Russia's State Duma supported a draft law "About amending Article 25.11 of the Federal Law "On the procedure of departure from the Russian Federation and entry into the Russian Federation" in the first reading during the session on September 19.As

SOCHI, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian prime minister said Friday that the economic interdependence created by mutual investments could insure Russia and its partners against financial turmoil. "Through mutual investments we are becoming more dependent on one another.

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - Robert Englund, better known as the long-nailed psychopath Freddie Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, is to remake a Soviet horror classic. 'Viy' is a 1967 Soviet film based on the short

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian TV company that airs the U.S. animated comedy show South Park has filed a suit at an arbitration court against allegations of promoting extremism, the 2x2 channel said on Friday. In early

SOCHI, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia plans to launch six satellites in the next three months to increase the existing Glonass ( INFOgraphics ) grouping to 18-19 spacecraft, a leading satellite manufacturer said on Friday. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia will do everything possible to restore regular relations with Georgia. "We believe in the Georgian people's good sense and will do everything possible to restore regular,

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday that tensions with the West over the Georgia conflict do not mean Russia wants to isolate itself behind a new Iron Curtain. The statement came after U.S. Secretary of

There are no such plans," Aeroflot General Director Valery Okulov said. The statement came after a Boeing 737, owned by Aeroflot subsidiary Aeroflot Nord, crashed during its final approach to Perm airport in the Urals on Sunday, killing all 88

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev received Russia's Paralympic athletes at a Kremlin ceremony Friday, congratulating them on an outstanding performance at the 2008 Games in Beijing. The Russian team, which had set itself the target of

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - Viewers of a Russian adult animation channel that is facing charges of promoting extremism will hold sanctioned rallies in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the 2x2 channel said in a press release on Friday. In

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia wants to maintain cooperation with the United States and will not succumb to its rhetoric and enter a new spiral of confrontation, the Foreign Ministry said Friday. Responding to the U.S. top diplomat's

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - A new helicopter taxi service was launched around Moscow on Friday, targeting large businesses that can afford to avoid the Russian capital's notorious traffic jams. A Ecureuil helicopter, manufactured by Eurocopter, whisks up to

MOSCOW, September 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Federal Antimonopoly Service on Friday fined two of Russia's major coal producers a total of $10.6 million for abusing their dominant position in the market and pursuing uncompetitive practices. The antitrust watchdog launched

Today, Kastrychnitski District Court of Grodno, Belarus, will start considering a case initiated by Grodno regional directorate of the Belarus State Security Committee (KGB) that asks the court to acknowledge a newspaper, some books, human rights newsletters and music CDs

The paintings of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and Russian artists will be presented at the exhibition.VLADIVOSTOK, September 19, vladivostoktimes.com On September 19 the Art Exhibition of countries-participants of the XIII Summit on International Cooperation of Regional Administrations of the North-Eastern