Russian Navy headquarters to stay in Moscow
The headquarters of the Russian Navy will not be transferred from Moscow to St. Petersburg, a high-ranking Defense Ministry official told RIA Novosti on Friday.
// Sep. 03, 2010 - 07:02 GMT
Medvedev, Putin's approval ratings go up after wildfires - polls
The Russian president and prime minister's approval ratings have risen in the aftermath of wildfires that ravaged a large part of European Russia this summer, business daily Vedomosti said on Friday.
// Sep. 03, 2010 - 06:57 GMT
Russian Health Ministry puts $66,000 price tag on life
Proposed health legislation on a mandatory liability insurance program would see healthcare providers in Russia pay out $66,000 for deaths caused by negligence, a business daily said on Friday.
// Sep. 03, 2010 - 06:45 GMT
Death toll from wildfires in Russia's Volgograd Region rises to 4 (Update 2)
Wildfires raging in Russia's Volgograd Region have now killed 4 people and injured 14, a Emergency Ministry spokeswoman said on Friday.
// Sep. 03, 2010 - 06:13 GMT
Russia to remember victims of terrorist attacks
Numerous events will be held across Russia on Friday, to mark the Day of solidarity in fight against terrorism and the final day of the Beslan school siege, in which 334 people were killed.
// Sep. 03, 2010 - 03:49 GMT
Wildfire approaches federal highway in Volga area (Update 1)
Wildfires have been raging in forests on both sides of the M5 “Urals” federal highway linking Moscow and the Urals near the city of Togliatti in the Volga area.
// Sep. 03, 2010 - 03:31 GMT
Russian media distort reality of anti-corruption campaign - paper
Russia's media is failing to accurately report the lack of progress made by the state's anti corruption campaign, the Vedomosti business daily said on Thursday.
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 07:01 GMT
Two dead as houses burn in west Siberia
Two people died in a blaze that engulfed three houses in Russiaâ™s west Siberian city of Omsk early on Thursday, an emergencies ministry spokesperson said. </p>
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 05:26 GMT
Police officer killed in Ingushetia attack
Suspected militants shot dead a police officer in Russiaâ™s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia early on Thursday, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti. </p>
// Sep. 02, 2010 - 04:42 GMT
Russian government partially lifts grain export ban
The Russian government has partially lifted a grain export ban, introduced from August 15 to December 31, and allowed exports under international contracts signed by the Russian Federation and as humanitarian aid.
// Sep. 01, 2010 - 08:17 GMT