Medvedev’s first job was to keep the streets clean

During a state awards ceremony held in the Kremlin, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the audience that his first job was as a street cleaner.

// Jul. 29, 2011 - 06:56 GMT


Russia’s first F1 racer tests LADA Granta Sport

Lotus Renault GP team member and Russias first Formula One driver Vitaly Petrov tested the racing version of the LADA Granta Sport during the celebration of AvtoVazs 45th anniversary in Togliatti on Tuesday, July 26. He circled the companys test track several times and then shared his impressions with reporters. </p>

// Jul. 28, 2011 - 06:33 GMT


Russians, Americans take to the water to keep cool

Scorching heat will remain in Moscow over the next days, with temperatures of 32–34 degrees Celsius, an expert from Russias weather predicting center Fobos said. However, on Sunday the high temperatures will ease. </p>

// Jul. 24, 2011 - 07:37 GMT


Combat engineer equipment can overcome any obstacle

Combat engineer units defuse mines, build bridges and create heavy-duty military equipment crossings during an exercise in Russias Volgograd Region. </p>

// Jul. 23, 2011 - 07:08 GMT


Divers in 1950s-style suits search for a tube in muddy water during an exercise

Diving instructors and commanders of engineer reconnaissance troops of all branches of the armed forces demonstrated their qualification by using a range of different types of diving equipment in a training center in the city of Volzhsky. Officers worked under water in both a modern diving suit, and a suit of a 1950s design.

// Jul. 22, 2011 - 08:35 GMT


Cubans set fire to the “Devil” and praise the goddess of the sea

An annual festival of traditional Caribbean cultures, known locally as the Fiesta del Fuego, has taken place in Cuba. This years highlights included the Ode to Yemaya, a ritual of the Yoruba religion dedicated to the goddess of the sea, and the Fire Parade, which culminates in the Devil Burning ceremony. </p>

// Jul. 19, 2011 - 08:38 GMT


Reporting from a hot air balloon 200 meters above ground

A RIA Novosti reporter travelled 200 meters above ground to get a story on the 10th Golden Ring ballooning festival in Pereslavl-Zalessky on July 14. All twenty crews on eleven balloons reached that altitude.

// Jul. 18, 2011 - 08:40 GMT


Putin lays flowers at impromptu memorial to shipwreck victims

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has laid flowers at an impromptu memorial in the port of Kazan to the victims of the Bulgaria shipwreck. He then chaired a meeting of the ad hoc government commission investigating the shipwreck. In his remarks, the prime minister commented that Russians have come to see disasters as a normal part of life, but that the July 10 shipwreck had nonetheless come as a shock to the entire nation.

// Jul. 15, 2011 - 07:26 GMT


Sixteen perish in Brazilian air crash

A regional airliner crashed in a northeastern city in Brazil on Wednesday, killing all 16 people on board, the nation's Air Force said.

// Jul. 14, 2011 - 08:32 GMT


400 hundred year old frescoes and 18th century iconostasis

The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin, commonly known as the Cathedral of Basil the Blessed, or St. Basils Cathedral, marks its 450th anniversary on July 12, 2011. Construction of the Cathedral was completed on July 12, 1561. </p>

// Jul. 14, 2011 - 07:42 GMT