ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - A twin brother and sister, who were left home alone by their mother, died in a fire in southern Russia's Rostov Region, an emergencies service spokesman said on Tuesday. The four-year-old children died from
MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - A joint document to be signed by the Russian and U.S. presidents on April 6 will include issues related to missile defense, a Kremlin source said on Tuesday. George W. Bush will meet with
MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will send 140 metric tons of humanitarian aid worth some $1.7 million to ethnic Serbs in Kosovo over the next few days, a deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin
Recasts throughout, adds details, background in paras 6-8, 12, group's name in 10) PENZA, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - Fourteen more members of a doomsday sect emerged on Tuesday from their dugout in central Russia after five months underground, hours
MOSVOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - Egypt has extended until May 31, 2009 permission for flights by Russian Il-86 aircraft, the Russian Transportation Ministry said Tuesday. Egypt plans to eventually ban the planes over non-compliance with international noise requirements. Russian
The Microsoft Company intends to conquer the Russian internet market using the same business model as with its software, i.e. through its partners. Actively cooperating with the Russian companies, Microsoft plans to enter the Runet top three by turnover in
Rambler Media has sold a 51% stake in the online advertising agency Index20 to IMHO VI, the Video International daughter company. Under the transaction in 2008 IMHO VI should generate no less than $40 mln of Rambler Media earnings from
From now on, Russia will actively protect its trawlers in the waters around Spitsbergen, Head of the Russian State Committee of Fisheries, Andrey Krainy said on Thursday, 27.
The Russian trawler "Kapitan Naumov" was detained by a Norwegian coast guard vessel after it failed to report catch results in the Norwegian economic zone.
Russia’s arms supplies to China in 2007 reduced by 63% and by 29% globally as compared to the previous year. The total exports in 2007 reached $6,1 billion, therefore Russia’s losses caused by decline in the arms demand were no
Deputy chairman of the State Duma, Valery Yazev, said at the forum "Russia’s Fuel and Energy Sector in XXI Century" that a separate ministry of energy should be established instead of the current Ministry of Industry and Energy. According to
Nikolai Patrushev , Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director, said that international terrorist organizations Hizb ut Tahrir al-Islami and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan were attempting to shift their operations to the territory of the Russian Federation, including the Urals
Shokan Shaikenov, the head of the investigatory department of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan, announced at a press conference in Astana that the former son-in-law of the President of Kazakhstan, Rakhat Aliyev, and the ex-head of the National Security
Russian Athletics News. The 11th edition of the Monaco Marathon was held on 30 March. In the women's event, Elena Kozhevnikova led a Russian sweep of the medals as she took the lead from the gun and never gave it
Adds State Duma reaction, Gryzlov quotes in paras 9-11) MOSCOW, April 1 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's admission to NATO will have a negative impact on European security and on Kiev's relations with Moscow, a Russian deputy foreign minister said on
