MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - The Neustrashimy (Fearless) frigate from the Baltic Fleet left the main naval base in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday on an unspecified long-range patrol mission, a Navy spokesman said. (Russian Navy modernized

MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia loses up to $20 billion a year as a result of corruption, the country's interior minister said on Wednesday. "According to various estimates, the state loses between 40 billion rubles ($1.6 billion) and

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - One person was killed and 34 injured in a brawl and subsequent fire overnight in a high-security prison in Russia's Volga city of Samara, local prosecutors said on Wednesday. After the riot broke

MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow may offer Ukraine contracts to build aircraft carriers for the Russian Navy, a Russian MP told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. He commented on Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov's statement on Tuesday that Russia

KIEV, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Nine people, including seven Ukrainian nationals, have been killed in a minibus crash in central Russia's Kaluga Region, Ukraine's UNIAN news agency said on Wednesday. The minibus crashed into a truck parked on the

MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Naval task groups from Russia's Northern Fleet have joined large-scale Russia-Belarus military exercises now in their third day, the fleet's press service said on Wednesday. The Stability-2008 drills will last until October 21 in

MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Ruslan Yamadayev, a former member of the Russian parliament's lower house, the State Duma, was gunned down in central Moscow on Wednesday, an Interior Ministry official said. Earlier reports said that the victim of

NEW YORK, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia sees no crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear program and does not believe it is necessary to take any urgent steps, the Russian foreign minister said Wednesday. "The state of Iran's nuclear program does

MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Talks on additional deliveries of MiG-29K Fulcrum-D carrier fighters to India will start in the near future, the president of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation said Wednesday. Russia and India signed a contract on January

Adds information on Black Sea Fleet discussions in paras 9, 10) MOSCOW, September 24 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow may offer Ukraine contracts to build aircraft carriers for the Russian Navy, a senior Russian lawmaker told RIA Novosti on Wednesday. He

In the last few years, Russia has come to house ever more immigrants from Central Asia and the Caucasus. But as the number of migrants grows, so does the number of fascists, the latter becoming more aggressive and impudent. It

Russia's leading source of information is finally going digital. Having watched other countries switch to digital television, the government, together with the broadcasters, has been taking careful steps toward implementing this technology at home, aiming to reduce high content production

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A new visa-free regime that took effect between Russia and Israel is intended to bolster the Israeli tourist industry. But some Israelis are skeptical of this measure, noting the dangers that such openness might bring with it. So how easy