On the 29th of June the Turkmen president Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov paid his first official visit to Jordan. The leader of Central Asian Republic who became a president in February 2007 celebrated his 52-nd birthday in Amman.

The chief of legal advice group of the directorate of shipbuilding, armament and maintenance of armament of the Russian Navy, Colonel Igor Pervushin, has been caught red-handed at reception of a large bribe, news agency ITAR-TASS reports. The arrest of

Russian Athletics News. The 51th Znamensky Memorial has started with two national events in Zhukovskiy where the weather is cool (+14) and windy today

Russian Athletics News. Tatyana Lebedeva won the women's triple jump at the Mardid 2009 meeting held in Spain. She achieved 15.01 (+4.5), when Anna Pyatykh placed second with 14.82 (+3.7)

Russian Athletics News. Olga Balayeva won the women's long jump at the Slovenian Grand Prix meeting held in Velenje. She achieved 6.69 and got an invitation to the Znamensky Memorial from the meeting's organizers

Russian Athletics News. Yuliya Pechonkina didn't finish in the women's 400mH at the Znamensky Memorial today. She competed for the first time after a year-long layoff because of an injury

Russian Athletics News. Yelena Isinbayeva won the women's pole vault at the Bislett Games, the IAAF Golden League's second meeting held in Oslo. She cleared 4.71 and continued pretending to the Jackpot

Russian Athletics News. World season leader Mariya Savinova convincingly won the women's 800m at the Znamensky Memorial in Zhukovskiy today. She was the only one who clocked a sub 2 minutes time of 1:59.72

Russian Athletics News. 2004 Olympic Champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy finished the Znamensky Memorial in Zhukovskiy with a deafening howl of the crowd winning the men's 800m in 1:46.48

Russian Athletics News. Beijing silver medalist Mariya Abakumova won the women's javelin throw achieving 64.32 at the Znamensky Memorial in Zhukovskiy. She needed only 17cm to reach her PB

Russian Athletics News. Antonina Krivoshapka won the women's 400m with a great advantage over her rivals at the Znamensky Memorial in Zhukovskiy today

Russian Athletics News. Olympic 4x100 Relay Champion Yuliya Gushchina finished second in the women's 200m at the Znamensky Memorial

From 2011 the manufacture and sale of the traditional incandescent lamps may be prohibited.

US President Barack Obama has given an interview to the Novaya Gazeta, an independent paper known for its in-depth journalism and criticism of the Kremlin.