Sports

Sports

Acting Polish president, parliamentary speaker...

Acting Polish president, parliamentary speaker Bronislaw Komorowski will attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow in an effort to strengthen relations with Russia.

A fire broke out on Monday in a market in...

A fire broke out on Monday in a market in the city of Mytishchi outside Moscow, a Russian Emergencies Ministry spokesman said.

A Georgian opposition leader said the bogus...

A Georgian opposition leader said the bogus news report of a Russian invasion, broadcasted on Saturday, was intended to intimidate the opposition and tarnish its image over attempts to repair ties with Moscow.

A historic discovery was made on January...

A historic discovery was made on January 28, 1820. A Russian navy expedition under the command of Faddei Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev sighted the last of the remaining unexplored continents - Antarctica.

A Moscow court ordered on Friday that Yukos...

A Moscow court ordered on Friday that Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev spend another three months in harsh pretrial detention rather than return to regular jail.

A plane carrying players to a Kontinental...

A plane carrying players to a Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) all-stars clash in Minsk, Belarus, landed with only one engine functioning, an airport spokesman told RIA Novosti on Monday.

At least 32 people have died in floods and...

At least 32 people have died in floods and mudslides on Portugal"s Atlantic island of Madeira, authorities said on Saturday.

A top traffic police official was killed...

A top traffic police official was killed on Wednesday in Russia"s volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan when unknown gunmen opened fire on his car, a local police official said.

A video recording has appeared in the case...

A video recording has appeared in the case of a car accident involving the chauffeur-driven Mercedes of a vice president of Russia"s largest independent oil company, LUKoil, that resulted in two deaths.

Bomb disposal experts removed more than...

Bomb disposal experts removed more than 900 unexploded World War II artillery shells from a worksite in northwestern Moscow on Wednesday, an Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman said.

Both bombers who carried out the Monday...

Both bombers who carried out the Monday morning terrorist attacks in the Moscow subway were females, the Russian Security Service (FSB) said.

CSKA Moscow will take on Spanish club Sevilla...

CSKA Moscow will take on Spanish club Sevilla in the first knockout stage of this season"s Champions League.

Despite its best efforts, Belarus has been...

Despite its best efforts, Belarus has been unable to secure a level playing field for its trade with Russia, President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday.

Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat has said his...

Dutch trainer Dick Advocaat has said his talks with the Russian football officials on a deal to become a coach of the Russian national team "were on the right track," a Russian sports newspaper said on Friday.

Even if Russia and the United States sign...

Even if Russia and the United States sign a new strategic arms reduction treaty, it may not be immediately ratified by the U.S. parliament, Mikhail Margelov, the head of Russia"s upper house international affairs committee, said on Thursday.

Four militants were killed in a special...

Four militants were killed in a special police operation in the mountainous south of Chechnya, in Russia"s North Caucasus, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said on Thursday.

Four young people, including a female student...

Four young people, including a female student, were detained in northeast Moscow early on Monday after shooting at a police post, a police source told RIA Novosti.

Iran will unveil five space projects at...

Iran will unveil five space projects at ceremonies starting on Monday to celebrate the victory of the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Fars news agency said.

Irina Skvortsova, the Russian bobsledder...

Irina Skvortsova, the Russian bobsledder seriously injured during a training incident in Germany, was transported from a Munich hospital to a rehabilitation center on Koenigssee Lake, Sovetsky Sport newspaper said.

KALININGRAD, September 28 (RIA Novosti)...

KALININGRAD, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Large-scale joint military exercises being held by Russian and Belarus are not aimed at anyone and are purely of a defense nature, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.

KIEV, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - The leader...

KIEV, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - The leader of the schismatic Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchate has accused the Russian patriarch of pursuing a "political project" to deprive Ukraine of its sovereignty, the UNIAN news agency reported.

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who...

Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who fled the capital Bishkek amid violent opposition protests, will soon address the nation, the Kyrgyz ambassador to Russia said Thursday.

L"AQUILA (Italy), July 9 (RIA Novosti) -...

L"AQUILA (Italy), July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday that parliament"s decision on Kuril Islands did not foster an atmosphere of trust, a presidential aide said.

Maxim Barsky was appointed the chief executive...

Maxim Barsky was appointed the chief executive of the Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP on Thursday, the TNK-BP board of directors said.

Minsk has filed a lawsuit with the post-Soviet...

Minsk has filed a lawsuit with the post-Soviet bloc economic court against Russia"s decision to charge duties on oil supplied to the ex-Soviet republic and refined for re-export, the Belarusian Justice Ministry said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s justice minister said Wednesday that his ministry was looking to tighten up control over adoption of Russian children by foreigners.

MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian...

MOSCOW, April 8 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday spoke on the phone with Kyrgyz opposition-nominated premier Roza Otunbayeva, Putin"s spokesman said.

Moscow hopes Kiev will change its attitude...

Moscow hopes Kiev will change its attitude to Russia once a new president is elected, with ideology becoming less of a factor, Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia...

MOSCOW, July 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is to have its own pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 which is due to run from May 1 - October 31, 2010, a spokesman for the operator the All-Russia Exhibition Center said.

MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s...

MOSCOW, June 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia"s Dinara Safina and Nikolai Davydenko underlined their current good form with straight set wins in Paris at the weekend with unseeded Maria Sharapova continuing her tennis comeback following surgery.

MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Metalloinvest...

MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Metalloinvest, one of Russia's largest mining and metals companies, may get a new shareholder, with fugitive Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky claiming 5% of its stock, a business paper said on Thursday.

MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has...

MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has not yet decided whether to allocate Ukraine a $5 billion loan to help its economy overcome the global recession, a deputy Russian finance minister said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Serbia's...

MOSCOW, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Serbia's Novak Djokovic cruised to a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Nikolai Davydenko of Russia in Shanghai on Sunday, to win the Masters Cup title.

MOSCOW, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - An important...

MOSCOW, October 12 (RIA Novosti) - An important reason for Turkey"s decision to sign a deal on restoring diplomatic ties with Armenia is that it feels cheated by the West and wants to secure its economic interests, a Russian analyst said on Monday.

MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - Fugitive...

MOSCOW, October 26 (RIA Novosti) - Fugitive Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky could soon lose more than $150 million when a British court rules on his divorce from wife, the Daily Mail newspaper said on Monday.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - On February 10 fifteen years ago, the leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) met in Almaty, then capital of Kazakhstan (Central Asia), to sign an agreement to create a joint air defense system. In February 2010, they held a jubilee meeting of the Committee on Air Defense at the CIS Council of Defense Ministers.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - Russia and Belarus have begun the West 2009 war games.

MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s...

MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Iran"s missile program cannot but cause Russia to be concerned against the backdrop of the Islamic Republic"s unresolved nuclear issues, Russia"s envoy to NATO said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...

MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is to allocate 228 billion rubles ($7.6 bln) from the state budget in 2010 for the construction of sports facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, a deputy finance minister said on Tuesday.

MOSCOW. (Tatiana Sinitsyna, RIA Novosti...

MOSCOW. (Tatiana Sinitsyna, RIA Novosti commentator) - The 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali got underway Monday, December 3.

Muscovites will be able to learn about Soviet...

Muscovites will be able to learn about Soviet leader Joseph Stalin"s role in the World War II victory from street stands, a source in the Russian capital"s advertising and design committee said Wednesday.

NATO members are ready to send 7,000 additional...

NATO members are ready to send 7,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday.

North Korea has set up a "peacetime firing...

North Korea has set up a "peacetime firing zone" along its maritime border with South Korea, Seoul"s Yonhap agency reported.

One person died early on Tuesday when flames...

One person died early on Tuesday when flames engulfed a nightclub in downtown Moscow, emergency services said.

One policemen was killed and another one...

One policemen was killed and another one was seriously wounded early on Saturday by a group of unidentified gunmen in western Moscow, a police spokesman said.

Police in the U.S. state of Oregon have...

Police in the U.S. state of Oregon have arrested a Russian emigrant on charges of moving more than $172 million into the United States and out to more than 50 countries via shell companies, the CIA said on its website.

Polish Prosecutor General"s office said...

Polish Prosecutor General"s office said on its website it was looking into four preliminary versions of the recent air crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski.

Politicians, scientists and diplomats from...

Politicians, scientists and diplomats from Russia, Poland, Finland and Estonia will discuss European and national security issues during a two-day conference, which will open in the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod on Thursday, a spokesman for the local Mayor"s Office has said.

Referees invariably favor the home side...

Referees invariably favor the home side in Russian Premier League matches in the Chechen republic, Lokomotiv Moscow midfielder Dmitry Torbinsky told the Sovetski Sport paper on Wednesday.

Russia and the United States will finalize...

Russia and the United States will finalize a strategic arms reduction pact within days, a Foreign Ministry official said on Monday.

Russia has granted Georgian Airways permission...

Russia has granted Georgian Airways permission to run a series of charter flights between Tbilisi and Moscow over Orthodox Easter, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S...

Russia insists on the inclusion of U.S. missile defenses in Europe in a new strategic arms reduction treaty between the two countries in order to ensure nuclear parity, Russia"s top military commander said.

Russia intends to take part in a tender...

Russia intends to take part in a tender to build a nuclear power plant in Egypt within the framework of developing cooperation in the country"s nuclear power sector, the Russian industry and trade minister said.

Russia may see a rise in ethnic hatred following...

Russia may see a rise in ethnic hatred following the deadly blasts in Moscow"s subway, the ombudsman for Human Rights in Chechnya warned on Tuesday.

Russian and Belarusian officials meet in...

Russian and Belarusian officials meet in Minsk on Tuesday for discussions on electricity transit through Belarus, with both sides hopeful an agreement can be reached soon.

Russian pole vault queen, Yelena Isinbayeva...

Russian pole vault queen, Yelena Isinbayeva, has been awarded the 2009 Athlete of the Year title by the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) for the second year in a row.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded tightened security across the country after the early Monday morning blasts in the Moscow subway and pledged government assistance to the families of those who died or were injured in the explosions.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree awarding state decorations to Russian athletes for their achievements at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday that relations between Russia and the United States have become warmer, but urged fundamental changes.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday he had no plans to quit politics and had yet to decide whether to run for president in 2012.

Russian state-run businesses plan to inject...

Russian state-run businesses plan to inject over 2 trillion rubles (about $68 bln) into investment programs in 2010, the same amount as in 2009, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.

Russians think that President Dmitry Medvedev...

Russians think that President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have almost equal chances of becoming the next Kremlin chief after the 2012 presidential election, a survey by an independent pollster published on Wednesday said.

Russia"s State Duma has welcomed Ukrainian...

Russia"s State Duma has welcomed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych"s opinion on the recognition of Ukrainian genocide during the 1930s, the speaker of the parliament"s lower house, Boris Gryzlov, said on Wednesday.

Somali pirates have released a Greek cargo...

Somali pirates have released a Greek cargo ship captured two months ago after receiving a ransom, the EU"s naval force announced on Sunday.

Supporters of Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek...

Supporters of Kyrgyzstani President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, deposed in large-scale protests that swept across the country last week, are joining forces in the country"s south, Bakiyev"s traditional stronghold, as the ousted leader has refused to hand over power to the opposition. The opposition has urged the president to resign and leave the country.