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A Russian cargo ship loaded with weapons is en route to Syria and due to arrive at a Syrian port this weekend, Al Arabiya television said in a report that Western diplomats in New York described yesterday as credible.

Il commissario tecnico ha comunicato la lista dei ventitrè che parteciperanno al torneo continentale in programma questa estate. C'è una sostituzione dell'ultimora

Here's a quick way to get arrested in modern Russia: Walk into a cathedral wearing a neon mask and carrying a guitar, stand on the pulpit and scream punk songs with lyrics like "Virgin Mary drive Putin away!"

The political collapse in Greece and Moody's downgrade of the rankings of 16 Spanish banks have led to the decline in stock indexes all over the world. In Russia, the head of the Central Bank, Sergei Ignatiev, showed an optimistic reaction to such unpleasant news. Making a speech at the government last week, the official urged everyone not to panic

Amazingly both drivers got out of their vehicles uninjured after the crash which happened on a winding mountain road in Russia.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the recently concluded talks between Iran and the E3+3 grouping - made up of the United Kingdom, the United States, US, China, France, Germany and Russia - his spokesperson said today.

Support for President Vladimir Putin is sliding across Russia

An economic downturn in Russia could swell the ranks of protesters who have opposed the re-election of Vladimir V. Putin as president, the former minister Aleksei L. Kudrin said.

"I have to see it to believe it," was the reaction to my Russian colleague, Jon Burgwald, when he told me that every spring the rivers in Northern Russia turn black with oil saturated ice. He sent me the pictures last night.

Tony Karon Nobody was expecting a breakthrough at Wednesday’s nuclear talks in Baghdad, but most weren’t expecting a breakdown, either. Indeed, predictions were that Iran and the P5+1 (the US, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) would engage on more detailed proposals for concrete, reciprocal confidence building measures, and then adjourn by day’s end having scheduled a ...

A driver with a dash camera has captured video that shows a truck flip and slam into him on a highway in Russia.

Russian officials warn of a potential nuclear conflagration in what appears to be a response to Nato’s launch of its anti-ballistic missile system

Serbian President-elect Tomislav Nikolic told the European Union on Thursday he would "insist" the country stick to its pro-European path, a day before heading to Russia on his first foreign trip since being elected.

Progress has slowed during talks in Baghdad between six world powers and Iran over the country's nuclear development program. On Thursday, Iran's lead negotiator, Saeed Jalili, met with Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, but Iran rejected the offer. Iranian media stated that Ashton did not have anything new to offer in her proposals. The package was criticized by Ir...

'We're not talking about repeating what mankind achieved 40 years ago,' said Vladimir Popovkin, head of Russian space agency Roscosmos. 'We're talking about establishing permanent bases.'

President Vladimir V. Putin lent his support to a sharp increase in fines for citizens who take part in unsanctioned demonstrations.

Surrounded by bad parking? Maybe you should move to Russia. A new Android app called Douche Parking is aimed at stopping what its creators call …

Sea trials of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier, which is being overhauled for the Indian navy in Russia, have been postponed until beginning of June, the Sevmash shipyard said on Wednesday.

A NEW man? An erstwhile ally of Slobodan Milosovic, and later of another alleged war criminal, Vojislav Seselj, once a staunch, far-right Serb nationalist, friend of Russia, but latter-day convert to moderate europhile politics, Serbia’s new president Tomislav Nikolic is a bit of an enigma. And did the Serbs elect him because they believed and supported his conversion, or because they believed ...

Popular support for Vladimir Putin's government continues to erode and Russia could see a full-blown political crisis before he finishes his six-year presidential term, according to a new report from an influential Moscow think tank.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's prime minister has visited a cattle farm where some American cowboys are working to help Russians develop their struggling meat industry....

Russia has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile with an enhanced capability to penetrate missile defences, according to a military spokesman.

Russia has staged the first successful test-launch of a new intercontinental missile designed to penetrate the defence system now being deployed by Nato despite Moscow's fierce complaints.

As Baghdad negotiations kick off, spokesman for the EU's Catherine Ashton says new offer on table; Iran condemns sanctions, remains hopeful; Russia says Iran ready for "concrete actions."

Apparently there's a mild epidemic in Russia where drivers park anywhere they please, including sidewalks or anyplace they can fit their vehicles. So a Russian news website, The Village, has supposedly created an app that lets citizens tattle on these jerks. More »

ananyo writes "Vladimir Popovkin, the head of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has said that Russia will pursue extensive, long-lived operations at the Moon's surface. "We're not talking about repeating what mankind achieved 40 years ago," Popovkin said, through a translator at the Global Space Exploration Conference in Washington DC. "We're talking about establishing permanent bases."The h...

Russia tests a new long-range missile which sources say is designed to penetrate Nato's missile defence shield.

MOSCOW — With Russia in a state of political ferment for the first time in more than a decade, a new poll has found sharply expressed and seemingly contradictory opinions holding sway. Russians strongly support specific characteristics of democracy, such as fair courts, a free press and honest elections — but don’t mention the word “democracy,” or support drops way off. Read full article >&...

The Village presents a video design fiction (?) for "Parking Douche," an app that lets you photograph the number plates of crappily parked cars in your neighborhood (in Russia) and submit them to a database. The app then buys hyper-geo-targeted ads that block the text on the websites being read by people in the same [...]

ABC News will later today announce that it has signed General James Cartwright (USMC ret.) and General Peter Chiarelli (USA ret.) as consultants. Cartwright, the retired vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former commander of the United States’ nuclear forces, is a staunch advocate for the reduction of nuclear weapons. In a recent paper, he calls on the United States and Russia to ...

Tomislav Nikolic, an ardent admirer of Russia, won 49.8 percent of the vote compared with 47 percent for Boris Tadic, the former president.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday that military action against Iran over its nuclear program was being considered in some Western countries.

Oil production in Saudi Arabia rose to 9.923 million barrels a day in March, from 9.853 million barrels a day in February, overtaking Russia as the world's largest producer for the first time in six years.

He's known as Hollywood's Mr Nice Guy, but Will Smith lost his cool on the red carpet while in Moscow, Russia, this week.

A judge in Tennessee ruled that Torry Hansen must begin making the child support payments in June and continue to pay until Artem (pictured), who is now 10 years old, turns 18.

RUSSIA today sentenced a worker at a weapons plant to eight years in jail for handing over secret information to foreign intelligence.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Thursday that military action against sovereign states could lead to a regional nuclear war, starkly voicing Moscow's opposition to Western intervention ahead of a G8 summit at which Syria and Iran will be discussed.

Wait. Wasn't Plastic Logic out of the e-reader business already?

I've gone on record as saying that presidential campaign promises on foreign policy don't count for all that much.  Over the past few weeks, however, there have been some rumblings coming from the Romney campaign that are worth considering.  First, there was the matter of Richard Grenell.  The Romney campaign hired him to be its foreign policy spokesman, then asked him to stay silent on a f...

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and an American on Thursday successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), two days after their launch from Earth, officials said.

Israel will face Portugal, Russia, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan and Luxembourg in Group F of 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Tweet Widget Facebook Like Police arrested hundreds of people following clashes with demonstrators at a major protest rally in Moscow on May 6, 2012, the day before Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as president of Russia. (Moscow) – Police arrested hundreds of people following clashes with demonstrators at a major protest rally in Moscow on...

Indonesian special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff.

If Putin doesn't want to come to Camp David, fine. He doesn't belong there anyway.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova overcame eight double-faults to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 7-5, 6-4.

VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH deserves no reward for his heavy-handed rule as president of Ukraine. His term has brought increasing corruption, a concentration of power in the presidency and show trials of political opponents. The most worrying has been the case of Yulia Tymoshenko, a former prime minister who now languishes in prison on a seven-year sentence. Read full article >>

A newly published collection of more than 20 studies by leading university scientists and government fishery researchers in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Russia and Japan provides mounting evidence that salmon raised in man-made hatcheries can harm wild salmon through competition for food and habitat.

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) -- The White House is confirming that President Barack Obama won't attend a major summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Russia....

OLYMPICS LONDON 2012:TWO WARNINGS early on and gruelling hot conditions were not to enough to derail Colin Griffin’s dogged determination to qualify for the London Olympics – his 3:52:55 for the 50km walk at the IAAF World Cup in Saransk, Russia, finally earning him his just reward.

Athletics:Colin Griffin has achieved the Olympic standard for the 50k Walk at the IAAF World Cup of Race Walking in Saransk, Russia this morning. Despite receiving two warnings within the first 10km, he maintained his equilibrium to move up the field, finishing 15th in 3:52.55.

The director Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film “Elena” has led to his regard as a seer of contemporary Russia.

Funkhaus Wien (OTS/Radio) - Morgenjournal - 07:00 / Samstag, 12.Mai 2012 07:00.00 Wetter - Alois Holzer Griechenland: Regierungsbildung neuerlich gescheitert - Fabio Polly Timoschenko droht Mordanklage - Inka Pieh Hollande, Abschied von der Provinz - Hans Woller Occupy Russia - Markus …

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A hat-trick by Yevgeni Malkin helped Russia hammer Sweden 7-3 to knock them off top spot in Group S in the ice hockey world championship preliminary round in Stockholm on Friday.

What happens to the world economy if Brazil, Russia, India and China experience a slowdown?

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned construction companies working in the 2014 Olympic city of Sochi against inflating prices and lagging behind schedule....

Ten weaponry caches for terrorist acts against Sochi Winter Olympics were found in Abkhazia, the Russian National Anti-Terror Committee (NAC) said Thursday.

China and Russia will strengthen their comprehensive strategic partnership, which is completely in the interests of the two countries, foreign ministers from both sides said on Thursday.

Officials point finger at Caucasus Emirate group, and confiscate weapons including surface-to-air missiles.

Russia's secret service says it has foiled terror attack plans in Sochi ahead of the Winter Games.The Olympic host is a Black Sea resort.

Photographer Bieke Depoorter has been traveling around Russia and the United States asking random people on the street if she can sleep at their homes on and off for the past three years. The result is a series of eerily intimate photos that capture the inside lives of people and families throughout these two countries.

The vast majority of the radioactive plutonium on the planet is man-made—roughly 500 metric tons, or enough to make 100,000 nuclear weapons by the calculations of the International Panel on Fissile Materials. Much of it is the legacy of the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and Russia in the latter decades of the 20th [...]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Danish brewer Carlsberg reported a first-quarter net loss of 76 million kroner ($13.3 million) as earnings were impacted by lower sales in Russia and eastern Europe....

Spiralling taxes designed to curb alcoholism and intense competition in Russia lead to a worse than expected 80% fall in profits for Danish brewer

Diesel shortages are already hurting the local economy; no deliveries of petroleum products have been seen in 4 weeks.

Russia’s lower house of parliament confirmed former president Dmitry Medvedev as prime minister on Tuesday, completing a job swap with Vladimir Putin that has sparked protests against the two leaders’ grip on power

As the European Championship draws closer, Goal.com looks at how the four nations in Group A are shaping up as they prepare for the finals

Vladimir Putin returned to power amid riots from demonstrators outside the Kremlin and questions over how he will handle a changed Russia.

You know what they say: “Once you wear black, you’ll never go back.” With The Avengers set to Hulk-Smash box office records this weekend, Scarlett Johansson is already waxing poetic about slipping back into Black Widow’s superhero tight latex outfit. She spoke about the strong possibility of a prequel where fans would watch Natasha Romanoff evolve into [...]

The number of players from Russia has been dropping almost every year and this latest incident won't help

Russian power company may get a discounted loan from China to build a 370-megawatt power station in the Primorye region in eastern Russia.

A Saint Petersburg court on Friday fined a prominent gay rights activist for "propaganda of homosexuality" to minors, in its first conviction under a controversial new city law.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ending its long love affair with a car that was once prized by the nation but has come to symbolize the decline of its automobile industry and, for some, the country...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday again put Russia and China on its annual list of countries with the worst records of preventing the theft of copyrighted material and other intellectual property (IP), the U.S. Trade Representative's office said.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Chinese energy officials signaled on Saturday they were keen to pursue a major gas deal with Russia despite a proliferation of alternative supplies, and said they had made a new proposal to overcome a price deadlock.

India and Russia boycott a major international trade fair in Zimbabwe in protest against the country's policy of taking control of foreign companies.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican lawmaker pressed President Barack Obama to intensify efforts to win approval of a controversial trade bill with Russia and said separate human rights legislation might be needed to help round up votes.

The world's largest gold producer, Barrick Gold, sold its stake in a Russian miner backed by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich at a discount, signalling its exit from the region.

Russia, China, Europe and Saudi firms rushing to try techniques that took North America by storm, energy expert says

Moskau (ots/PRNewswire) - Investoren mit verwaltetem Vermögen von über einer Billion Pfund nehmen teil Über einhundert leitende Vertreter von Londons führenden internationalen Private Equity Fonds sowie Vertreter von britischen Unternehmen treffen heute im Mansion House in …

Exports of U.S. automotive components like leaf springs and lead-acid batteries rose 98 percent last year, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Herr Günter Grass kommt dieses Wochenende nach Hause; er hat seine Herzprobleme beseitigt, sein Herz schlägt noch - ich werde einen Gesprächstermin mit ihm ausmachen und prüfen, ob es für DE schlägt. Falls ja, werden wir zusammen einen internationalen College gründen - irgendwas in der Art "Critical Studies of Israel politics / ideology & violence of JHWH / role of the Jewish Bolshewics ...

Didier Drogba will be out of contract at Chelsea in 10 weeks' time. Under Andre Villas-Boas, the plan was to leave it that way. Even now, with the future kept at arm's length, the club has offered only a one-year deal that Drogba has refused for being too short. Back in December, bookmakers had Russia as his most likely destination because, as The Mirror put it, "megabucks Russian club Anzhi Ma...

Russia to commit $10-billion to meet IMF request, says G20

by Vasudevan Vasudevan Agni Above and Agni Below This is  a story of agnis two, one that lights and lofts the  Indian spirit and the other that damps and downs the same. Today's news from Odisha coast of the successful maiden trial of ICBM Agni V, though delayed for reasons of inclement weather, capable of long range strike  of over 5000 km must be sweet music to any one of us. With this, we ...

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the direction of world-renowned conductor Riccardo Muti is performing in Russia for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Le fondateur de WikiLeaks s'est entretenu sur Russia Today, une chaîne financée par les autorités russes avec Hassan Nasrallah qui a réaffirmé son…

La entrevista del lider y fundador de WikiLeaks fue transmitida por el canal ruso Russia Today, en inglés, durante la primera de 10 emisiones del programa The World Tomorrow

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained two dozen Greenpeace activists on Tuesday for protesting against Arctic drilling after Russia's largest oil producer signed a landmark deal with Exxon Mobil Corp to jointly prospect for oil in the far north.

COUNTRY discontinues the most ridiculed car on the planet, the likeable Lada

China has been vehemently opposed to ONGC Videsh Limited exploring for oil in blocs claimed by Vietnam in the disputed South China Sea.

Renault-Nissan aims high in Russia

Defendants allegedly brought women from Russia and Ukraine to work in Tel Aviv brothels.

ISLAMABAD - A rare development to reduce energy crisis of the country, Russia has given its nod to Pakistan pertaining to technical and financial cooperation on multi-billion dollars Iran, Pakistan (IP) gas pipelines project, it has been learnt reliably here on Friday.Sources in Petroleum Ministry have informed that a Pakistani delegation visiting Russia has completed its tour and reached ...

ISLAMABAD - A rare development to reduce energy crisis of the country, Russia has given its nod to Pakistan pertaining to technical and financial cooperation on multi-billion dollars Iran, Pakistan (IP) gas pipelines project, it has been learnt reliably here on Friday.Sources in Petroleum Ministry have informed that a Pakistani delegation visiting Russia has completed its tour and reached ...

Moscow condemns the US jail sentence for arms dealer Viktor Bout as "political" and says his case will be a priority in relations with Washington.

Russia is on the cusp of joining the World Trade Organization after a two-decade journey. There's one problem for U.S. companies: They may be left out of the parade.

ASIA BRIEFING:A BIG focus of attention here in Beijing this week has been the meeting of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in New Delhi, as the rising developing nations worked on asserting themselves in a global context.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday came under political fire from two of President Barack Obama's top lieutenants, who dismissed Romney's tough talk on Russia as being behind the times.

A smart purchase – capturing exposure to the improving Russian economy more fully – would be a slice of Sberbank which is on a roll

The BRICS grouping of five emerging economic powerhouses - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa signed two pacts to spur trade in their local currencies and agreed on a joint working group to set up a development bank.

Click to listen to Quakers' 'Russia with Love (feat Coin Locker Kid)' Quakers is a 35-member hip-hop collective centered on a core trio of producers – 7-Stu-7 Katalyst and Fuzzface who is better known as Geoff Barrow of Portishead "Russia With Love" a new track featuring Coin Locker Kid was produced...

Pavel Pogrebnyak says he wants to make his loan move to Fulham a permanent one. The Russia international, on loan from Stuttgart, has scored five goals in as many appearances since his arrival in January.

The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are meeting in Delhi to discuss ways to strengthen their trade links.

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa account for 45% of the world's population and a quarter of its economy.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s (R) statement on CNN that Russia is “our number-one geopolitical foe” — a remark on which he doubled down Wednesday — was met with a swift rebuke by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who told reporters this week that the comment “smells of Hollywood.” Read full article >>

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev reassured Russians on Wednesday that his cat Dorofei was safe after reports that it had run away made him an object of satire on Twitter.

South Africa's ambassador to Russia believes the African powerhouse should be used as a gateway to create business opportunities on the continent.

President Obama was caught by a live microphone as he told President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia that he would have “more flexibility” to negotiate on missile defense after the November election.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- President Barack Obama told Russia's leader Monday that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense, a candid assessment of political reality that was picked up by a microphone without either leader apparently knowing....

Syrian forces sent shells crashing into a rebel Homs neighbourhood for a seventh straight day, hours after Russia warned Damascus to avoid civil war.

Characters with caustic tongues disguise heartfelt quests for meaning as a fondness for futile causes, in this novel set mostly in contemporary Russia. A chess champion in the Kasparov mold becomes a voice for democracy and launches an anti-Putin movement, yet he fights not to win but to lose . . . (Subscription required.)

For long-term investors, Isa exposure to the fast-growing but higher-risk regions such as Russia, Latin America and Asia – especially China – makes great sense.

US pop singer Madonna has promised to defy a recent law against homosexual "propaganda" in Vladimir Putin's home town of St Petersburg on her upcoming tour through Russia this year.

It is a return that has been almost four years in the making, since Alexander Radulov, under contract with the Nashville Predators, decided to return to Russia and play in the KHL

LONDON (Reuters) - German generic drugmaker Stada, under pressure to curb its reliance on a weakening home market, embarked on two takeover attempts in Russia over the last two years but failed both times following months of exclusive talks.

TOMAS ROSICKY says he snubbed offers from China and Russia to stay at Arsenal

TOMAS ROSICKY says he snubbed offers from China and Russia to stay at Arsenal

John Carter set the record for the highest-grossing opening night in the country's history, earning US$6.5-million on its March 9 opening night. But why? We propose a list of entirely fictional explanations

The maker of cancer-treatment technology launched a site in Russia.

A new law in St. Petersburg, Russia, bans spreading "the propaganda of homosexuality and pedophilia among minors."

Adam Lambert would NEVER perform in Russia for less than $500,000 -- this according to a new lawsuit, in which a promotional company claims it was conned into thinking it could book him for a fraction of that price.UK-based Madison Universal filed…

ONE of Australia's leading advertisers believes proposed media reforms would inflict Australians with same limits on free press as Russia and Cuba.

The Russian government of Vladimir Putin was last night accused of trying to block a House of Commons debate about human rights abuses.

Today's topics: Putin's Russia; Harper's Canada; Italian-Canadian internees; JFK and the virgin; Iceland and the loonie ... and more

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia rebuked the U.S. ambassador via Twitter on Tuesday after he tweeted his concern at the detention of protesters who challenged Vladimir Putin's presidential election victory.

The new president's lack of friends - and imagination - will cost his country dear, argues Malcolm Rifkind.

Not that long ago in a hot spring in Kamchatka, Russia, two groups of genetically indistinguishable microbes decided to part ways. They began evolving into different species – despite the fact that they still encountered one another in their acidic, boiling habitat and even exchanged some genes from time to time, researchers report. This is the first example of what the researchers call sympatr...

UBS had made Israel, Brazil and Russia its three priorities in the field of wealth management UBS CEO says.

In a op-ed piece written by Robert M. McDowell who is a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission for the New York Times Today, Mr. McDowell warns of an international movement afoot to give take control to regulate the domain name system away from ICANN and the US and hand it over to the United Nations. As the NYT story is by subscription only we can’t quote much from the story but ...

Like an alcoholic who thinks the cure for a hangover is another drink, Carlsberg is increasing its bet on Russia.

Scientists in Russia raise plants from fruit stored away by squirrels 30,000 years ago, smashing the previous age record.

Inspiration was drawn from as far and wide as Russia, Mongolia and China, with heavily printed fabrics, fur hats, and dresses over trousers marking this out as a collection that has traversed the globe.

Wednesday's Champions League game between Zenit and Benfica in St. Petersburg, Russia, was played in extreme cold.

Im Rahmen der Berlinale findet sich auch der neue Film von Moritz Bleibtreu ein - eine große Herausforderung für alle Fans

The AfternicDLS announced its latest expansion today - one that opens up the rapidly growing Russian market for domain sellers...Plus, the biggest German language domain show opened today in Hamburg...and the shaving of 3 domainer's heads at DOMAINfest Global has led to the launch of a new website!

Native Americans originated from a small mountainous region in southern Siberia, new genetic research shows. The work is the most targeted study yet to suggest a genetic "homeland" for North America's indigenous peoples, according to the authors...from National Geographic News

A permanent global clubhouse for democracies based on shared principles would make it easier to aid growing movements.The governments in Russia and China very much want to uphold the principle that every now and then the state must crush people who want freedom. That is why they worked together to veto a fairly toothless United Nations resolution condemning the regime in Syria and calling for P...

WESTERN AND Arab countries responded with outrage yesterday after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to give up power.

Russia blamed radiation on Tuesday for a computer glitch that doomed its mission to a moon of Mars, but space industry experts cast doubt on the findings.

THE Australian dollar slipped off a three-month high hit on news that Russia may start buying the currency.

Ab März wird der Gründer von Wikileaks eine Sendung bei "Russia Today" bespielen. Es soll ein Aufklärungsprogramm über die westliche Welt werden. mehr...

Moves marks return to Russia for 26 year-old, who moved to Goodison Park from Lokomotiv Moscow in Aug 2009.

WikiLeaks-Gründer Julian Assange will Polit-Talker werden. In einer halbstündigen Talkshow will der umstrittene Enthüller je einen Gast befragen. Laufen soll das Format beim russischen Nachrichtensender RT (Russia Today). Assange steht derzeit unter Hausarrest.

Der deutsche Energieriese Eon hat bisher einen Anteil von 78,3 Prozent an Eon Russia kontrolliert. Jetzt soll der Konzern laut Insidern ein weiteres Aktienpaket gekauft haben.

Defence Minister won’t confirm or deny Russia was recipient of secret information; naval officer at centre of case delays bail hearing

Defence Minister won’t confirm or deny Russia was recipient of secret information; naval officer at centre of case delays bail hearing

The WHO European region is often, wrongly, assumed to be mainly made up of wealthy countries. Therefore, so the argument goes, health problems associated with poverty and disadvantage are less than in other regions. But, in a region that stretches from Iceland to the Bering Strait, there are gross social and economic inequalities within and between countries, and health inequity accompanies the...

A cheetah on its way to Russia is stopped at Heathrow Airport by border staff suspicious about its missing identity microchip.

A TIGER in a travelling zoo in Russia has grabbed a three-year-old boy in its claws, seriously injuring him.

State Street Global Advisors' George Hoguet favors emerging markets over developed countries. Why he likes Russia.

Blog post by RuArtsSergei Borisov «Bare Bohemia», photographySergei Borisov«Bare Bohemia», photographyCurator: Mikhail SidlinFebruary 2 – March 3, 2012RuArts Gallery of Contemporary ArtBld. 10, 1-st Zachatievsky str, Moscow, Russia There is no need to comment on Borisov’s artworks. They could be continued more likely in other dimensions by means of poetry, music and painting.Victor Erofeev  Ser...

D-Day is upon us in Russia’s Tomsk where a court will sit in judgment to rule whether or not to ban Iskcon founder Prabhupada’s rendition of the Gita. Of course, it is only fitting that Krishna should be fighting to keep the Gita from being banned in Russia. So what if our foreign minister is only a namesake but, you know, irony never had it so good. But come now, even Krishna must know the G...

The nouveau riche in the United States and the emerging markets of Asia, Russia and the Middle East are cashing in their chips to buy English football clubs, writes Ben Weiss.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's opposition is to stage new nationwide demonstrations Saturday expected to attract tens of thousands of people to protest alleged rigging in this month's parliamentary elections.Incensed by claims of wholesale violations in the December 4 parliamentary polls that handed a reduced majority to Vladimir Putin's ruling party, tens of thousands of people already took to the st...

BAIKONUR (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday sent a multinational crew of three astronauts to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers blasted off aboard a Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft at… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

But Brazil, where unlocked phones start at $1,400 U.S., not so much Apple (AAPL) delivered the iPhone 4S to two dozen more countries Friday, bringing it -- by our count -- to within two or three of its promise to hit more than 70 countries by the end of the year. [UPDATE: Apple PR says they are already at more than 70; waiting for their list.] Friday's launches were in Bahrain, Brazil, Chile, ...

MACCA has a decent time playing Back In The USSR at the Olympinski stadium

MOSCOW (AP) -- The billionaire owner of the New Jersey Nets running for the Russian presidency against Vladimir Putin is expected to make a formal offer to buy a leading media holding Wednesday, his representative said....

SEOUL — Japan is set to select the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II JSF as its new stealth fighter, Japanese media reported Tuesday, upgrading its air defense at a time when China and Russia pose growing threats to its territory. The multibillion-dollar deal with the U.S. defense company also opens new opportunities for Japan to cooperate with Washington, its closest ally and military partner...

MOSCOW/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Epam Systems Inc, an IT services provider with operations in Russia, is aiming to move ahead with its planned U.S. initial public offering in the first quarter of next...

When it comes to holidays, David Adams always tries to inject variety. So an 11-night break in Russia - which included a river cruise along with sightseeing opportunities, culture and also some time to relax - proved to be just the ticket.

No wonder Dwight Howard wants to play for New Jersey. Who wouldn't be the president as his boss?

With Russia warming up for its elections, dealers and collectors descended on London last week for the latest Russian art auctions.

RUSSIA has taken control of the Belarus gas pipeline network in an economic rescue deal that will help Minsk survive isolation by the West and increase the Kremlin's influence over its neighbour.

Köln (SID) - Das deutsche Eiskunstlauf-Duo Maylin Hausch (Stuttgart) und Daniel Wende (Essen) hat seine Teilnahme am Cup of Russia in Moskau, dem letztem Grand Prix-Wettbewerbs der Serie 2011, verlet...

C Abhiroop has already donned the new role and is working with Rahul Welde, Vice President, Media - Asia, Africa, Middle East, Turkey and Russia, Unilever.

Phobos probe failure puts planetary comeback in doubt.

After 20 failed missions to Mars and no attempts since 1996, Russia hastoday successfully launched the Phobos-Grunt sample-return spacecraft.

Women of all ages used to fill gynecologist Lyubov Yerofeyeva’s Soviet state clinic, lined up by the dozen for back-to-back abortions. “It was more common to take sick days for an abortion than for a cold in those days,” she said.  

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has warned Russia against complacency given the budget crises in eurozone states.

LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari will celebrate Eid in Islamabad while Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will be in Russia that day. Mr Gilani has gone to Russia to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting. PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif will celebrate Eid in Lahore.PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will celebrate Ei...

Vocalist Zhao Yunhong gave a recital of Chinese and Russian songs at the China Conservatory recently, as part of the Chinese Language Year in Russia.

The Internet has often been praised for allowing new, fluid and hard-to-control public spaces to emerge. Often, these new public spaces would help to bring attention to stories/developments that may go unnoticed otherwise. This has certainly been the case in Russia, where the vast majority of journalists had to tone down their criticism of the government for fear of being fired or worse. LiveJo...