destroyer has detained a boat carrying 29 suspected pirates off the Somali coast, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
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, August 10 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit...
MOSCOW, August 10 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St. Petersburg cut short coach Dick Advocaat"s final season at the club following a 2-0 defeat at home that left the 2007 Russian champions in eighth place, 10 points off leaders Rubin.
MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - The United...
MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - The United States be successful in Afghanistan although it will be difficult, the top U.S. military commander in the war-ravaged Central Asian country said Tuesday.
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) - A top Russian...
MOSCOW, June 14 (RIA Novosti) - A top Russian military medical official said Thursday that some 25-30% of conscripts were unfit for military service for health reasons. Despite a gradual shift to contract enlistment a large part of the Russian Armed Forces will still be manned by conscripts in the future, and only units on constant combat readiness will be fully manned by contract servicemen. "Although a certain positive trend in conscripts" health conditions has been registered in recent years, the improvement process is rather slow," said Igor Bykov, the defense ministry medical department head. He said mental, musculoskeletal and drug-related illnesses, as well as TB and AIDS, topped the list of diseases that make young men unfit for military service. Bykov called for the adoption of a federal law to ensure a thorough and mandatory examination of all conscripts for HIV, a procedure only applied to contract servicemen. The official also urged that health requirements be toughened in some branches of the military. "We need stricter requirements in the nuclear weapons sector, the Navy and the Strategic Missile Forces," he said.
MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Reserve Fund dropped by 11.9% to 3.127 trillion rubles ($100.95 billion), and the National Prosperity Fund declined 3% to 2.784 trillion rubles ($89.86 billion) in May, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.
MOSCOW. (Konstantin Bogdanov for RIA Novosti)...
MOSCOW. (Konstantin Bogdanov for RIA Novosti) – At 6:30 p.m. Moscow time on Wednesday, October 28, a thin white candle with an American flag on its side lifted off into the serene sky at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, FL. This is how the first flight of Ares I-X, a prototype of the Ares I carrier rocket, began.
MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...
MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot has filed a bid for a tender to purchase a 91.5% stake in Czech Airlines (CSA), Aeroflot's press office said on Monday.
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Two major...
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Two major Russian space enterprises have agreed to develop the Soyuz-2-3 rocket to launch a new-generation manned spacecraft, a company spokesperson said Friday.
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St...
MOSCOW, May 12 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St. Petersburg trainer Dick Advocaat could combine his duties as club manager with the post of coach of the Belgian national side, the Sovetski Sport paper said on Tuesday. Belgian FA officials are due in St. Petersburg for talks with Advocaat, 61, in the next few days, the paper wrote. The report also said that Advocaat was the Belgians" preferred candidate for the post, but that they lacked the means to buy out his contract with Zenit, which runs until the end of 2009. Dutch trainer Advocaat, who has won the UEFA Cup and the Russian Premier League title with Zenit since taking over at the club in 2006, has already admitted holding talks in April with Belgian officials. Advocaat has previously managed his native Holland (twice), South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Glasgow Rangers and Germany"s Borussia Monchengladbach.
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will...
MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will spend around 600 billion rubles ($25 billion) on scientific research in 2008-2010, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...
MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Proton-M rocket, which was launched late on Tuesday after a one-day delay, has delivered Europe"s Eutelsat W7 communications satellite to orbit, the Federal Space Agency said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...
MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has linked Ukrainian problems with payment for Russian gas deliveries to the country"s presidential polls, due to take place in January.
MOSCOW, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia may join the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in January 2006, a senior Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday.
MOSCOW/PARIS, August 15 (RIA Novosti) -...
MOSCOW/PARIS, August 15 (RIA Novosti) - The tracking device aboard the Russian-crewed Arctic Sea, missing since late July, was briefly reactivated on Saturday showing the vessel to be located off France, a Russian maritime journal said.
MOSCOW. ( RIA Novosti political commentator...
MOSCOW. ( RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov) - For the umpteenth time now, Afghanistan is breaking all records in opium production, and is ready to flood Europe with first-grade heroine.
MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov)
MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov)
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Viktor...
MOSCOW, September 10 (RIA Novosti) - Viktor Vekselberg, one of the four major Russian shareholders in TNK-BP, said Wednesday that the Russian-British joint venture was worth at least $60 billion. "I have always said that the company would be worth $60 billion," he told reporters. According to RTS quotes, TNK-BP"s capitalization is now around $24 billion. However, some industry watchers say the company has been undervalued by 40-45%. TNK-BP posted a net profit of $4.7 billion in the first six months of 2008, a 128% increase on the same period last year. The British oil giant and the Alfa Access-Renova consortium of Russian billionaire shareholders signed last week a memorandum of understanding that should put an end to their protracted dispute over the joint oil venture"s management. It includes an option to sell up to 20% of a TNK-BP subsidiary through an IPO on international financial markets. The deal is a concession by BP to a number of its Russian partners" demands, including the removal of BP-appointed chief executive Robert Dudley, whom they accused of acting in only BP"s interests, and the appointment of three independent executives. The British oil major earlier accused the Russian shareholders of orchestrating a state harassment campaign against TNK-BP, Russia"s third largest producer, and seeking to seize control of the venture.
MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...
MOSCOW, September 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has launched a new meteorological satellite on board a Soyuz 2.1b carrier rocket, a spokesman for the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Thursday.
MOSCOW.(Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti). --...
MOSCOW.(Yury Zaitsev for RIA Novosti). -- Russia"s Federal Space Program for 2006-2015 includes government allocations for a series of light spacecraft, so technologically advanced that, at two- to three-digit weights in kilos, they successfully do what 20 years ago only heavy satellites could.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is to meet...
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is to meet Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a January 25-28 visit to the country.
RIA Novosti distributed some 6,000 St. George...
RIA Novosti distributed some 6,000 St. George ribbons among all Russian Navy fleets to mark the anniversary of the end of World War II.
Roman Abramovich"s National Football Academy...
Roman Abramovich"s National Football Academy will no longer pay Russian national team coach Guus Hiddink"s wages, a top Russian football official has said.
Russia could see a pre-economic crisis level...
Russia could see a pre-economic crisis level of foreign direct investment of $60 billion to $70 billion by 2013, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin forecast on Wednesday.
Russia has a good chance of being awarded...
Russia has a good chance of being awarded the right to host the 2018 World Cup, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
Russia is expected to lower oil export duty...
Russia is expected to lower oil export duty on its Urals blend from the current $270.7 to $253.7 per metric ton from March 1, following trends on global oil markets, a Finance Ministry official said on Monday.
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin admitted...
Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin admitted on Friday that the economic growth achieved in the country during the past decade of boom was impossible to maintain.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will pay his first official visit to Nicaragua and Guatemala next week during his Latin American tour which also includes Cuba and Mexico.
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Polish...
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) resumed natural gas talks on Tuesday amid conflicting reports.
Russian luge team coach Mikhail Zavyalov...
Russian luge team coach Mikhail Zavyalov has blamed the death of a Georgian luger just before the opening ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver on competition organizers.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved on Friday a long-term policy for the development of the national defense industry.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday proposed amendments to the country"s criminal legislation to fight the illegal seizure of companies.
Russia"s crude oil output grew 1% year-on-year...
Russia"s crude oil output grew 1% year-on-year in January-November 2009 to 451.63 million metric tons (3.3 billion barrels), the Energy Ministry said on Wednesday.
Russia"s largest truck maker Kamaz said...
Russia"s largest truck maker Kamaz said on Thursday it was opening an assembly facility in India on Friday with an annual output of 5,000 vehicles.
Russia"s parliament is unlikely to ratify...
Russia"s parliament is unlikely to ratify a new strategic arms reduction deal that does not include a link to missile defenses, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday after U.S. colleagues warned such a link would not get past the Senate.
Russia"s plans to take out foreign loans...
Russia"s plans to take out foreign loans may not be realized due to high oil prices and uncertainty about the government"s budget deficit, a business paper reported on Monday.
Russia"s state-owned energy giant Gazprom...
Russia"s state-owned energy giant Gazprom is preparing an ambitious bid to become one of the biggest fuel suppliers in Britain, The Sunday Times reported.
Russia"s women"s hockey team enjoyed its...
Russia"s women"s hockey team enjoyed its first win in the preliminaries during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, beating the Chinese 2:1.
Russia will back sanctions against Iran...
Russia will back sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear program if an international consensus is reached, a diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
Russia will continue contacts with radical...
Russia will continue contacts with radical Palestinian group Hamas as part of efforts to revive Middle East talks, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
Russia will only allow poultry imports from...
Russia will only allow poultry imports from the U.S. if it adheres to Russia"s sanitary regulations regarding poultry processing, Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said on Tuesday.
Scientists continue efforts to resume the...
Scientists continue efforts to resume the regular operation of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) following a recent power failure which shut down the device, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on its website.
Somali pirates on Wednesday attacked and...
Somali pirates on Wednesday attacked and seized the Russian tanker Moskovsky Universitet (Moscow University) in the Gulf of Aden, a Navy source said.
The amount of cars imported to Russia declined...
The amount of cars imported to Russia declined in 2009 by 74.3% year-on-year, the federal customs service said on Monday.
The construction of the Russia-China oil...
The construction of the Russia-China oil pipeline will be finished by the end of this year, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said on Sunday.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake...
The death toll from a powerful earthquake which struck Chile earlier on Saturday has risen to 47, the country"s president, Michelle Bachelet, said.
The development of the Shtokman gas condensate...
The development of the Shtokman gas condensate field in the Russian sector of the Barents Sea will start in the spring of 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
The eruption of the volcano on the Eyjafjallajokull...
The eruption of the volcano on the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier in Iceland, which began on Wednesday, has already paralyzed air traffic in Britain, France, Germany, Belgium and the majority of Nordic countries.
The European Organization for Nuclear Research...
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) could re-start its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) this week, a year after an accident brought the project to a halt, CERN said.
The first circulating beam of protons has...
The first circulating beam of protons has made it halfway through the circular device of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a scientist participating in the experiment said on Friday.
The Indian government has given the environmental...
The Indian government has given the environmental okay to the construction of a nuclear plant in the state of West Bengal, the Times of India newspaper reported.
The International Court of Justice opened...
The International Court of Justice opened on Tuesday hearings on the legitimacy of Kosovo"s unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia.
The lower house of the Russian parliament...
The lower house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday passed a bill introducing price ceilings for basic pharmaceuticals.
The Russian embassy in Kyrgyzstan is concerned...
The Russian embassy in Kyrgyzstan is concerned over increasing interethnic tensions threatening the safety of Russian citizens, an embassy diplomat said on Wednesday.
The state should not increase its presence...
The state should not increase its presence in the economy and should remove obstacles to the development of free enterprise in the country, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday
The United States will allocate $7 billion...
The United States will allocate $7 billion in 2011 to maintain the country"s nuclear complex, $600 million more than Congress approved in 2009, U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden said in a Wall Street Journal article.
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour undocked from...
U.S. space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday at 07:54 p.m. EST (00:54 GMT Saturday), NASA said on Saturday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has confessed...
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has confessed for the first time that he is a follower of the ideas of Karl Marx, as well as saying that Jesus Christ was a "radical" leftist.
Viktor Yanukovych will go to Brussels, the...
Viktor Yanukovych will go to Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, for his first trip as Ukrainian president, the Kommersant-Ukraine reported on Tuesday, citing EU sources.
Villagers in Britain"s Westbury-sub-Mendip...
Villagers in Britain"s Westbury-sub-Mendip have turned a decommissioned red telephone booth into the smallest library in the world, Earth Times reported.
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Zenit St. Petersburg"s Portuguese midfielder...
Zenit St. Petersburg"s Portuguese midfielder Danny struck in the 66th minute to give the 2007 champions three points in their opening game of the season against Krilya Sovetov in Samara on Saturday.
ZHUKOVSKY, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - Rosoboronexport...
ZHUKOVSKY, August 21 (RIA Novosti) - Rosoboronexport and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) have signed a contract at the MAKS-2009 air show on the delivery of 26 RD-33 series 3 engines to India, Russia"s state arms exporter said on Friday.