MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A giant 1930s Soviet-era statue will be mounted on a 37 meters (121.4 feet) high platform in Moscow once its restoration is completed, a Moscow official said on Wednesday. Restoration work on the 24.5-meter

MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow will be ready to discuss the extension of its naval presence in Sevastopol, Ukraine 'at a later stage,' the Russian foreign minister said on Wednesday. Under bilateral agreements, Russia's Black Sea Fleet has

MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A giant 1930s Soviet-era statue will be mounted on a 37 meters (121.4 feet) high platform in Moscow once its restoration is completed, a Moscow official said on Wednesday. Restoration work on the 24.5-meter

MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia welcomes Washington's decision to host an international summit on the global financial crisis on November 15, the Kremlin press service said on Wednesday. "In our opinion, it is very important that the summit

MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Ministry believes media speculation about the possibility of a war over the Arctic are ungrounded and "alarmist," an ambassador at large said Wednesday. "Media assessments of possible aggression in the Arctic, even

MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's international reserves, which include foreign currency and gold, are expected to total $547 billion by the end of the year, representing a 14.8% year-on-year rise, the Central Bank of Russia said on Wednesday.

BELGRADE, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A group of Croatian Benedictine nuns have bought shares in a leading Croatian soccer club, the Vecherniy List paper said on Wednesday. The 19 nuns, from a convent located some 150 km (93 miles)

YEKATERINBURG, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Some 12 school girls were poisoned after they ate porridge laced with detergent at a school in the city of Chelyabinsk in the Urals, the local health department's press service said on Wednesday. The

VLADIKAVKAZ, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A car exploded Wednesday evening outside a hotel in the center of Vladikavkaz in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, a law enforcement official said. "The car apparently belongs to the city deputy mayor,"

Recasts, adds details) VLADIKAVKAZ, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - A car exploded Wednesday evening outside a hotel in the center of Vladikavkaz in the Russian republic of North Ossetia, wounding deputy city mayor Mairam Tamayev, a law enforcement official said.

MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's agricultural regulator said on Wednesday that 20 Belarusian milk and poultry companies will be banned from exporting their products to Russia as of November 1 due to flaws in quality control. "Rosselkhoznadzor adopted

The Primorye territory’s taiga is on fire at an area of 1,600 hectares. The regional forestry department reported that a total of eight fires have been registered in the Dalnegorsk, Chuguyevo, Pozharsk, Ternei, Yakovlevsky and Anuchinsky districts. Active fire fighting

Students made excursion for Chinese crews and took part in meeting of the officers.VLADIVOSTOK, October 22, vladivostoktimes.com. The day before the visit of Chinese warships to Vladivostok the Commander of Pacific fleet vice-admiral S. AVRAMENKO applied to the President of