YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. ambassador to Russia will arrive in Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin on Wednesday to meet with local government officials and business representatives, a spokeswoman for the local administration said. "This is

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's proven uranium reserves have increased 275% to 545,000 metric tons since 2006, the natural resources minister said on Tuesday. Yury Trutnev attended a meeting with civilian nuclear chief Sergei Kiriyenko to discuss joint

ANKARA, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov arrived in Turkey on Tuesday on a two-day official visit. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Serdyukov will discuss with his Turkish counterpart, Vecdi Gonul, issues of bilateral military-technical

ROSTOV-ON-DON, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - The conductor of a train from Moscow to the central Russian city of Volgograd has returned 8 million rubles ($291,000) to a passenger who forgot the money in his compartment. "The female conductor of

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Jury selection was completed on Tuesday for the trial in a Moscow military district court of three men over the October 2006 murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Karina Moskalenko, a lawyer for

IZHEVSK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday the government could increase the current rescue package of 5 trillion rubles ($182 billion) against the backdrop of the deepening financial crisis. "About 5 trillion rubles is

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - The World Bank has downgraded its forecast for Russian GDP growth to 6% from 6.8% in 2008 and to 3% from 6.5% in 2009 due to effects of the global financial crisis. "After a

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Vasily Aleksanyan, a terminally ill former Yukos executive now in custody on embezzlement charges, has undergone an operation to have his spleen removed, a Moscow radio station reported on Tuesday. Ekho Moskvy quoted Aleksanyan's

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's industrial output increased 1.6% year-on-year in October and 5% in January-October 2008, the country's top statistics body said on Tuesday. Russia's Economic Development Ministry said the country's low industrial output in October, the

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow Region police officer who admitted repeatedly raping his step-daughter over a period of eight years has been freed "as the girl's neighbors have not been questioned," Russian media reported on Tuesday. Local

IZHEVSK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Russia must never become a parliamentary republic. Commenting on amendments to the Constitution under which the government will have to report to parliament, the president said: "This

Russian State Duma member Sergei Markov claimed at the opening session of the international conference Historical and Political Problem of Mass Famine of the 1930s that began in Moscow today that the official Ukrainian concept of the famine of the

The Ambassador of the USA to Russia John BEYRLE will open the event.VLADIVOSTOK, November 17, vladivostoktimes.com International education week will be held in Vladivostok on November 17-21. The activities, held in the framework of the international week of education all

About 900 apartment buildings in Kamchatka need reinforcing against earthquakes.VLADIVOSTOK, November 17, vladivostoktimes.com By the RF President's order the Kamchatka Territory is to be funded 3.6 billion Rubles for reinforcing of the buildings against earthquakes in 2009. Over 80 apartment

On the average fuel prices became one ruble cheaper for a week.VLADIVOSTOK, November 17, vladivostoktimes.com At Vladivostok petrol stations petrol and solar oil prices are brought down again. Today the price for one liter of "AI-95" on the average is

During the meeting John BEYRLE and Viktor GORCHAKOV discussed the plan of APEC Forum.VLADIVOSTOK, November 17, vladivostoktimes.com The United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation John BEYRLE arrived in Vladivostok. This visit, which will last from 16th

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian soccer authorities are set to investigate a banner unfurled by supporters at a recent Zenit St. Petersburg vs Dynamo Moscow game that insulted the memory one of the country's greatest ever players. The

MOSCOW, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russian energy giant Gazprom will hold on Tuesday a new round of talks with Ukraine on deliveries of natural gas to the former Soviet republic, a company spokesman said. Sergei Kupriyanov said in an

VLADIVOSTOK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - Drug police in Russia's Far East Amur Region have seized 100 kilograms (220 lbs) of marijuana, a police spokesman said on Tuesday. The drugs, worth over 200,000 rubles ($7,200), were discovered in the house

VLADIVOSTOK, November 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Navy will commission the Nerpa nuclear submarine, on which 20 people recently died, rather than sell or lease it to India, the chief of the General Staff told a Russian daily on