MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - It will take at least nine months to form a new Russian national carrier on the basis of the crisis-hit AiRUnion alliance, the state-run Russian Technology Corporation said Friday. AiRUnion, jointly run by the

MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Statements made by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on support for Georgia are only encouraging Tbilisi's aggressive intentions, a Russian Foreign Ministry official spokesman said on Friday. On Thursday, during his visit to the

GELENDZHIK (South Russia), September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russian arms exports may reach at least $6.1 billion by the end of 2008, a senior official at Rosoboronexport, Russia's largest state arms exporter, said on Friday. Russia has doubled annual arms

GELENDZHIK (South Russia), September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will continue negotiations on a contract to deliver 34 transport planes and four aerial tankers to China earlier frozen due to a disagreement over prices, Russia's state-run arms exporter said on

MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia supports the idea of international cooperation to deal with the threat of an asteroid collision, the head of the federal space agency said on Friday. "The problem really exists, and we need to

MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Leaders of a post-Soviet regional security bloc have censured Georgia over its actions in South Ossetia and backed Moscow, the Russian president said Friday. "Our partners in the [Collective Security Treaty] Organization have made

MINSK, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's under-21 soccer team defeated Georgia 4-0 in their Euro 2009 qualifying match in Minsk. To reach next summer's finals in Sweden the Russian team now has to defeat Spain on Tuesday. The decision

This past summer, the government began investigating the situation of Russia's jet fuel market, stating its concern with skyrocketing prices that ultimately result in growing ticket prices for domestic flights. AirUnion was the inflation's first victim, as the company had

As international criticism of Russia's actions in the Caucasus mounts, the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will play the role of the "last bulwark" for Moscow in terms of gaining at least some international support for its

The Russians may have won the military battle, but the Georgians won the war itself on the international media front. In the wake of the armed conflict over South Ossetia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili effectively managed to get his message

Abdullah Alishayev, a Dagestani television reporter known for his criticism of Wahhabism, died in a Makhachkala hospital after he was attacked my armed gunmen.

Magomed Yevloyev, an opposition leader from Ingushetia who was killed in police custody, presented at the FINROSFORUM 2008 in June, describing the immense pressure on independent news media in Russia. Translation and subtitles by theotherrussia.org.

Russia will deliver the modernized Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to India after 2011, Russia's state-run arms exporter said on Friday.

Russia's Navy will put into operation four new A-42 amphibious planes by 2013, a senior military official said on Friday.

Ukraine is planning to conduct large-scale air defense exercises with live firing on the Crimean peninsula at the end of September, a Ukrainian navy source said on Thursday.