This is the second French film festival taking place in Vladivostok.VLADIVOSTOK, December 9, vladivostoktimes.com On December 9 "Modern French Movies" festival will be opened in "Okean" movie theater in Vladivostok. The festival was organized by Primorsky Territory administration, the Embassy

The Photo exhibition is being hold within the Sakhalin culture days in Japan.VLADIVOSTOK, December 9, vladivostoktimes.com The photo exhibition "About Sakhalin" was opened in the Russian Center in the city Hakodate. The government of Sakhalin Area in Sapporo with the

Gennady LYSAK, the Deputy of the Primorsky Territory Legislative Assembly, was one of the initiators of setting up of the Slavic Culture Center.VLADIVOSTOK, December 9, vladivostoktimes.com The delegation of the Primorsky Territory including the journalists of "Parliament Club" of the

MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - Nikita Belykh, the ex-leader of a Russian opposition party, said he will give up his membership of a new democratic party currently being set up in Russia after receiving an offer of a governor

VLADIVOSTOK, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - A task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet left its main base in Vladivostok on Tuesday for a tour of duty in the Indian Ocean, a fleet official said. The task force comprises the Admiral

MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's defense minister will discuss bilateral military-technical cooperation with China during a visit to Beijing on December 9-11, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. A spokesman for the ministry said Anatoly Serdyukov will

MOSCOW, December 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Orthodox Church elders began a funeral service in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior on Tuesday for the late Patriarch Alexy II. (VIDEO) The liturgy is being led by Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Standard & Poor's has lowered Russia's long and short-term sovereign foreign currency credit ratings from BBB+/A-2 to BBB/A-3 with a negative outlook, the international rating agency said on Monday. The long-term local currency rating

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian An-124 Condor heavy transport plane has delivered four helicopters along with personnel to Chad to take part in an EU-led mission to support UN peacekeeping efforts in the country, an Air Force

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Thousands of people have been paying final farewells to Patriarch Alexy II, lying in state in a central Moscow cathedral, in tribute to his role in reviving Russian Orthodox Christianity after decades of the

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian communist group based in St. Petersburg has criticized Zenit star Andrei Arshavin over his desire to sign for a foreign side. The Communists of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region said on

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia must re-establish its solid presence in Africa by actively participating in conflict resolution on the continent, including in Sudan, a Russian senator said on Monday. Mikhail Margelov, 44, head of the Federation Council's

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Any European missile defense network that includes elements of a U.S. missile shield in Poland and the Czech republic would be aimed against Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Moscow has fiercely

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's agricultural regulator has imposed provisional restrictions on pork imports from Ireland following a contamination risk warning by Irish authorities, a service spokesman said on Monday. Ireland's veterinary authorities announced on Saturday they were

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow City Court ordered on Monday that an ill former Yukos executive charged with embezzlement be released, setting bail for the AIDS patient at 50 million rubles ($1.8 million). "The court has set

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - An international conference on security in Northeast Asia will take place in Moscow at the start of next year, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. The agency said the idea was endorsed

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's trade surplus grew 51.6% to $182.8 billion in January-October 2008, the Federal Customs Service said on Monday. Trade totaled $636 billion in the first 10 months of the year, up 46.3% year-on-year. Trade

MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Police have detained three unemployed teenagers suspected of involvement in a bomb blast on November 30 in a southern Moscow church that left two people injured, a local police spokesman said on Monday. A

KALININGRAD, December 8 (RIA Novosti) - Authorities in Russia's Kaliningrad Region have chosen a company to remove and process garbage in the Baltic exclave using advanced technology, a regional government spokesman said on Monday. The tender, announced in early 2008,