One Russian serviceman was killed and another four were injured during a shootout with militants in the country's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a police source said on Monday.
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 05:03 GMT
The Miss Universe 2009 crown has been won by Miss Venezuela, the country's second victory in a row
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 06:06 GMT
Work to repair the Siberian hydropower plant where at least 69 people died in an accident last week has begun, a Russian emergencies official said on Monday.
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 06:26 GMT
The president of the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia will on Monday fly back to Moscow, where he has spent two months recovering from an attack, for more rehabilitation.
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 06:34 GMT
The launch of the shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station is scheduled for 1:36 a.m. EDT [05:36 GMT] on Tuesday, a NASA spokesman told RIA Novosti
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 06:39 GMT
The bodies of three Russian firefighters have been recovered after they died in a fire at an oil depository in northern Siberia, a ministry spokesman said on Monday.
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 07:21 GMT
Wildlife specialists from across the globe have pushed for government programs to protect the population of the Saiga antelope in Russia at an international congress in Moscow
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 07:39 GMT
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will pay an official visit to Mongolia on August 25–26 to meet with his counterpart Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, a Kremlin aide said on Monday.
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 07:53 GMT
Drug police in Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg seized around 13 kilograms (28 pounds) of heroine from three Tajik citizens, a police spokesman said
// Aug. 24, 2009 - 08:31 GMT