Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a pair of executive orders designed to protect secrets carried on government computer networks from sabotage by insiders by restricting connections between international and domestic computer networks, The Moscow Times reports. The measures, signed
On March 18, the Commission of the Public Chamber for affairs of veterans, servicemen and members of their families headed by Alexander Kanshin organized a conference in the Military University of the Defense Ministry with participation of human rights organizations,
The Financial Times has published an extensive interview with President-elect Dmitri Medvedev. He reaffirmed his opinion about the need to make courts objective and independent, and to overcome widespred nihilism regarding the law in Russian society....
MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Poland will only agree to temporary inspections by Russian military personnel of U.S. missile bases on its soil, and only on a reciprocal basis, the Polish defense minister said Wednesday. Washington has said that
MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's United Aircraft Building Corporation will meet delivery terms for its new Sukhoi Superjet 100 medium-haul passenger airliner, a first deputy prime minister said Wednesday. "The UABC is not disrupting anything," Sergei Ivanov said.
MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow's Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts and London's Tate Britain signed an agreement Wednesday to hold the first exhibition in Russia of works by William Turner, a famous 19th century British artist. The exhibition
Under the court decision, a man suspected of killing 5-year-old Polina Malkova was arrested for two months in Krasnoyarsk on March 26, a source in the Investigation Department informed KNews. As KNews reported earlier, the man, 35, had been taken
A director of Tsema Ltd, a Krasnoyarsk firm engaged in the illegal sale of apartments, faces up to 10 years' imprisonment, the Krasnoyarsk Territory interior department reported Wednesday. The investigation of a criminal case opened on swindling (Article 159 of
Two children drowned in a pond as a result of snow melting in Idrinsky District of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Monday. Irina Muzhetskaya, head of the press service of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Chief Directorate for Internal Affairs, reported. "It became known
For months now, a Soviet-era warship has been making waves - and filling countless column inches - in both Russia and India. The ship at the center of the storm is an aircraft carrier called the Admiral Gorshkov.
Consequences were dramatic for Valentina Pavlenko, who during the 2WW fell in love with a U.S. sailor in the Arkhangelsk Interclub. Sixty-five years later, the now 80 year old woman shares her experiences from the unique Soviet social clubs for
According to State Duma vice speaker Valery Yazev, adoption of the bill on access of foreigners to Russia’s strategic enterprises will help set clear-cut rules in the national market and attract investment. "The draft law will allow providing protection of
