VLADIKAVKAZ, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - The disputed Georgian region of South Ossetia joined North Ossetia on Saturday in a day of mourning for the victims of Thursday's terrorist attack in the capital of the Russian North Caucasus republic. Twelve

SAO PAOLO, November 8 (RIA Novosti) - The global economy will emerge stronger from the worldwide financial crisis, Russia's finance minister said after talks with counterparts from Brazil, India and China. Alexei Kudrin met in Brazil on Friday with finance

MOSCOW, November 9 (RIA Novosti) - More than 20 people were killed in an accident at a nuclear submarine of the Russian Pacific Fleet, an aide to the Russian Navy commander said Sunday. "More than 20 people were killed during

Russian Supreme Court cleans senior Drug Control Service official of illegal tapping charges. Widow of poisoned ex-KGB agent gets keys of their house in London. Russian hackers might have entered Obama's and McCain's computers. Security Service of Ukraine mulls cutting

The preparation of this law became very necessary in connection with the river deterioration..VlADIVOSTOK, November 8, vladivostoktimes.com Far Eastern parliamentarians elaborate the national law "ON conservation in the Amur basin." According to the Primorsky Territory Legislative Assembly press service, "The

Russian servicemen visited training center of the 7 northern army division..VLADIVOSTOK, November 8, vladivostoktimes.com The Russian military delegation headed by the Hero of Russia Colonel-General Vladimir BULGAKOV, who is a commander of the Far Eastern Military District, under invitation of

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - The State Duma adopted in the first reading on Friday a draft law under which gifts to government officials worth more than 5,000 rubles ($186) would be confiscated. The adoption of the bill coincides

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - At least five missile brigades deployed on Russia's western border will be equipped with new Iskander-M short-range missile systems by 2015, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday. "By 2015, the Iskander system will

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will open military bases in two Georgian breakaway republics, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, in 2009, a source in the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday. The source said the ministry plans to open one

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - More than 150,000 people are expected to take part in street celebrations of the Bolshevik Revolution on Friday in cities throughout Russia, the Interior Ministry said. One of the main celebrations will be a

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - The 2008 European Table Tennis Super Cup will be held in the Russian town of Vidnoye near Moscow on November 11 and 12, a spokeswoman for the Moscow Region administration said on Friday. "The

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 50 people on Russia's wanted list have been extradited to Russia since the start of the year, the country's Interpol Bureau said in a statement on Friday. The statement said that

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia was ready to provide economic and political assistance to help Lebanon overcome long-running factional violence. "We are ready to do all we can, both

VLADIKAVKAZ, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Six people, including two children aged 5 and 6, were killed in a car crash in Russia's North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia on Friday, a source in local law enforcement agencies said. The

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said that the Obama administration in the United States needs far-reaching 'perestroika' reforms to overcome the financial crisis and restore balance in the world. The term perestroika, meaning

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - While most sectors of Russia's economy have been hard hit by the global credit crunch, the jewelry business has seen a new boom, as consumers turn to gold and gemstones as safe investment options.

MOSCOW, November 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will resume imports of Polish vegetables on November 10, ending an embargo imposed three years ago over quality concerns, the Russian agricultural regulator said on Friday. Russia removed its ban on the import