Adds ambassador's quote in paras 3, 4) MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - The new United States ambassador to Russia, career diplomat John Beyrle, arrived in Moscow on Thursday, the American Embassy said. Beyrle, 54, is former U.S. ambassador to
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Finance Ministry said Thursday it planned to start talks with South Korea on the early repayment of a $1.3 billion Soviet-era debt to the Asian nation in late July. "In late July, we
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian boxer Kostya Tszyu said Thursday he would go to the Beijing Olympics only to support his boxing compatriots as his exhibition fight with Chinese actor-director and martial artist Jackie Chan had been canceled.
Adds Abramovich spokesman's statement in paras 3,4, background in paras 7, 8) MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, has quit as governor of a remote Far East region, the Kremlin press
Richest Russians (Image gallery) MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, has quit as governor of a remote Far East region, the Kremlin press service said on Thursday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government has made a request to the Strasbourg court that public access to evidence from a 2002 Moscow theater siege be restricted, a lawyer for the victims' families said on Thursday. "We
ASTANA, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - The OSCE Parliament Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday urging Russia to avoid steps that compromise Georgia's sovereignty in its breakaway provinces. Members of parliament from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's government has submitted to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, a bill allowing courts to sentence people to house arrest, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Thursday. A source in the Russian
For the first time the meeting of 37 leading Universities of the world is held in the framework of the "Great Eight" Summit.VLADIVOSTOK, July 1, vladivostoktimes.com The report of the Rector of the Far-Eastern National University V.I. KURILOV "The World
MOSCOW, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Around 5,000 people have been abducted in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya since 1994, Chechen human rights ombudsman said on Wednesday. Nurdi Nukhazhiyev told an interdepartmental conference in Grozny, the Chechen capital, "In
MOSCOW, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Government officials sitting on board of directors in Russia's state-owned companies will be replaced by independent directors in the near future, a Kremlin aide said on Wednesday. "This will be carried out in 100%
MOSCOW, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian sovereignty over the Southern Kurils is unquestionable, but Russia is ready for talks with Japan on territorial issues, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Wednesday. In the run up to the July 7-9
