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Press Release Outside trading hours - Regulated information* Brussels, 24 May 2013 Today, KBC Group is pleased to announce the completion of the deal announced on 24 December 2012, whereby KBC would sell its Russian banking business Absolut Bank to a group of Russian companies that manage the assets of the second largest non-state pension fund in ... (more)

Ukraine is interested in developing cooperation with Russia in space industry, in particular under the Dnipro program, and in participating in the creation of super-heavy launch vehicle on the basis of the Zenith carrier rocket and in constructing of the cosmodrome "Vostochyi". This was announced by vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuri Boiko in ... (more)

FILE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands in Moscow on May 8. Kerry argued the U.S. case to Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to take a tougher stance on Syria.

The Northern Capital was the only Russian city to make the list this year. RBTH introduces apps for modern gadgets and devices that may be indispensable for foreigners who visit St.

Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vucic met with Russian Defence Minister Segei Shoigu in Moscow to discuss the implementation of the agreement on cooperation in the defence sector.Vucic, who is on a two-day visit to the Russian Federation,... The first thing you need to do is choose a news reader, if you ... (more)

Reuters is reporting that the father of Chechen immigrant Ibragim Todashev, slain by an FBI agent yesterday, "is said to be on close terms with regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov." Ray Sawhill of Uncouth Reflections has coined the phrase "Russia: Awesomest Country on Earth" for things like this ultraviolent micro- action movie .

Mazor Robotics Ltd. , a developer of innovative surgical robots and complementary products, today announced that its Russia distribution partner, Neuroproject, placed an order for a Renaissancea system to be used at the N. N. Blokhin Cancer Research Center, located in Moscow.

Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian military's General Staff, speaks during a security conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 23, 2013.

This was after players such as Watisoni Votu and Nikola Matawalu were named in the Flying Fijians and the national 7s team that was due in camp yesterday.

Israeli filmmaker Messe Kopp walked backwards then played his film in reverse. The concept is simple, but the result is bizarre.

WASHINGTON, May 22 Republican US lawmakers are taking steps to bar the United States from sharing classified missile defense technology information with Russia, draft legislation that was amended in the US Congress Wednesday shows.

As the U.S. and Russian governments trade accusations over espionage activities and human rights abuses, Baker & McKenzie of counsel Thomas Firestone, a former Justice Department official and liaison to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, has been expelled from the country.

That's the name of a DEC promotion reminding people not to disturb fawns and other young wildlife.

MOSCOW Russia was Tuesday set to question the sole survivor of a deadly police raid outside Moscow that authorities said had prevented a major attack in the capital.

Displayed on a computer screen is one of the pictures of Alexei Ustimchuk, a former officer of the Federal Bodyguard Service , posing behind Vladimir Putin's desk in the Kremlin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, British Prime Minister David Cameron, next Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. REUTERS/FILES A string of leaders and senior emissaries, seeking to prevent further escalation of the Syria crisis, has headed to Moscow recently ... (more)

Regulators and the drug industry met in Moscow last week to develop a framework for firms developing biologics and biosimilars in the Russian Federation.

Fifty-nine-year-old Pavel Vinogradov became the first human being to take advantage of the Russian Federal Tax Service's website to file his taxes from the International Space Station last month .

I learned about the detainment of the American spy and third secretary of the U.S. Embassy, Ryan Fogle, while I was in Morocco at a conference.

RTE HAS defended Ireland's Eurovision result and insisted that, despite finishing in last place, an act will be sent to compete in the song contest next year.