Moscow, Russia News

The First Consultation Meeting of National Committees for UNESCOa s Information for All Program will take place on 7 and 8 December 2009 in Moscow, Russia.

Russia on Monday held a national day of mourning to commemorate the victims of a deadly nightclub blaze that killed at least 112 people and injured a further 130.

Moscow: Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and visiting Indian prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh signed an agreement Monday to cooperate in the peaceful use of nuclear technology and also inked three agreements related to defence.

New Delhi, Dec.5 : During Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day official visit to Moscow which begins on Sunday, India and Russia are likely to sign a host of agreements of significance, which will be a reflection of the breadth of their relationship and particularly, the depth of their cooperation in the defence sector, said Foreign Secretary ...

New Delhi, Dec.5 : Prime Minister will be in Moscow for the Annual Summit Meeting with the Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday.

's ordeal describe his survival as nothing short of a miracle. The once fit, towering 51-year-old who campaigned on environmental issues and criticized his city government's policies through the pages of his newspaper is now gone.

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov in July proposed to Akhmed Zakayev, a leader of the nationalistic and comparatively moderate Chechen opposition, that he return to Chechnya.

On the eve of a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Russia's President Dmitri Medvedev, there are new signs of substantial progress in relations between the Holy See and the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow, and hint that a "summit" meeting between the Pope and Russian Patriarch Kirill might be under discussion.

An arbitration panel has ruled that shareholders in the former Yukos oil company, which was disbanded by the Russian government in 2007, are entitled to seek an estimated $100 billion in damages from the Russian government, lawyers for the Yukos shareholders said on Tuesday.

Dubai's leader tried to calm panicky investors as regional markets tumbled for a second day on news that the city-state's chief conglomerate needs to delay payments on its $60 billion in debt for six months.

Russia's domestic intelligence service Saturday said a train disaster that killed at least 39 people and injured nearly 100 was caused by a bomb.

Russian tabloid's editor promotes a new type of journalism, more emotional and interesting than the staid traditioal newspapers + Enlarge This image The web version of Russian daily newspaper Pravda displayed on a monitor at an internet cafe in Moscow, Russia in April 2007.

Officials say a powerful homemade bomb sent a high-speed Russian train off its tracks, killing at least 26 people.

The Nevsky Express, an upscale line popular with Russian business executives and government officials, was carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to the northern city of St.

Photo taken on Nov. 24, 2009 shows water products at the exhibition hall of the first "Clean Water" International Forum in Moscow, Russia.

A top Russian space official says there is no space for tourists wishing to fly to the International Space Station.

The fulfilment of the new pension legislation and important problems of the development of the pension system are to be considered at the second annual Russian Pension Forum that is opening in Moscow on Wednesday.

Russia's Foreign Ministry sent on Tuesday a note of protest to Japan over a document describing the Southern Kuril islands as "territory occupied by Russia." Responding to a parliamentary query earlier in the day, the Japanese government reiterated that "the Russian Federation is illegally occupying four northern islands." A senior Russian MP said ...

At least eight people have been killed in an explosion that happened at Arsenal 31, ammunitions depot on the outskirts of Ulyanovsk, 900km south-east of Moscow, Russia.

A majority of the world's fatal traffic accidents occur in the Asia-Pacific region and concerted regional and country responses are needed to address the issue, Asian Development Bank Vice-President Ursula Schaefer-Preuss said.