On Monday Russia celebrated the International Children's Day. In cities across the country people took to the streets in an attempt to attract attention to the problems that Russian children are presently faced with. The events of the day did

Russia announced a blanket ban on imports of 500 Belarusian dairy products Saturday. Russia claims that the move is for purely technical reasons, and was preceded by repeated warnings to Belarus about hygiene and production standards. But the ban was

The world set a new military spending record in 2008 with a whopping $1.5 trillion. The Stockholm-based military think tank SIPRI released its annual report on Monday, revealing a record hike in military spending throughout the world, with significant increases

Last week, Freedom House, a U.S.-based NGO that conducts research and advocacy of democracy, political freedom and human rights, labeled Russia as an authoritarian regime, topping off nearly a decade of similar accusations from Western governments and other NGOs. But

Last week, the organizers of the 31st Annual Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF) held their opening press conference introducing this year's event. The festival will incorporate 24 different themes and showings, beginning with a screening of Tsar by renowned Russian

Taiwan plans to shut its representative offices in five countries which "do not function well," and will open two new representative offices, one in Japan and another one in Turkey, an official said Saturday. The countries where Taiwan will close

This is 10 percent more than last year's level.

Israel and Russia will be collaborating on the cutting-edge science of nanotechnology, which is the science of controlling matter at molecular or even atomic levels.

A Russian Baltic Fleet anti-submarine vessel accidentally shot at a farm in the northwest of the country during live-firing exercises.

Pirates operating in waters off the Somali coast earned up to $150 million in ransom payments, a deputy Russian prosecutor general told a Russian respected daily.

Russia's navy has 12 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service, but only eight of them are combat-capable, a Russian military analyst said.

Admiral Mikhail Abramov, the chief of Russia's Navy Staff, has submitted his resignation citing poor health, a high-ranking military source told RIA Novosti.

The commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Konstantin Sidenko, has issued an order to prepare a new task force for anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden, a fleet spokesman said.

Russia wants to conduct a unified operation with the UN and cooperate with NATO in the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia, Russia's envoy to NATO said on Friday.

Kursk, a play based on Russia's 2000 submarine tragedy, premiered at London's Young Vic Theater.