Over 70 million roubles were allocated for these aims from the regional budget.

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia confirmed on Wednesday that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Poland on September 11 to discuss U.S. missile shield plans, the Georgia conflict, and ties with the EU. The Foreign Ministry said Lavrov

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Over 60 combat aircraft will participate on September 8-13 in exercises that are part of theater-level military maneuvers in central Russia, an Air Force spokesman said on Wednesday. Russia is currently holding large-scale Ground

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - An opposition leader in the south Russia's republic of Ingushetia said he is being persecuted after participating in public protests against the death in police custody of an opposition journalist last Sunday. Maksharip Aushev

SOCHI, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on Wednesday on the construction of a huge suspension bridge to link the Far East city of Vladivostok to Russky Island, where the 2012 APEC summit will

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia has failed to honor its commitment to withdraw troops under the Medvedev-Sarkozy peace plan, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. "Georgian troops should have returned to their positions. Unfortunately, we have

MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia have dropped two places, from 10th to 12th, in the latest FIFA rankings released on Wednesday. Russia's last game was a 1-1 draw at home to the Netherlands in a friendly on August

YEREVAN, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - The visit by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney to Azerbaijan, Georgia and Ukraine is aimed at establishing Washington's control of these post-Soviet states, a Russian top security official said on Wednesday. Cheney arrived in