Russia's most celebrated women
RIA Novosti commemorates Russia's most celebrated women on March 8, International Women's Day.
// Mar. 07, 2010 - 21:45 GMT
Russia's most beautiful girl and her rivals
Girls from the Urals region attracted great attention at the Miss Russia 2010 beauty pageant held on Sunday, March 7 in the Barvikha Luxury Village concert hall. Irina Antonenko, a 18-year-old student from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, was crowned Miss Russia 2010. Along with the title and the crown, Antonenko received a cash prize of $100,000 and an opportunity to represent Russia at the forthcoming Miss World pageant in Nha Trang, Vietnam
// Mar. 07, 2010 - 15:45 GMT
Photo tour with RIA Novosti: Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar occupies the worldâ™s the fourth-largest island and many small islands in the southwest of the Indian Ocean. </p>
// Mar. 06, 2010 - 17:06 GMT
World’s First Ladies: housewives, fashion models, businesswomen and politicians
// Mar. 05, 2010 - 17:00 GMT
Seven days in photographs, February 27 - March 5, 2010
RIAN.Ru presents a photo review of the main events of February 20 – March 5, 2010 in its Weekend project
// Mar. 05, 2010 - 16:00 GMT
Russia wins Olympic bronze in men's 4x7.5km biathlon relay
Russia took the bronze medal in a photo finish with Austria for the silver in the Vancouver Olympics men's 4x7.5km biathlon relay on Friday under heavy snowfall.
// Feb. 27, 2010 - 07:47 GMT
Russian snowboarder Ilyukhina takes surprising silver
Yekaterina Ilyukhina won Russia's first ever Olympic medal in snowboard after snatching the Olympic silver in ladies' parallel giant slalom.
// Feb. 27, 2010 - 07:16 GMT
Russia wakes up with a headache to Olympic ice-hockey defeat
It was the middle of the night in Moscow when Russia's ice-hockey players were swept off the ice by a rampant Canada at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. That didn't stop fans all round the country staying up until the early hours to cheer on their side.
// Feb. 25, 2010 - 08:11 GMT
Russia's Skobrev takes silver in Olympic speed skating
Russia's Ivan Skobrev took the Olympic silver in men's 10,000 meters speed skating event.
// Feb. 24, 2010 - 06:59 GMT