James Bond marks 45 years on the big screen
LONDON, October 5 (RIA Novosti) – OO7, Her Majesty's secret agent, or just plain, "Bond – James Bond," celebrated 45 years as a big screen hero on Friday.
// Oct. 05, 2007 - 13:24 GMT
Faberge egg owned by Rothschild could sell for $18 mln in Nov.
LONDON, October 4 (RIA Novosti) – An earlier unseen Faberge egg from the Rothschild family's collection could sell for a record $18 million at Christie's Russian week in London, to be held from November 26–29.
// Oct. 04, 2007 - 12:32 GMT
Rostropovich collection to go to Petersburg palace -1
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// Oct. 01, 2007 - 10:53 GMT
Prosecutors deny rehabilitation to last Russian tsar's family - 1
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// Sep. 26, 2007 - 16:14 GMT
Stephen King's foundation to encourage writers in difficulty
WASHINGTON, September 21 (RIA Novosti) – Stephen King, a famous U.S. horror writer, who celebrates his 60th birthday Friday, has declared that his Haven Foundation fund will begin offering grants.
// Sep. 21, 2007 - 09:04 GMT
Elton John to play Candle in the Wind at the Kremlin
MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) – Sir Elton John, one of the world's most famous singers will play together with the Elton John Band at the Kremlin in Moscow Tuesday night, the head of the promotion company said.
// Sep. 18, 2007 - 08:35 GMT
U.K. experts say Russian poet Lermontov had Scottish roots
LONDON, September 12 (RIA Novosti) – British company Oxford Ancestors, a service compiling family trees with the help of DNA analysis, intends to prove that the famous Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov was of Scottish origin.
// Sep. 12, 2007 - 08:59 GMT
Russian opera singer auctions family collection to support funds
MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti) – Galina Vishnevskaya, a famous Russian opera singer and the wife of deceased cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, plans to auction off the family's collection of Russian art to maintain her charitable foundations.
// Sep. 06, 2007 - 07:22 GMT
Russian-made Golden Koran to be exhibited in Iran
MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) – A Russian-made copy of the Koran, etched onto 162 sheets of 99.9% pure gold, worth $5.9 million, will be exhibited in Iran's capital later this month.
// Sep. 04, 2007 - 13:55 GMT
Bone fragments of last Russian Tsar's family brought to Yekaterinburg
YEKATERINBURG, September 3 (RIA Novosti) – Fragments of the skeletal remains of last Russian Tsar Nicholas II's family were brought to Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, Monday for comparison with recently found remains allegedly belonging to the Tsar's children.
// Sep. 03, 2007 - 12:59 GMT