Following the example of many Western countries, Russia has launched a program offering owners of old cars 50,000 rubles ($1,680) each for their vehicles' disposal in a bid to support Russia's ailing car industry, a leading business daily reported on Tuesday.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 07:48 GMT
Around one and a half million people are addicted to heroin in Russia, a Health Ministry top specialist told RIA Novosti.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 07:41 GMT
Firefighters who are still trying to contain a fire at a chemical plant in the Urals city of Perm prevented an explosion on Tuesday, an emergencies service spokesman said.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 07:14 GMT
One person died early on Tuesday when flames engulfed a nightclub in downtown Moscow, emergency services said.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 05:37 GMT
About 250 people were evacuated early on Tuesday from a residential building in downtown Moscow due to a fire in an adjacent night club.
// Mar. 09, 2010 - 03:37 GMT
Russia will provide by the end of 2010 the first batch of low-enriched uranium for an international nuclear fuel reserve bank under control of the UN nuclear watchdog.
// Mar. 08, 2010 - 21:33 GMT
A former Russian police officer who had posted on the web two video messages urging a nationwide crackdown on police corruption said Sunday he has been released from custody.
// Mar. 07, 2010 - 20:06 GMT
A Russian police officer who posted online video messages urging a nationwide crackdown on police corruption will be released from custody within hours, investigators said on Sunday.
// Mar. 07, 2010 - 12:01 GMT
Irina Antonenko from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg was crowned Miss Russia 2010 on Sunday.
// Mar. 07, 2010 - 03:46 GMT
Irina Antonenko from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg was crowned Miss Russia 2010.
// Mar. 06, 2010 - 22:13 GMT