A submariner suspected of causing the deaths of 20 people by mishandling a temperature sensor on board the Nerpa submarine will undergo psychological testing, an investigation spokesman said on Thursday.

Russia will deploy its warships off the coast of East Africa on a regular basis to prevent pirate attacks on merchant ships, the country's Navy commander said on Thursday.

Not to "turn over" the island, communications are planned to put together.VLADIVOSTOK, November 21, vladivostoktimes.com While preparing to holding of the APEC Summit 2012 in Vladivostok, it is planned to lay four kinds of communal services to Russkiy Island: water,

The bill details public authorities' powers in the field of science.VLADIVOSTOK, November 20, vladivostoktimes.com During the session of the Primorsky Territory Legislative Assembly deputies approved the bill "On public authority activities in the scientific and technical fields" in the second

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday ordered energy giant Gazprom to recover $2.4 billion in debts from Ukraine for natural gas supplied to the ex-Soviet republic. "We need to finally decide on the Ukrainian

SEVERODVINSK, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Vladikavkaz diesel-electric submarine will return to service with Russia's Northern Fleet in 2011 after an extensive overhaul at the Zvezdochka shipyard in north Russia, the company said on Thursday. The Vladikavkaz is a

Adds Naftogaz statement in paras 9-10) MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday ordered energy giant Gazprom to recover $2.4 billion in debts from Ukraine for natural gas supplies. "We need to finally decide on

Adds Naftogaz statement in paras 9-10) MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday ordered energy giant Gazprom to recover $2.4 billion in debts from Ukraine for natural gas supplies. "We need to finally decide on

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Drug abuse kills up to 30,000 people in Russia annually, the head of the Russian Federal Drug Control Service said Thursday. "According to official data, about 10,000 people die annually from taking drugs in

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Defense lawyers in the trial of three men suspected of involvement in the 2006 murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya will demand an open court, a defense attorney said on Thursday. On Tuesday,

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's top investigative body said on Thursday that 12,500 children are currently officially listed as missing in the country. Investigation Committee chief Alexander Bastrykin also said that 1,500 children have been victims of crime

MOSCOW, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - A mutual visa-free regime came into effect between Russia and Montenegro on Friday. "The agreement enables mutual visa-free travel for Russian and Montenegrin residents who hold valid foreign passports for up to 30 days,"

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's first meeting with Barack Obama will be fixed shortly after the U.S. president-elect is sworn in on January 20, the Kremlin said on Thursday. "The date and venue of the

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, November 21 (RIA Novosti) - Police in Kamchatka in Russia's Far East have seized more than 10 metric tons of contraband caviar worth 10 million rubles ($360,000), a local police spokesman said on Friday. "Caviar packaged into 400 plastic

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has given Germany the go-ahead to use its rail network to transport weapons, military equipment and supplies to Afghanistan, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. "On November 10, the Federal Customs Service

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russian banks that have received state loans during the current financial crisis but converted them into U.S. dollars will be barred from the government's rescue package, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - Saudi Arabia wants to build a mosque and an Islamic culture center in Moscow, the Ambassador to Russia Ali Hasan Jafar told Russia's top Muslim official on Thursday. Ravil Gainutdin, who heads the Russian