The Most Holy Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill began a 10-day visit to Ukraine on July 27.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 04:55 GMT

Police killed five suspected militants in a shootout in southern Dagestan, the Russian republic's Interior Ministry official said on Tuesday.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 05:10 GMT

At least 11 people were killed in a multiple-car crash in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, local police said on Tuesday.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 05:26 GMT

The world's best kite surfers gather in the German North Sea resort of St. Peter-Ording for a week-long championship meet.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 06:18 GMT

The number of Russians who have contracted the A/H1N1 virus has risen to 28, Russia's sanitary watchdog said on Tuesday.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 06:20 GMT

Following two major air crashes, Iran calls Western aviation sanctions a violation of human rights.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 06:21 GMT

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin continues his Latin American tour on Tuesday with his third visit to Nicaragua in the past 12 months.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 06:46 GMT

Unknown people set fire to seven regional offices of three Greek political parties in Athens early on Tuesday morning, police in the Greek capital said.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 06:59 GMT

The Russian-British joint oil venture TNK-BP said on Tuesday its U.S. GAAP net profit had dropped 56.5% year-on-year in January-June 2009 to $2 billion.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 07:14 GMT

Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov has invited some pardoned warlords to join special operations against the remaining militant groups in Russia's troubled North Caucasus republic.

// Jul. 28, 2009 - 07:28 GMT