The Nezavisimaya Gazeta daily reported that in late May, the Kremlin set up a special coordinating body led by the Presidential Chief of Staff Sergey Naryshkin in order to improve Russia's image abroad. The new body, which will also include

A new report published by the European Council this week attacked the Russian court system for corruption and its subservience to the authorities. The report criticized the case of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who in turn recently published his

The Russian authorities' attitude toward pro-democracy demonstrations is well known, and it generally fits the pattern of Vladimir Putin's foreign policy since 2000. This pattern is characterized by non-interference with the internal affairs of other states unless a Russian minority

Decades ago, the Soviet Union flooded its client regimes in Africa with weaponry and political and military advisors, and educated a generation of African leaders in its universities. The current president of Angola, who studied in Soviet Azerbaijan, and Russian

Every culture has its own idols, and it would be erroneous to expect, for example, the average American popular culture consumer to be familiar with Russia's Alla Pugacheva (Dima Bilan doesn't count), or the average Russian to have heard of

Russia's Pacific Fleet will send a new task force led by a missile destroyer with two helicopters to the Gulf of Aden on June 29, a fleet spokesman said on Friday.

Representatives of over 70 enterprises and companies of different branches will take part in it.VLADIVOSTOK, June 27, vladvostoktimes.com A work meeting of heads of the department of international relations and tourism, trade and services, economy and development of entrepreneurship with

The respective decree was signed by Vladimir PUTIN, the Chairman of the RF Government. VLADIVOSTOK, June 27, vladivostoktimes.com Sergey DARKIN, the Governor of the Primorsky Territory, is included into the Governmental Committee on the Fishing Industry Development. The respective decree

The Plenipotentiary says that he will support Primorye in the developing of these projects. VLADIVOSTOK, June 27, vladivostoktimes.com The Plenipotentiary of the RF President in the Far Eastern Federal District Victor ISHAEV is making the business trip around the Primorsky

One of the world"s Buddhism spiritual leaders tells about his trip to Vladivostok. VLADIVOSTOK, June 27, vladivostoktimes.com His Holiness Karma-pa XVII Thaiye DORJHE, one of the most honored spiritual leaders in the world and the leader of one of the

New image will be a constant reminder of family values. VLADIVOSTOK, June 27, vladivostoktimes.com A new monument to St Pyotr and Fevroniya will appear in Vladivostok. The religious procession to the place of building of a new monument with relics