MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is set to drastically increase its number of strategic aviation patrol flights over the world's oceans to 20-30 a month, the Air Force commander said on Friday. "We will be making 20-30 flights

MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Air Force is preparing to deploy a second regiment equipped with new S-400 air defense systems, the Air Force commander said on Friday. "A second S-400 regiment will soon be deployed," Colonel General

MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will contribute $500,000 to finance a UN tribunal aimed at bringing to justice those guilty of the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.

MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will put its first Borey-class strategic nuclear submarine through sea trials in the second half of 2008, the Russian Navy commander said on Friday. The fourth generation Yury Dolgoruky was built at the

MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - An explosion and a subsequent blaze have been reported at a residential tower block in northeast Moscow, a source in the emergencies service said on Friday. No casualties have so far been reported. The

BUCHAREST, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any further NATO expansion toward Russia's borders would be interpreted as a direct security threat, but ruled out a new Cold War. Speaking after meeting with

MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Air Force helicopter group has begun preparations for a peacekeeping mission to Chad, Air Force Commander Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said on Friday. Russia's defense minister Anatoly Serdyukov had earlier said that

MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - At least three people died in a blast and a subsequent blaze in a residential tower block in northeast Moscow, emergencies officials said on Friday. The explosion occurred at 7:00 p.m. Moscow time (15:00