MOSCOW, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president told Germany's foreign minister at talks on the conflict between Georgia and its rebel region Abkhazia that Tbilisi must pull its troops out of the province before a peace deal can be
NAZRAN, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - Five Russian interior troops were injured when militants opened fire on their cars in the south Russian republic of Ingushetia, a local police source said on Saturday. The gunmen shot at two cars carrying
MOSCOW, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - The eighth international Cucumber Festival opened on Saturday in Suzdal, one of the historical 'Golden Ring' towns to the northeast of Moscow. Guests at the festival will be offered a variety of cucumber dishes,
MOSCOW, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov, who has been banned from entering Ukraine, said on Saturday that the recent detention of a Russian journalist in the country shows it is 'undemocratic'. A journalist for the Russian
MOSCOW, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - NATO has proposed holding joint mine-clearing exercises in the Black Sea with the Russian Navy, the country's Black Sea Fleet said on Saturday. German Navy Commander Eike Tammen, who heads the Standing NATO Mine
SOCHI, July 19 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 1,602 bikini-clad women from all over Russia gathered on a beach in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Saturday for a Cosmopolitan commercial, breaking last year's record set in Sydney.
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's migration authorities have extended the visa of Robert Dudley, the CEO of Russian-British joint oil venture TNK-BP, until July 29, a Federal Migration Service (FMS) spokesman said on Friday. Dudley's current visa expires
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow has called on Japan not to provoke public hostility toward Russia by publishing school textbooks showing the Southern Kuril islands as territory unlawfully occupied by Russia. Russia said the Kurils dispute can be
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia insists that Ukrainian customs authorities return video tapes confiscated from a Russian TV reporter at Kiev's airport, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. A TVTs journalist, who had filmed a
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will extradite to Estonia a man wanted by Interpol over a series of robberies and thefts committed in the Baltic republic, the Interpol National Central Bureau Russia said on Friday. "Sergei Avramenko, born
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit China on July 21-22 to sign a document delineating a long-disputed border between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. "During the visit, the sides
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president on Friday urged Iran to fully cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its nuclear program, the Kremlin press-service said. It said Dmitry Medvedev had discussed the issue with his
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday after meeting with his German counterpart in Moscow that work must continue to convince the sides in the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict to begin direct talks. The German
MOSCOW, July 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister said on Friday that a German plan for the resolution of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict was a step in the right direction, but dismissed a proposed agreement on the return of Georgian
