If the government fires the President's chief security officer, Krzysztof Olszowiec, over the Georgia incident, President Lech Kaczynski may stop using physical protection at all, popular Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza has learned. Presidential aides are afraid that Olszowiec may

The bill was supported by deputies of the State Duma.VLADIVOSTOK, November 23, vladivostoktimes.com Deputies of the State Duma supported the bill abolishing double collection of Value Added Tax of cars, sold by the scheme trade-in. now dealers will be paid

ROSTOV-ON-DON, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Unidentified attackers fired rocket propelled grenades at the house of a local school director in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, the republic's Interior Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. "The incident took place at

MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Four people were killed in a two-vehicle crash in the Moscow Region early on Wednesday morning, a police official said. The accident occurred at 03:00 a.m. (00:00 GMT) when a bus, which was not

MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's upper house of parliament has approved amendments to the Constitution extending the presidential term from four to six years and the lower house term from four to five years. The amendments were backed

VLADIKAVKAZ, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - The mayor of Vladikavkaz, capital of the volatile south Russian republic of North Ossetia, died in hospital after an attack earlier on Wednesday, a local hospital official said. "[Vitaly] Karayev died from a bullet

SAMARA, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - A judge, who was shot in an attack in Samara, southeast European Russia, has recovered consciousness but is still in a serious condition, a local medical spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Lyubov Drozdova, the head

GROZNY, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Chechen special purpose police have killed two militants who reportedly attacked overnight a police checkpoint in the republic's capital, Grozny, a spokesman for investigators said on Wednesday. The militants were surrounded several minutes after

Sergei Darkin was a member of the official Russian delegation.

592 thousand tons of water bio-recourses were obtained by fishery enterprises of Primorye from the beginning of the year.

MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - The construction of what would be the tallest building in Europe, currently being built in the Russian capital, is to be frozen due to the global financial crisis, the owners said on Tuesday. The

MOSCOW/CARACAS, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - A group of warships from Russia's Northern Fleet arrived on Tuesday at the Venezuelan port of La Guaira, a Russian naval official said. The task force, led by the Pyotr Veliky missile cruiser, is

MYTISHCHI DISTRICT (Moscow Region), November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Trade between Japan and Russia could exceed $30 billion in 2008, the Japanese ambassador to Russia said on Tuesday. "Bilateral trade is constantly growing. It could exceed $30 billion this year,"

MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) strictly comply with the provisions of the 1991 strategic arms reductions treaty, and this has been confirmed by numerous U.S. inspections, the force commander said on Tuesday. The existing

MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St Petersburg drew 0-0 with Juventus at home on Tuesday evening, and now must hope for a minor miracle in Minsk to maintain any hope of qualifying for the playoff stages of the

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's economic growth will reach around 7% in 2008, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday at a meeting between representatives of Russian and Brazilian businesses. "Economic growth will remain at a level

MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's United Aircraft Corporation plans to sell 60 new Superjet-100 medium-haul airliners in 2010 and 70 more in 2012, the government said in a program published on Tuesday. (Sukhoi SuperJet 100 - Image gallery)

MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - Vladimir Putin's next live televised session with the Russian public, his first as premier and leader of the ruling pro-presidential United Russia party, will be held on December 4, the Ekho Moskvy radio said

MOSCOW, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - A 30-year-old man in Russia's Urals has admitted to fatally wounding and then drinking the blood of a female acquaintance, Russia media reported on Tuesday. According to preliminary reports, on Monday the body of

VLADIVISTOK, November 25 (RIA Novosti) - A build up of cargo trains waiting to be unloaded in southern Far East could be eliminated only by spring 2009, a Far Eastern rail spokeswoman said Tuesday. In the past 24 hours the