MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has signed an instruction on the design and construction of the second stage of the Baltic Pipeline System, the government said on Monday. The Baltic Pipeline System-2 with an

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's announcement of Hillary Clinton as the country's secretary of state has been partially motivated by the ongoing financial crisis, a Russian expert said on Monday. Obama is expected to unveil

NIZHNY NOVGOROD, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian chemical weapons disposal facility has completed the destruction of VX nerve agent, a regional government official said on Monday. VX nerve agent is one of the most toxic substances ever developed.

Adds head of Federal Migration Service comments in paras 10-12) MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Tajik nationals working as construction workers in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg are striking over wage arrears in the first major protest in the

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Reserve Fund has grown by 88.59 billion rubles ($3.2 bln), while the country's National Prosperity Fund has increased by 440.98 billion rubles ($16 billion) since November 1, the Finance Ministry said on Monday.

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's naval task force from the Northern Fleet has started deployment in the southern Caribbean in preparation for joint exercises with the Venezuelan navy, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Monday. The task force,

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Neustrashimy (Fearless) missile frigate is escorting a three-ship convoy past the Horn of Africa, protecting it from Somali pirates, a Russian Navy spokesman said on Monday. "The Neustrashimy is escorting three ships under

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is to hold another test launch of the Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile this month, while the missile has already gone into full-scale production, a deputy prime minister said on Monday. "Before the end

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - The number of people under 30 infected with HIV/AIDS is continuing to grow in Russia, the country's sanitary watchdog said on its website on the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. Despite measures being

VALDIKAVKAZ, December 1 (RIA Novosti) - Unidentified gunmen killed two police officers at a checkpoint in Russia's North Caucasus republic of North Ossetia near the border with Ingushetia on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said. The assailants, who were driving

The protocol of the 5th meeting of a bilateral working group on trade and economic cooperation of Primorye Territory and the DPRK signed today in the administration of the region.

Two church officials were injured Sunday when an explosive device went off during services at a Moscow cathedral.