As exotic and irrelevant as it may appear in the contemporary context, the very real piracy that presently exists as one of the most profitable businesses in Somalia had so far been drawing little attention from the media. But all

Monday was the last chance for Ukraine's increasingly polarized political pantheon to form a new governing coalition. On Tuesday, President Viktor Yushchenko is expected to start consultations on the dissolution of parliament and new elections. While the political deadlock is

Three big loans from the government in a row have apparently been unable to prevent Russia's stock markets from plunging, Russia's banks from stopping credit operations, and Russian oil companies from asking for a bailout. Some experts are even apprehensive

This week Russian forces are withdrawing from the buffer zones they established around South Ossetia and Abkhazia following the five-day war, and EU observers are arriving to preserve peace. But a final settlement of the conflicts in the Caucasus will

On the two-year anniversary of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, theotherrussia.org provides exclusive quotes from Russian public figures, who describe what has changed in the country since her death.

A group of Russian lawmakers are jumping at anti-corruption measures proposed by President Dmitri Medvedev to hand greater authority to the country's security agencies, particularly the Federal Security Service (FSB).

City authorities and Head of Japanese Marine college wellcomed guests.VLADIVOSTOK, October 8, vladivostoktimes.com. Marine National Universuty of admiral G. I. Nevelskoy (MNU) training sailer "Nadezhda" came to Japanese port Hamada, as Nataliya ORLOVA and MNU press service report. At the

The exhibition is devoted to the 150th anniversary of the RF Consulate in the Japanese city.VLADIVOSTOK, October 8, vladivostoktimes.com The opening of the photo exhibition "Meet Hakodate!" devoted to the 150th anniversary of the RF Consulate in Hakodate was held

Muskie provides opportunities for Masters level study in the United States to citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan..The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (Muskie) is a program of the Bureau

The Gran-prix winner will get a three-month probation in the University of Republic of Korea.VLADIVOSTOK, October 8, vladivostoktimes.com The all-Russian Olympiad on Korean language is to be held in the Higher College of Korean Studies. on its results the Gran-prix

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will attend a CIS foreign ministerial meeting in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on October 9, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. The meeting's agenda will cover more

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is expected to be out for three weeks with a partially torn knee ligament and will miss Russia's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Germany and Finland. The 26-year-old Tottenham Hotspur

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Siberia's Chita District Court extended on Wednesday custody of jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky until February 9, 2009, the deputy head of a local Khodorkovsky support group said. "The court has extended custody of

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian opposition parties and trade union leaders said Tuesday the country's economy was on the brink of a crisis, slamming the government and calling for urgent action. Russia's financial system has been badly affected

updates with fixtures in paras 5, 6] MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's two remaining representatives in the UEFA Cup found out the identities of their group stage opponents on Tuesday afternoon. The draw, which took place in Nyon,