The Russian Navy intends to return the nuclear-powered cruiser Admiral Nakhimov in the Northern Fleet, Navy officials confirm. The vessel has the last nine years been docked in the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast.

On May15, vice premier Igor Sechin held a meeting of oil companies’ executives that was also attended by the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Economic Development to discuss a number of important issues. Sechin pointed to the need

MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow welcomes the launch of peace talks between Syria and Israel mediated by Turkey, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Israel and Syria officially announced on Wednesday the resumption of

Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Khloponin presented a souvenir gift - a golden map of the Krasnoyarsk Territory decorated with diamonds - to Alexander Semin, the world ice hockey champion 2008, at the ceremony of State Awards of Krasnoyarsk citizens on May

As part of the annual worldwide events to celebrate International Museum Day, Vladivostok museums, art galleries and exhibition halls will feature displays for city residents and guests during the 'Night of Museums’ to start Saturday evening and continue until early

First Vice-Governor of the region Sergei Sopchuk met with Indian Ambassador.

S.N. Safe &Software, Russian company-developer of software IT security solutions, announces that Safe'n'Sec Pro family of products is compatible with last Windows XP Service Park 3 and Windows Vista Service Park 1 Release. Urgent updates will be available through the

MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Manchester Utd defeated Chelsea on penalties in Moscow on Wednesday night in the first ever all-English Champions League final after 120 tense and incident packed minutes had failed to separate the two sides. The

MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is expected to discuss space exploration and military cooperation with his Kazakh counterpart, Nursultan Nazarbayev, during his first trip abroad as president on May 22-23. Medvedev's visit to Kazakhstan 'reaffirms

Russia's federal statistics service has released the latest figures for inflation in the country. Since January 2008, consumer prices have risen 7.2%.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation will appeal to the country's Supreme Court in an effort to annul the results of December 2007 Parliamentary elections.