MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - A town in Russia's Far East was rocked on Friday by what local media say may have been copy-cat riots by gangs of youths imitating recent disturbances in Greece. The riots took place in

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - A missile frigate from Russia's Northern Fleet is continuing its duty to protect commercial ships from Somali pirate attacks near the Horn of Africa, a Navy spokesman said on Friday. Russia dispatched the Neustrashimy

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - NATO fighters have trailed two Russian strategic bombers on a patrol mission over the North Sea, a Russian Air Force spokesman said on Friday. Col. Vladimir Drik said two Tu-160 Blackjack bombers, on a

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president, who in November initiated constitutional changes to the presidential and parliamentary terms, said Friday that further amendments could be made to the Constitution. "Is it possible there will be some changes to

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin was elected board chairman of the Russian electricity export-import operator RAO UES on Friday, the company said. Inter RAO UES, a RAO UES subsidiary until the state electricity

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he hoped the incoming U.S. administration would help advance Russian-American dialogue. "Russian-U.S. ties are definitely not at their highest now - they have known better days. However,

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Moody's Investor Service lowered Russia's rating outlook from positive to stable, the agency said on Friday. Moody's was the last of three major rating agencies to issue Russia with a negative rating following Fitch

MOSCOW, December 11 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's state patent service, Rospatent, dismissed on Friday a firm's claims it can demand payment for the use of the smiley emoticon in Russia. The head of a Russian mobile advertising firm said earlier

JAKARTA, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian-Indonesian trade reached $1 billion in the first 10 months of this year, the Russian ambassador to the country said on Friday. "The goal set by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his official visit

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko may leave Tottenham if the club's manager can find a buyer for him in the January transfer window, the Daily Mirror reported on Friday. The paper said that Rednapp was

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - An armed man entered a bank in northeast Moscow on Friday and fired at a cashier before running out, a police spokesman said, adding that no money was taken and no one was injured.

MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - The South Ossetian leader has said that the two main streets in the republic's capital of Tskhinvali are to be renamed in honor of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The

Nicaragua's president said on Friday that despite a political deadlock in the country Russian warships will be able to visit the Central American state.

The Ukrainian ship Faina, captured by Somali pirates in September, may be released in the next two weeks according to a Russian website devoted to maritime issues.

The Somali ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday that Ukraine and all sides involved in negotiations to free ships seized off the east African coast need to cooperate with the Somali authorities.