Russia's Supreme Court has filed a petition with the country's Constitutional Court asking for a ruling on whether Russia should continue with its self-imposed moratorium on capital punishment. Russia has maintained a moratorium on capital punishment since 1999, when the

Russia's ailing car industry took another blow on November 4, as America's General Motors unexpectedly cancelled the proposed sale of its German Opel unit to a consortium of Russia's Sberbank and Canada's Magna. The collapse of the deal, which comes

Two former members of an obscure neo-Nazi organization have been arrested for the murder of Stanislav Markelov and Natalia Baburova, Russian media have reported. But is it not just the slightest bit suspicious that somebody chose to leak this information

Abkhazia has started preparing for the main political event of 2009 - the presidential elections. November 2 was the deadline to nominate candidates for the main governmental post of this partially-recognized republic. The upcoming elections are the fourth following the

Cargo handling in January - October amounts 5213.4 thousand tons. VLADIVOSTOK, October 6, vladivostoktimes.com Commercial Port of Vladivostok summed up the results of 10-month work of this year, cargo handling in January - October amounts to 5 213.4 thousand tons.

She works with photos but also she deals with performance, sculpture, and constant experiment. VLADIVOSTOK, November 7, vladivostoktimes.com Meeting with the artist Suko Presso (Susan Taeko) will be held in Museum exhibition center (6, Petra Velikogo Street) in Vladivostok on

Russian Federation Ministry of Culture plans to hold it in APR countries to show at summits which will be held before APEC-2012. VLADIVOSTOK, November 5, vladivostoktimes.com Opening of art and historic exhibition "Russia: Eastern View. Connecting the worlds" devoted to