Adds details, diplomat quotes in paras 4-7) TBILISI, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Ambassador Vyacheslav Kovalenko left Georgia along with 22 embassy officials on Tuesday, a month after Tbilisi severed diplomatic ties with Moscow. Relations were broken off after

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is planning to increase its spending on defense by 50% in the next three years, a senior MP said Tuesday. Russia's defense budget is believed to be less than a tenth of the

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - A converted intercontinental ballistic missile will be launched on October 1 from a rocket launch site in Russia's southern Urals to put a Thai earth observation satellite into orbit, the launch company said on

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St Petersburg lost 2-1 to Real Madrid on Tuesday evening, despite outplaying the Spanish club giants for much of their Group H Champions League match. The game began in dramatic fashion when Zenit's

TBILISI, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said on Tuesday that he expected the situation in his country to stabilize with the upcoming withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers. The European Union is set to start its monitoring mission

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russia banned on Tuesday imports of all Chinese food products containing milk derivatives following cases of melamine poisoning in China, and over a lack of official information from Beijing, the chief sanitary official said.

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Under amendments to the Russian constitutional law on government, state officials from the prime minister down to city authorities will have to declare their incomes and assets, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. "The set

MOSCOW, September 30 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow's luxury housing market seems to be unaffected by the ongoing financial crisis, which has sent house prices plummeting around the world, an estate agent said Tuesday. A 2.5-billion-ruble ($99-million) townhouse apartment in the

Craftsmen presented their unique author's works.VLADIVOSTOK, September 30, vladivostoktimes.com. Traditional "Street of Masters" took place in the square of the International Exhibition Center of V. K. Arsenev, as RIA PrimaMedia correspondent reports. Masters presented their unique author's works. Woodworks (vases,

The agenda includes combined exercises on intercommunication and maneuvering with the Japanese warships as well the cultural events.VLADIVOSTOK, September 30, vladivostoktimes.com The warships of the Russian Pacific Navy started for the Japanese port Midzuru with friendly visit. As RIA PrimaMedia

The Governor noted necessity of including of the Far-Eastern federal district in the international transport corridors.VLADIVOSTOK, September 30, vladivostoktimes.com The Far East of Russia needs a long-term conception of international cooperation, its acceptation will allow to cooperate with countries of

The Area Governor Alexander KHOROSHAVIN met with the General Director of OJSC "Sakhalinenergo" Igor BUTOVSKY.VLADIVOSTOK, September 30, vladivostoktimes.com The Sakhalin Governor Alexander KHOROSHAVIN met with the General Director of OJSC "Sakhalinenergo" Igor BUTOVSKY. The event was also attended by the

The deputies made an appeal to define the lines of inviolable territories rigidly.VLADIVOSTOK, September 30, vladivostoktimes.com The Committee on Economic Policy and Public Property recommended that the Vladivostok City Duma should issue an appeal to the Governor of the Primorsky

There are no serious features of influence of the financial crisis in Chuvashia, that fundamentally differ from other regions, mainly problems of Chuvashia in this crisis are typical for regions with similar economic potential, declared Nikolai Solovyev, the head of

On October 6, a press-conference entitled, "Prospects of the Russian airship-building", will take place in the press-center of REGNUM News Agency.Representatives of the Russian Factory of Records, Sudostroitelniy Bank and Avgur-Aerostatic Systems company will speak on the followings subjects: "Russian