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Kyrgyz police shoot Russian officer Authorities in Kyrgyzstan are investigating a shooting incident between Russian military officers and local police. The military men were from a Russian air force base in the town of Kant around 20 kilometres east of...

Russia inches towards WTO membership Russia taken another step towards joining the World Trade Organisation. Moscow has signed a protocol on completing bilateral talks with the United Arab Emirates.

Putin ends flurry of diplomacy Outgoing President Vladimir Putin was rarely out of the spotlight last week. After agreeing to lead the country’s biggest political party, United Russia, on Tuesday, he then flew on to Libya and Italy for talks on trade...

Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday Russia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating Palm Sunday. The day is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. The feast commemorates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days...

Berlusconi to lobby EU on behalf of Russian travellers Following a meeting with Vladimir Putin, Italy's Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi says he'll urge the EU to ease visa restrictions for Russians. Italy is a signatory of the Schengen agreement. Putin in turn...

Nine die in Spanish bus crash At least nine people, including a seven-year-old girl, have been killed in a bus crash near the Spanish city of Malaga.

Happy landing! Space crew back on Earth A Russian capsule carrying crew from the International Space Station has landed. Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko, U.S. astronaut Peggy Whitson and the first South Korean in space, Yi So-yeon, came down in the Kazakh...

Obama looks strong ahead of crucial primary Barack Obama has regained momentum in his campaign to become the Democratic candidate in the race for the White House. The state of Pennsylvania goes to the polls on Tuesday, in what is the biggest remaining primary. It...

Russia to clear landmines in Serbia Russia is to start mine-clearing operations in Serbia. Work will begin on Monday after Russia’s Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu and Serbia’s Trade Minister Predrag Bubalo reached a deal in Belgrade.

Russians keep a watchful eye on the 2008 U.S. presidential race The swearing in of the new Russian President next month will be followed a few months later by the inauguration of the next U.S. president. The 2008 U.S. presidential race, the most exciting in decades, is being watched...

Russian paintings fetch top dollar in New York Works by Russian artists have fetched more than $US 17 million at Christie's auction house in New York. That’s around $US 5 millions more than organisers had been expecting.

River of foam puzzles locals near St.Pete Ecologists in Russia's Leningrad region got a surprise when they found the local river and nearby fields covered in a lather of bubbles. Firemen used water cannon to tackle the foam while police attempted to stop people...

Berezovsky vs Abramovich - battle of the oligarchs Two Russian tycoons are set to go head-to-head in a legal battle in London. About a month ago the self-exiled Boris Berezovsky, who's a wanted man in Russia, filed a lawsuit against business magnate Roman Abramovich.

Takes two to make peace: Russia supports Middle East talks Russia has pledged to support both Israel and the Palestinian Authority in their efforts to end conflict in the Middle East, according to comments made by President Putin during talks with the Palestinian leader,...

Russia and Georgia: friends again? Russia is set to lift visa and postal restrictions on Georgia in a further thawing of relations between the countries. Imports of fresh food could also be allowed as Russian officials consider lifting a ban on Georgian...

Russia to keep Arctic secrets First Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov says Russia is under no obligation to reveal the information it has learned from recent Arctic expeditions.

Russia mints new batch of billionaires Russia now has more than 100 billionaires, according to the Russian edition of Forbes magazine. In 2007 there were 60 of them on Forbes global list, while in March 2008, 87 Russians made the super-rich list.

Giraffes wed in Brazil A couple of Giraffes have exchanged vows in Rio de Janeiro as part of the city zoo's breeding programme.

Penza cult members face deportation Five members of the Doomsday cult in the Penza region are to be deported as illegal immigrants. A court has ruled that all five, citizens of Belarus, broke Russia’s immigration laws. They’ve been fined and ordered to...

Putin in Italy on last Presidential trip abroad Energy deals, joint work on a new-generation super jet and relations between Moscow and Europe will dominate Friday’s meeting between President Putin and Italian Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi. Putin is on his last...

Russia through the eyes of the world's press As a country that plays an important role in world politics, Russia draws a lot of media coverage. LexisNexis, a company which runs an archive of printed sources has carried out an analysis of Russian stories in the...

Coalmine fire kills Russian & Ukrainian A fire in a coalmine has killed one Russian and one Ukrainian on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen. Twenty-nine other miners were evacuated by rescuers when the fire broke out in the Russian settlement of Barentsburg.

U.S. scientists raise doubts about anti-missile shield American scientists have expressed doubts to U.S. Congress about the effectiveness of the planned anti-missile defence shield in Europe. They say the system would not be able to provide the U.S. and Europe with...

Friends reunited as Putin and Berlusconi meet Vladimir Putin has met with his old European ally, Italy’s Premier-elect Silvio Berlusconi, in Sardinia. The visit is Putin’s final foreign trip as Russian President before he steps down next month.

Build-up of Georgian troops on Abkhazia border causes concern Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia says it will take retaliatory measures unless Tbilisi removes troops that are reportedly building up on its border. The de-facto leader of Abkhazia, Sergey Bagapsh, says he’s...

Murder rumours rife at doomsday bunker Authorities in the Penza region are investigating claims that Doomsday cult members may have been murdered in their underground bunker. Rumours started after most of the sect's followers left the hideout earlier this...

Russia writes off Libya’s debt Moscow has written off Libya's $US 4.6 billion Soviet-era debt in exchange for lucrative contracts for Russian companies. The agreement was reached during President Putin’s two-day visit to the oil-rich African state...

Ex-nuclear minister released from jail Russia's former Atomic Energy Minister has been released from prison. Evgeny Adamov was jailed in February for embezzling more than $US 30 million from the Russian budget in the 1990s. He had been sentenced to five and...

Mystery buyer bags tsarist relic in New York A rare artefact from Russia’s tsarist past has gone under the hammer at Sotheby’s in New York. The religious painting, held back until the last day of a sale devoted to Russian art, sent bidders into a frenzy.

Six cops shot in attack on Ingush police base Six policemen have been injured in an armed attack on police officers in Russia's southern republic of Ingushetia. One of the republic's top police officers is reported to have been badly injured.

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