MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's IBF and WBO World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko (51-3, 45 KOs) will a hold title defense bout against Hasim Rahman of the United States on December 13 in Germany. The 32-year-old Ukrainian, who

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - October was the warmest on record in Moscow with an average temperature of over 9 degrees Celsius (48.2 degree Fahrenheit), the Russian meteorological website www.hmn.ru reported on Saturday. The previous record of 8.9 degree

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian warships from the Pacific and Northern Fleets will conduct exercises in the Indian Ocean later this year, a Navy spokesman said on Saturday. (Russian Navy modernized - Image gallery) A group of Northern

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi held separate talks in Moscow on Saturday with Russia's president and prime minister. At his meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev, Qaddafi, accompanied by a large delegation "to increase investment and

MEXICO, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian delegation is to arrive in Caracas on Monday to discuss preparations for President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Venezuela in late November, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday. The delegation will be

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister will visit Japan on November 4-5 to discuss arrangements for a bilateral presidential meeting on the sidelines of an APEC summit in Lima later in November. The news was announced by

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - A goal by Nikita Bazhenov in the 56th minute was enough for Spartak Moscow to defeat deadly cross-town rivals CSKA for the first time in seven years on Saturday. The win was a famous

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow police detained over 200 fans during Saturday's match between Spartak and CSKA, a police spokesman said. A number of fans were arrested before the game by riot police, including in the city's subway

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's November 4 National Unity Day public holiday is again set to see nationalist and far-right rallies in Moscow. One of the rallies has been sanctioned by the authorities, and is to take place

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot said on Saturday it had agreed on a formula to establish fuel prices with the country's largest crude producers, led by Gazprom Neft. The parties agreed to switch to

STAVROPOL, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Vets in southern Russia's Stavropol Territory plan to cull a total of 12,000 pigs in an area suffering from an outbreak of swine fever, a local veterinary chief said on Saturday. "Over 8,000 pigs

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government has reduced customs duty on the export of crude oil to $287 per ton from $372.2, its press service said on Saturday. It also said Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had signed

MOSCOW, November 1 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St. Petersburg beat Moscow Region side Khimki 1-0 on Saturday to maintain their bid for a 2009/10 Champions League place. A goal in the 16th minute by record club signing, Portuguese international Danny,

The global financial tornado is threatening to disrupt Russia's plans to reform its crumbling healthcare sector. Major reforms of the healthcare and the Russian pharmaceuticals industries had been planned before the crisis hit with full force in September. The healthcare

Those who thought that the ruble's powerful resurgence during Vladimir Putin's presidency was too good to be true can now claim to have been right. As the exchange rate of the ruble to the dollar hits a two-year low, many

Just like ordinary citizens, Russia's oligarchs have so far been unable to escape the tide of the global financial crisis. Having found themselves owing billions of dollars in loan payments, they are now turning to the government for help, willing

Western experts and analysts tend to assume the worst about Russia, and judging by the country's recent behavior, they have good reason for doing so. Although many don't deny Russia's right to pursue its interests, most see a problem in

Concrete rather than anecdotal evidence about the impact of the financial crisis on employment is slowly becoming available. A poll conducted this weekend by the All Russia Center for Public Opinion (VTsIOM) shows no dramatic rise in unemployment over the