MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is not planning to reopen a radar base at the Lourdes facility in Cuba , the Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday. "This matter is not under consideration," Sergei Lavrov told reporters at

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Airstrikes on military facilities in Tbilisi delivered by the Russian Air Force during the recent conflict with Georgia did not harm local residents, a senior Russian military official said on Tuesday. Russia's five-day operation

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a decision by the U.S. to freeze a civil nuclear agreement with Russia was a politically motivated mistake. U.S. President George Bush withdrew the deal from

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Former two-time WBA heavyweight champion, John Ruiz, (43-8-1, 29 KOs) has called for a rematch after a mix-up at the end of his defeat last month at the hands of Russia's Nikolai Valuev (49-1,

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - More than 10 million illegal immigrants are currently residing in Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday. Maj.-Gen. Valentin Letunovsky, who heads the FSB's border service, said: "Illegal migration is an extremely

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - A child died and three other people were injured in a fire that broke out in a five-storey apartment building in an elite residential area in central Moscow on Tuesday, an emergencies spokesman said.

ULYANOVSK, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's prime minister blasted the country's aircraft manufacturers Tuesday, saying current production levels were insufficient and that the industry needs a boost. Vladimir Putin said civilian aircraft makers only planned to build 15 airplanes

MOSCOW, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - A plaque bearing the name of Oleg Mitvol has been removed from the door of his office at the Russian environmental watchdog, the out-of-favor deputy head of Rosprirodnadzor told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. Mitvol

Ambitious boys and girls from the provinces coming to conquer Moscow have already taken their honorable place in modern Russian cinema and literature. Pavel Sanaev's latest book "The Zero Kilometer" is just another interpretation of this eternal plot set in

Covering the short August conflict between Russia and Georgia was an exercise in sifting through propaganda and hyperbole and dissecting it for fragments of truth. As the dust settles on the war, the question of guilt and responsibility remains one

Moscow prosecutors have decided that 'South Park,' a popular satirical cartoon, is extremist, and have petitioned a Moscow court to ban the program. The country's General Prosecutor's office has also deemed that 12 other cartoon shows, including the 'Simpsons', have

The Conservative Member of the British Parliament Julian Lewis asked yesterday the Bulgarian authorities not to terminate the investigation of the murder of the dissident writer Georgi Markov, the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported. Markov, a writer, journalist and opponent

The Assistant Professor of "Chef Pвtissier", Niigata Cookery Academy, is to demonstrate the way of cooking and hold master-class.VLADIVOSTOK, September 8, vladivostoktimes.com On September 8-10 the events that are to acquaint us with the Japanese art of cookery will be