A bride from China's Jilin Province on Thursday dressed in world's longest wedding gown (2,162-meter long), Xinhua agency said.

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 15:22 GMT

The German man who spent 105 days in isolation compartments in Moscow, for a simulated journey to Mars, says he missed daily life on Earth.

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 15:46 GMT

The Caesar Kunikov large amphibious landing ship from Russia's Black Sea Fleet arrived on Thursday to the Bulgarian port of Varna to take part in the 14th Blackseafor naval drills.

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 15:50 GMT

MOSCOW, August 6 (RIA Novosti) Money flows out of state corporations/ Deripaska plans mammoth private power company in Russia/ Russians assess war in South Ossetia/ Timber demand plummeting in Russia and the world

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 16:00 GMT

A polar bear at the Berlin zoo who became a pet for all Germany will “marry” in September and maybe one day have a family, Tagesspiegel newspaper said on Thursday.

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 16:06 GMT

Russian Premier League side Krilya Sovetov were knocked out of the Europa League qualifying rounds on Thursday evening by Irish minnows St Patrick's Athletic.

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 16:15 GMT

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan signed on Thursday agreements on cooperation in the gas sphere.

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 16:25 GMT

Patriarch Cyril completed a ten day tour of Ukraine which journalists called âœunprecedented.â� Upon his arrival at a Moscow airport, the patriarch told journalists what overwhelmed him about the country. </p>

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 17:16 GMT

Popular Russian fantasy writer Sergei Lukyanenko said on Thursday that he is to write a libretto for a classical opera based on his novel Nochnoi Dozor (Night Watch).

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 17:17 GMT

The prime ministers of Russia and Turkey signed an agreement Thursday on the two countries' nuclear cooperation and Russian firms' participation in the construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant.

// Aug. 06, 2009 - 17:20 GMT