The south of Ukraine - there are only Russians... Ukraine merely received it with the decision of KPSS political bureau. Who may assert that we do not have any interest there?... (excerpt from the famous Putin`s Bucharest speech)
ROME, April 17 (RIA Novosti) - Italy has launched procedures to return the St. Nicolas Orthodox church, in the southern city of Bari, back to Russia, a source in the Russian embassy in the country said Friday. On Thursday the
SARDINIA, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Italy will propose discussions with the rest of the European Union on introducing visa-free travel between Russia and the 27-nation bloc, prime minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday. Speaking after talks with outgoing Russian
ROME, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - An Italian man has been sentenced to 10 days in jail and ordered to pay a 40 euro ($63) fine for staring at a woman on a train, national media reported on Friday. The
STRASBOURG, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli and Palestinian lawmakers will gather for their first meeting in Rhodes, Greece, in June during a PACE session on the Mideast, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Friday. "The agenda for the meeting
TEHRAN, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - A top official from the international nuclear watchdog will arrive in Tehran on a two-day visit on April 21 to discuss Iran's nuclear program, IRNA news agency said on Friday. Olli Heinonen, deputy director
TBILISI, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's foreign minister will arrive in the U.S. on Monday to seek Washington's support in a row with Russia, which Tbilisi accuses of trying to annex parts of its territory, the Foreign Ministry said.
BRUSSELS, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Justice and interior ministers of EU states have directed the bloc's police organization, Europol, to prepare a report on the threat posed by Russian organized crime, the EU Council said on Friday. A spokesman
MOSCOW, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb will pay an official visit to Moscow next week, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Friday. Stubb is scheduled to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on April
TEL AVIV, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Israeli authorities announced on Friday a tender for the construction of 100 houses in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, despite an agreement banning settlement activity in Palestinian territories. The agreement was part
TBILISI, April 17 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's president demanded Thursday that Russia revise its measures to support the unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, saying the measures violate Georgia's sovereignty. Russia's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday the president had instructed
ANKARA, April 17 (RIA Novosti) -- One Turkish soldier was killed and 13 wounded in a firefight with Kurdish insurgents in southeast Turkey, national media reported Thursday. Turkey's NTV channel said the clash took place in the Sirnak province around
