The Russian army is preparing to fight in a new way. It is possible to see this in the plan of the exercises conducted in the Central Asian region between September 1 and 27. Colonel Igor Konashenkov, aide to the

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russians filled half the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 10 rankings Monday - down one representative on the previous week's list. Beijing Olympics gold and silver medalists, Elena Dementieva and Dinara Safina, both failed

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - A woman who keeps 20 dogs in her flat is to be evicted from her home in the Moscow Region, a court ruled on Monday. The 57-year-old woman lives with her elderly mother and

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian naval task force from the Northern Fleet will go on a tour of duty in the Atlantic Ocean and participate in joint naval drills with the Venezuelan navy in November, a Navy

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - The president of Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia said on Monday that he hoped an investigation into the recent death of a local journalist in police custody would be objective. "We feel such

MOSCOW, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - A knife-wielding owner of a burning apartment in the north of Moscow tried to prevent firefighters, who arrived to put out the blaze, from entering his home, an Interior Ministry source said on Monday.

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - The upcoming joint Russian-Venezuelan naval exercise was agreed on long before the current Georgia crisis and is unrelated to the situation in the Caucasus, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday. "It is

TOKYO, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian sumo wrestlers were at the center of the expanding drug scandal in Japan's most ancient sport after they received life suspensions for allegedly smoking marijuana. The Japan Sumo Association last week took

NOVOSIBIRSK, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Researchers studying Siberia's Lake Baikal have discovered boxes containing ammunition dating back to 1920s, a spokesman for the Baikal preservation foundation said on Monday. "Several boxes containing ammunition were found at a depth of

Adds paras 4-6) MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow Prosecutor General's Office believes the popular animated TV show South Park could incite religious hatred, its press service said on Monday. "It offends the honor and dignity of Christians

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - The French president said on Monday that Russia has promised to pull all troops out of Georgia, but not South Ossetia or Abkhazia, within one month. Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking after talks with his counterpart

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will formally establish diplomatic relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. "On September 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold negotiations with the foreign

MADRID, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said that calls from the U.S. and other Western powers to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO are purely aimed at isolating Russia. "Why does NATO need these

Adds official statements from South Ossetia after para 4) WARSAW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian and South Ossetian police have detained a Polish television crew together with a Georgian national near the capital Tskhinvali, a Polish television channel said

MOSCOW, September 8 (RIA Novosti) - News Outdoor Russia, a billboard advertising company controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, confirmed on Monday that police have searched its office in central Moscow and two production facilities. The spokesman said searches were