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A new two-volume history of Russia's turbulent 20th century is being hailed inside and outside the country as a landmark contribution to the swirling debate over Russia's past and national identity.
Teams for Wednesday's Champions League Group B match between CSKA Moscow and VfL Wolfsburg at Luzhniki stadium:
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Russian stocks fell the most since Nov. 13 as oil extended declines after the U.S. revised economic growth down and metals slid. The ruble weakened after the central bank cut interest rates to a record low.
A police investigator and a court bailiff were found beheaded in a car trunk in Russia's mainly Muslim region of Kabardino-Balkaria, Interfax said on Tuesday, underscoring spreading violence on Russia's southern flank.
The market has been reacting negatively to Vimpel Communication's third quarter results, pulling the Russian telecom sector downward.
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- The Georgian government will pay to return the body of a man beaten to death by Moscow police two days ago, the refugees and accommodation minister said.
(RTTNews) - In an apparent softening of Russia's reaction to the European Union's (EU) Eastern Partnership program, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow does not rule out joining the alliance that the 27-nation bloc formed with six ex-Soviet states earlier this year.
MOSCOW -- President Dmitri A. Medvedev ordered an inquiry on Tuesday into the death of a 37-year-old lawyer who died in pretrial detention last week after being swept up in a battle between the Russian authorities and the international investment fund he was representing.
(AP:ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) A cutting-edge French warship sailed into St. Petersburg Monday to show off its capabilities to potential buyers in the Russian navy, whose pursuit of an amphibious assault capacity is frightening some neighboring countries.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko stepped down Tuesday as president of the Russian Football Union. Mutko's resignation was expected after President Dmitry Medvedev recently announced that all sports federations must be run by full-time professionals. The union said in a statement Tuesday that Mutko's top deputy, Nikita Simonian, will serve as interim chief until February, when a new...
International growth partnership firm Frost & Sullivan is very pleased to announce the opening of a new regional office in Moscow to further expand its global reach and provide the best service to its rapidly growing client base in the Commonwealth of Independent States and Russia.
Moscow (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked a number of senior military officials over two fatal explosions at a weapons depot in central Russia that killed 10 people, reports said Tuesday.
CHICAGO----Premier Energy Corporation , a leading oil and gas exploration company took an active role in the recent Russian National Exhibition November 18-21 in Chicago, IL. The exhibition marked a 200 year anniversary from the start of diplomatic relations between Russia and the USA and was the first exhibition of this type in recent years of Russian companies and their resourceful and ...
A French amphibious assault ship like the one Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday in St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that Russia is upgrading its navy to intimidate its neighbors.
A Russian environmentalist says a rare Siberian tiger fitted with a radio-tracking collar by Vladimir Putin has vanished.
German car and truck maker Daimler AG said Tuesday it has signed two joint-venture agreements with Kamaz Inc. that will expand its presence in the Russian truck market for an investment of about euro10 million .
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 25, 2009) - Fortress Minerals Corp. ("Fortress") (TSX VENTURE:FST) is pleased to announce that drilling has commenced at the Limonite Project in the Russian Far East. The Limonite Project is one of four copper-gold and copper-molybdenum projects in which Fortress acquired a 51% interest in a Joint Venture with Freeport-McMoRan Exploration ...
The publisher said that it would need to make too many expensive acquisitions to gain a leading market position.
President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a probe into the prison death of a lawyer arrested in a high-profile tax case, the Kremlin said Tuesday, following allegations of "mediaeval" prison treatment in Russia.
Czech champions Slavia Prague's captain Marek Suchy is heading to Russia's nine-time champions Spartak Moscow on a one-year loan, his team said on Monday.
(Home teams listed first) Group Stage Group A Bordeaux (France) vs. Juventus (Italy) Bayern Munich (Germany) vs. Maccabi Haifa (Israel) Group B CSKA Moscow (Russia) 2, Wolfsburg (Germany) 1 Manchester United (England) vs. Besiktas (Turkey) Group C Real Madrid (Spain) vs. FC Zurich (Switzerland) AC Milan (Italy) vs. Marseille (France) Group D FC Porto (Portugal) vs. Chelsea (England) APOEL ...
