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About 360 flights in Russia were cancelled...

About 360 flights in Russia were cancelled and almost 30 delayed, stranding over 30,000 passengers after an ash cloud spread over Europe from a volcano eruption in Iceland, Russia"s federal civil aviation agency said.

Aeroflot has signed a deal with a top Russian...

Aeroflot has signed a deal with a top Russian mobile operator to set up cell phone services on board its aircraft, Russia"s flagship airline said in a statement on Thursday.

A female Siberian tiger which received a...

A female Siberian tiger which received a tracking collar from Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin last year has been found after going missing for three months.

A high-tech research and production hub...

A high-tech research and production hub, similar to the Silicon Valley in California, will be built in Skolkovo near Moscow, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.

An agreement on cooperation in the monitoring...

An agreement on cooperation in the monitoring of corruption in Russia and the U.S. was reached between Russian negotiators and Transparency International during the first session of the Russian-U.S. working group on civil society, held in Washington on Wednesday.

A new round of talks on U.S. poultry supplies...

A new round of talks on U.S. poultry supplies to Russia, suspended since January over new Russian safety requirements, will start on March 1, Russia"s chief sanitary official said on Friday.

An international forum dedicated to global...

An international forum dedicated to global information security opened in the German city of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Monday.

A patrol officer in south Siberia has been...

A patrol officer in south Siberia has been detained in connection with the death of a student, investigators said on Saturday.

A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S...

A Proton-M carrier rocket with the U.S. telecommunications satellite Echostar 14 will be launched on Saturday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan.

A Russian-U.S. inter-parliamentary group...

A Russian-U.S. inter-parliamentary group will meet in Washington on April 18-22 to discuss the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction treaty, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday.

A Russian presidential aide on Friday highlighted...

A Russian presidential aide on Friday highlighted how Moscow"s concerns had been dealt with by some of the key provisions of the new Russian-U.S. arms control pact.

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S...

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying a U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to a launch pad at the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in preparation for the February 12 launch.

A second blast at the site of the terrorist...

A second blast at the site of the terrorist attack on the Nevsky Express train was targeted at a group of investigators, the Investigative Committee at the Russian Prosecutor General"s Office said on Tuesday.

Ashes from the volcanic eruption in Iceland...

Ashes from the volcanic eruption in Iceland may be dangerous if inhaled for people with asthma and other chronic respiratory diseases, the World Health Organization said.

A U.S. court has ruled to seize $419 million...

A U.S. court has ruled to seize $419 million worth of assets of Russia"s state oil major Rosneft under a lawsuit filed by managers of the now defunct oil giant Yukos, a business daily reported on Thursday.

Britain and the U.S. have agreed to join...

Britain and the U.S. have agreed to join forces in a fight against Islamist groups in Yemen, BBC said.

Dunkin" Donuts plans to open dozens of outlets...

Dunkin" Donuts plans to open dozens of outlets in Moscow more than a decade after it had to withdraw from the Russian market, a respected Russian business daily said on Tuesday.

Employees of the U.S. Securities and Exchange...

Employees of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the sheriff of the financial industry, spent hours daily surfing porno-sites as the global financial crisis was unfolding, the ABC News television channel reported.

European countries" suspension of flights...

European countries" suspension of flights due to the Icelandic volcano eruption was a sign of panic rather than any real threat, the head of the Russian air transport regulator said on Wednesday.

Following the example of many Western countries...

Following the example of many Western countries, Russia has launched a program offering owners of old cars 50,000 rubles ($1,680) each for their vehicles" disposal in a bid to support Russia"s ailing car industry, a leading business daily reported on Tuesday.

Four unidentified assailants have robbed...

Four unidentified assailants have robbed the house of a private businessman in St. Petersburg, stealing valuables estimated at over 2 million rubles ($65,000), a local police spokesman said on Sunday.

Gas extraction from shale deposits, seen...

Gas extraction from shale deposits, seen as an alternative to conventional gas production, still remains commercially unprofitable, the energy program director of Greenpeace Russia said on Tuesday.

Gazprom said on Thursday it will extend...

Gazprom said on Thursday it will extend a contract on gas supplies to Western Europe via Poland until 2045, while gas supplies to Poland may be increased to 11 billion cu m from this year.

Global nuclear security can only be ensured...

Global nuclear security can only be ensured if "all states have effective national [nuclear security] systems", a Russian presidential aide said Sunday.

Iranian authorities need to determine whether...

Iranian authorities need to determine whether to retort to more repressive measures or to democratic methods in order to bring opposition protests back under control, a Russian expert said.

KOROLYOV (Moscow Region), October 2 (RIA...

KOROLYOV (Moscow Region), October 2 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. firm Space Adventures said on Friday it will be able to send two space tourists into orbit on Soyuz spacecraft from 2012 onwards.

MISSION CONTROL (Korolyov, Moscow Region)...

MISSION CONTROL (Korolyov, Moscow Region), October 11 (RIA Novosti) - The launch of a Progress space freighter to the International Space Station planned for late 2009 has been postponed until 2010, the Russian rocket and space corporation Energia said on Sunday.

MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) - Police...

MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti) - Police officers have detained a high school student in connection with the killing of an Armenian teenager in the Moscow subway at the weekend, prosecutors said Monday.

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

MOSCOW, April 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russian warships will continue patrolling pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast to ensure the safety of commercial shipping in the area, Russia's defense minister said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, April 5 (RIA Novosti) - Over 4,000...

MOSCOW, April 5 (RIA Novosti) - Over 4,000 people died in Russian correctional facilities in 2009, a senior prosecutor has said.

MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a government resolution on Friday increasing from September 1 Urals oil export duty to $238.6 per metric ton from the current $222.

MOSCOW, February 8 (RIA Novosti) - Hearings...

MOSCOW, February 8 (RIA Novosti) - Hearings in the civil court case against McDonalds" for a burn caused by a cup of coffee began in the Butyrsky court of Moscow, lawyer Maxim Dombrovitsky, who represents the interests of injured Olga Kuznetsova, said. The company is sued for 100,000 rubles ($1=28.12R) According to Mr. Dombrovitsky, the representatives of McDonalds" intend to bring 14 witnesses to the next court session, "who can confirm that medical assistance was allegedly offered to Ms. Kuznetsova." The defense also intends to present a number of additional proofs at the hearing, he continued. According to Mr. Dombrovitsky, his client is seeking compensation for first and second degree burns caused by the spilled coffee. Ms. Kuznetsova is also demanding 500 rubles for medical treatment. The plaintiff is also demanding that a penalty of 100,000 rubles be imposed on the restaurant as compensation for moral damage. Mr. Dombrovitsky said that in the McDonalds" in the town of Khimki, near Moscow, his client overturned a tray after being hit by the entrance door and spilled hot coffee on herself. The respondents have not pleaded guilty in this action, since the cups with coffee bear a warning inscription saying that coffee is hot, Mr. Dombrovitsky added. The McDonalds" report, received by RIA Novosti, contains a similar statement. The report also makes it clear that the company "regrets that a burn was received" but "does not see any faulty actions by the McDonalds staff which caused the damage." There are world precedents of actions filed against McDonalds. The most famous trial, named The Case of McDonalds" Coffee, became widely publicized after in February 1992, 79-year-old Stella Liebek from the state of New Mexico in the U.S. got a third degree burn from hot coffee. She sued McDonalds, and the court ruled that the latter pay $2.9 million to her. However, this sum was later reduced to $640,000.

MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Reserve Fund declined 5.5% to 2.957 trillion rubles ($94.52 billion) while the National Prosperity Fund grew 1% to 2.814 trillion rubles ($89.93 billion) in June, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, March 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot has filed a bid for a tender to purchase a 91.5% stake in Czech Airlines (CSA), Aeroflot's press office said on Monday.

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Federal Penitentiary Service has denied reports that Alexander Koptsev, convicted of stabbing nine people in a Moscow synagogue in 2006, has committed suicide. A spokesman for the service said reports that Koptsev is dead are untrue, and that the Muscovite is serving his 16-year sentence in a high-security prison in the Russian republic of Mordovia, in the Volga area. In an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio earlier on Thursday, Vitaly Khavkin, a lawyer representing the victims of the attack, said Koptsev had died in prison. Commenting on the reasons for the suicide, the lawyer said: "This person"s conscience awoke, although he can barely be called a person." Koptsev"s lawyer, Roza Saribzhanova, also denied the rumors, saying: "I called Koptsev"s father yesterday and he said that Alexander was doing well." She added that her client was on good terms with prison officials and had no reason to commit suicide. Koptsev, 20, entered the synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya street on January 11, 2006, and stabbed nine worshippers with a hunting knife before he was wrestled to the ground by the rabbi and his son. No one died in the incident. In his final court statement, Koptsev apologized to those he attacked.

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s prime minister on Sunday briefed his Swedish counterpart, the current EU president, about possible problems with Ukrainian payment for Russian gas and its transit to European consumers, a spokesman said.

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MOSCOW, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow's...

MOSCOW, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow's City Court Friday sentenced Alexander Koptsev, who was found guilty of stabbing nine people in a synagogue in January 2006 and of fueling religious hatred, to 16 years in prison, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported from the courtroom.

MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - New...

MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - New NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will visit Moscow in December, Russia"s envoy to NATO said on Tuesday.

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Over 11,000 people are reported to be members...

Over 11,000 people are reported to be members of mafia-type criminal groups across Russia, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.

Rescue teams discovered on Friday the crash...

Rescue teams discovered on Friday the crash site of a Su-27 Flanker fighter jet which had been missing in the Khabarovsk Territory since Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry said.

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Russia and India might establish a joint...

Russia and India might establish a joint venture to produce navigation equipment for GPS and its Russian equivalent Glonass, the head of the Russian federal satellite navigation operator said on Tuesday.

Russia and the United States will not lecture...

Russia and the United States will not lecture each other at talks in Washington next week, a senior Kremlin aide said in a newspaper interview published on Friday.

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military...

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military products last year, up 10% against 2008, the head of the country"s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military...

Russia exported $7.4 billion worth of military products last year, and expects to sell at least a similar amount in 2010, the head of the country"s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Thursday.

Russia has rowed back on plans to take part...

Russia has rowed back on plans to take part in the construction of a canal across Nicaragua, linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, saying it needs to reassess current financial conditions before making a final decision.

Russia insists that the monitoring of missile...

Russia insists that the monitoring of missile manufacturing facilities should not be included in a new strategic arms reduction deal to replace the START I treaty, a source said on Friday.

Russia is looking into allegations that...

Russia is looking into allegations that its nationals are facing the illegal seizure of their real estate in Abkhazia, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

Russia is not offended by the lack of an...

Russia is not offended by the lack of an invitation to attend a G8 meeting of finance ministers in Canada on February 5-8, Deputy Finance Minister Dmitry Pankin said on Wednesday.

Russian GDP growth this year could exceed...

Russian GDP growth this year could exceed the official forecast of 3.1% and reach 4%, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday.

Russian investigators searched the Moscow...

Russian investigators searched the Moscow office of U.S. high-tech corporation Hewlett-Packard on a request from Germany, Russia"s Investigative Committee said on Wednesday.

Russian overdue individual debts on bank...

Russian overdue individual debts on bank loans increased by 100 billion rubles ($3 billion) in the past six months to about 250 billion rubles ($8.5 billion) as of December 2009, a government official said Tuesday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama agreed on Wednesday to order the speedy completion of a new strategic arms reduction deal, the Kremlin said.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed on Saturday his condolences over the collapse of a minaret in Morocco in which at least 41 people died.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has discharged...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has discharged 15 top police generals as part of ongoing efforts to reform the police force, the Kremlin said on Thursday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the country"s prosecutor general and the Kremlin administration to investigate the situation in a disputed village within the confines of Moscow, where houses of local residents are being demolished following court rulings, the president"s press secretary said.