On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union. WWII gave a boost to the development of the art of military posters. From RIA Novosti archive.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 05:06 GMT

Russia's liberal opposition Yabloko party has elected Sergei Mitrokhin as its new chairman after the party's long-time leader Grigory Yavlinsky stepped down.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 07:26 GMT

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 07:59 GMT

The number of children hit by a relatively rare infection in the east Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk has risen to 49, a spokesperson for the city's health department said on Sunday.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 09:32 GMT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss the fulfillment of energy agreements and the prospects of bilateral economic cooperation with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, a Kremlin source said on Sunday.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 10:06 GMT

At least one person was killed and 19 others wounded in fighting that broke out Sunday in northern Lebanon between pro- and anti-government supporters, the television channel Al Arabia said.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 11:32 GMT

Russia and Israel will be able to switch to a visa-free regime at the end of September, the Russian embassy in Israel said on Sunday.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 12:11 GMT

Russia and Belarus denounce any attempts to revise the results of World War Two, a joint declaration by the presidents of both countries said on Sunday.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 13:08 GMT

A security officer was wounded after unidentified assailants opened fire on a car near the capital of the Republic of Chechnya in Russia's restive North Caucasus region, a local police source said Sunday.

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 13:52 GMT

// Jun. 22, 2008 - 14:56 GMT