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On Tuesday, May 15th, the State Duma discussed the events that took place in Moscow on May 6th, when the authorized action of the opposition in the center of Moscow developed into mass riots and clashes with riot police. There were only OMON police officers (riot police) hospitalized as a result of the clashes

John McCain believes that "the law of Magnitsky" will be tied to the repeal of the Jackson-Vanik amendment. The U.S. considers the bill as a way of putting pressure on Russia. The bill "Justice for Magnitsky" introduced a prohibition on entry into the United States and financial transactions to individuals involved in the death of a lawyer Magnitsky

Russia may soon launch the production of Italian Centauro tanks. Russian specialists already conduct the tests of two modifications of the machines equipped with 105- and 125-millimeter guns. Centauro is also known as a wheeled tank. Italy created the vehicle that combined the functions of a heavy armored vehicle and a basic heavy tank

A meeting on the deployment of US missile defense system in Europe organized by Russia has ended in failure. NATO officials watched the videos about their defense knocking out Russian missiles, the Defense Ministry once again explained that the European missile defense is a threat to Russia, and promised to attack preemptively should the need arise

The incident with Russia's state-of-the-art Sukhoi Superjet-100 (SSJ 100) casts doubts on Russia's ambitious plans to enter the international market of aviation. According to experts' estimates, Russia pinned great hopes on the SSJ 100 project.The plane went off radar screens yesterday in Indonesia during a demo flight

Assuming the President's office, Vladimir Putin announced that he understands his responsibility to the country and promised to justify the trust of the citizens. "I think the meaning of my life is my duty to serve the motherland, our people, whose support has inspired and helped to solve the most difficult and complex tasks", Putin said.

Putin sworn in as Russia's president for 6 years

Russia will keep backing the peaceful settlement plan in Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.

Russia will keep backing the peaceful settlement plan in Syria, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.

On May 5th, 2012, the newspaper Pravda, which was listed as one of the world's leading publications of the 20th century, marks its 100th anniversary. Pravda.Ru is directly relevant to the newspaper. As a result of the tragic end of the "mouthpiece of the Kremlin" in 1991, the editorial staff of the newspaper split into three newspapers in 1991-1997

The organizers of the "March of the Millions" do not mind adding rainbow colors (sexual minorities) to white that became the color of the Russian opposition movement. The "March of the Millions" is to take place in Russia on May 6th. One minority has already joined the other one before - it happened in St. Petersburg during May Day demonstration

Powerful blasts have claimed lives outside the capital of Russia's violence-plagued Dagestan region.

US human rights organization Freedom House has published another annual report about the freedom of speech in the world. According to Freedom House, whose budget is presumably based on the grants from the US government, the state of affairs with the freedom of press did not worsen in 2011 for the first time in eight years

Russia: US missile defense talks close to dead end

Talks between NATO and Russia over U.S. plans for a projected missile defense system in Europe remain at loggerheads, Russia’s Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said on Thursday.

Six soldiers died in western Russia Wednesday when ammunition they were unloading for destruction exploded, the defence ministry said.

May 2nd was the last day, when Dmitry Medvedev had a meeting with the leaders of parliamentary factions as the President. Medvedev signed the law about the elections of the governors and relieved the parties of the need to collect signatures. He also set out his readiness to continue working with all parliamentary factions "in the new format"

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About 25,000 metric tonnes - or 62 percent - of Russia's chemical weapons haf been destroyed till April 29, RIA Novosti reported Sunday.

Russia is getting to the heart of political practice, as the president is preserves his non-party status and the Head of the Government relies on the parliamentary majority; defeating the party in the Duma elections. Vladimir Putin, after his inauguration of the Presidential post, will abandon his post as Chairman of "United Russia"

Russia is planning to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

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Russia is planning to send a manned mission to the moon by 2030, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

Photographer Viktor Lyagushkin explores the Blue Lake in Russia.

Russia has raised the alert level for its forces in the Far East.

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Russia confirmed Wednesday the three new crew members scheduled to leave for the International Space Station (ISS) May 15.

Russia's military leadership has for the first time acknowledged a nuclear threat from Iran and North Korea.

Russia will host the 2013 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships, the country’s badminton authorities said Tuesday.

Russia signed a deal with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday agreeing the rent Russia will pay for using military facilities in that country.

Russia announced the formation of two dozen special border guard units in the Arctic. The strengthening of the Arctic borders will be implemented in the next eight years. The Defense Ministry promised to patch all the holes in the Arctic border formed in the post-Soviet years. The military presence will be strengthened by the ground troops

Russia’s defense electronics are up to 12 years behind foreign analogs, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday.

China and Russia Sunday began a joint naval exercise that will focus on maritime defence.

China and Russia launch naval drills featuring anti-submarine and anti-aircraft exercises

Russia has selected a 15-year-old girl to compete in the pool at the Olympic Games in London this August, Russia’s head swim coach Andrei Vorontsov said Saturday.

Moscow has received an important signal that says that Teheran considers Russia as a friendly nation for a long period of time. The two countries currently try to restore the defense cooperation within the scope of the UN sanctions against Iran. Russia still insists on the diplomatic solution of the Iranian nuclear problem

Russian MPs are trying to protect tourists from the possibility of becoming hostages at hotels abroad. There were two incidents during the recent years, when thousands of Russian tourists found themselves left to the mercy of fate because of the bankruptcy of travel operators. At first, there was a story with the clients of Capital Tour in 2010

Russia will reduce defense spending for 2012 by 25 billion rubles ($833 million), Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Sukhorukov said on Thursday.

NATO, Russia mull closer cooperation in Afghan war

Russia has just granted 10 grants in favour of the formation of congolese officers, announced Anatoly Klimenko, ambassador of Russia in DRC.

Russia on Wednesday announced that foreign athletes may not exceed 25 percent of a professional sports club's workforce.

The Russian Federation is ranked third in the world in terms of the spending on the army. The Russian Federation increased the spending on the army by more than nine percent in 2011. Russia's army spending thus totaled $72 billion. The amount put Russia ahead of France ($62.7 billion) and Britain ($62.5 billion)

News agencies reported that Russia may deploy its Voronezh missile defense radar in Transdniestria. The move may come as a response to the appearance of the missile defense system elements in Europe. In addition, the radar station may counterbalance NATO's bases in Romania. Transdniestria has become an object of Russia's special attention again

Syrian opposition hopes Russia to pressure Assad

Think-tank: Russia, China boost arms spending

Oligarch in disgrace Boris Berezovsky (known for his initials as BAB) announced the principles of the new ideology of Russia. According to him, Russia must have a new leader - Britain's Prince Harry. BAB believes that Prince Harry has "more Russian blood than the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II. Russia should adopt the British legal system

Russia has agreed to support the US World Bank candidate.

A powerful blast at around Friday midnight hit an about 240-km long natural gas pipeline connecting Azerbaijan and Russia.

A powerful blast at around Friday midnight hit an about 240-km long natural gas pipeline connecting Azerbaijan and Russia.

A documentary looks at a town which has renamed itself after Yuri Gagarin, Russia's most famous spaceman.