Moscow - Russia hopes that the newly designated EU leadership, Herman van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton, will provide continuity in EU-Russian relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday. I'm convinced Herman van Rompuy will continue...
Austria has begun talks with Russia in view of joining Moscow's South Stream gas pipeline project, Austrian newspapers reported on Saturday. The economy ministry said it had opened negotiations with Russia on Friday regarding its potential involvement in the project, the daily Die Presse reported. South Stream is seen as a rival to the EU's Nabucco pipeline, aimed at reducing Europe's dependence on...
On November 10, activists held a rally calling for broadband Internet and protesting against Internet provider monopoly in the township of Kraskovo (Moscow region, 10 km from the Moscow beltroad). This is the first known case of a protest dedicated to the defense of the Internet rights in Russia. The event also raised the issue of the overregulatedness of the process of Internet providing in the country....
MOSCOW - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback. Gorbachev said...
Patriarch Kirill, enthroned as the 16th Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia in February 2009, marked his 63rd birthday on Friday. The birthdays of patriarchs are not widely celebrated in the Russian Orthodox Church as they are considered personal. Instead, the church celebrates the patriarch’s name day on May 24, the day of his patron saints Cyril and Methodius, the Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki...
MOSCOW - A veteran Russian cosmonaut says his nation lacks a viable program for developing a new spaceship and will likely fall behind in a space race. Mikhail Tyurin says...
Moscow - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov received his new German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, for talks on Friday, with the two ministers stressing their countries' interest in building on their strategic partnership. Westerwelle had arrive...
What experts around the world think about Herman Van Rompuy, the centre-right Belgian prime minister, who is set to become the first president of the European Council Professor Feng Zhongping, Director of the Institute of European Relations at the Chinese Institutes of Contemporary International Relations: "Belgium is a very small country and he hasn't been prime minister for long. I know he's...
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Fedyashin) - Russia still knows how to surprise the world. This was true long ago and is still true today.
OPINION/ANALYSIS: In Washington, it's almost impossible to underestimate how blase officials can become about the most hair-raising news if it involves an entity they believe the U.S. must do business with. Consider Capitol Hill and executive-branch reaction to news of continued Russian assistance to Iran's nuclear weapons program. Rather than open a debate about what Moscow is up to, most officials...
The lawyer for Sergei L. Magnitsky, who died this week in a Moscow prison hospital, said that his client’s death appeared to result from negligence by prison authorities.
Slovenia qualified for only their second World Cup on Wednesday with a 1-0 win over Russia in their European zone, second-leg play-off tie. Striker Zlatko Dedic, who plays his club football for Bochum in Germany, scored the only goal just before the break. He was fastest to the ball when Valter Birsa crossed from the right with Russia's defenders caught cold. Russia had won the first leg 2-1 in Moscow...
Obama and Medvedev Discourse in Moscow - By Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal US, Russian Presidents Obama and Medvedev are in Moscow for their first full-fledged summit on major global issues and world is expected to approach the upcoming summit with...
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MOSCOW – Russia was the first to put a dog in space. Now, 50 years later, it has brought space to a dog, and not just any dog but Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s beloved black Labrador. A collar containing satellite-guided positioning equipment was slipped Friday around the neck of Putin’s dog, Koni, who good-naturedly gave it ...
What you see in the photos is the living proof that Russians can make sports cars! The new supercar is build by E-Go Motors, a small company established in Moscow and is called Revolt. According to the manufacturer the new car will be powered by a twin turbo V6 engine capable to deliver an impressive 550 hp connected to a 6-speed transmission. The Revolt will feature a new active air suspension as