President Dmitry Medvedev has accepted the resignation of Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, as governor of the far eastern region of Chukotka.
SURABAYA, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - The first three Russian Mi-17-B5 Hip H medium assault/transport helicopters were delivered to Indonesia on Thursday. Russia signed a contract with Indonesia in 2005 to supply six helicopters made by the Kazan helicopter plant.
SIMFEROPOL, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - The Kerch Strait has been completely cleared of traces of last November's fuel spill, the Ukrainian emergencies ministry said Thursday. Four ships sank and six ran aground on November 11 last year during a
S. have reached a tentative agreement on the deployment of an American missile base in Poland, a leading Polish TV channel reported * The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted resolutions: - urging Russia to avoid steps that compromise Georgia's sovereignty in
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is close to securing a deal to bring attacking midfielder Andrei Arshavin, the star of Russia's Euro-2008 campaign, to Chelsea soccer club, media reports said on Thursday. The 27-year-old Zenit
CAIRO, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Egypt opened the Rafah border point Thursday to let stranded Palestinians return to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported. Additional staff are reported to have been brought in to speed
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - A 79-year-old man from eastern China's Jiangsu province has failed his university entrance exam for the fourth time, the Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. Wang Xia has been trying to get a diploma
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's president has said that United States presidential candidate John McCain's pledge to seek Russia's expulsion from the G8 if elected was not a serious statement. Russia joined the Group of Seven leading industrialized
MOSCOW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. nationals were freed after being held hostage for several years by a Marxist rebel group, through a bloodless military intelligence operation. The politician, who holds
WARSAW, July 3 (RIA Novosti) - Poland and the U.S. have reached a tentative agreement on the deployment of an American missile base in Poland, a leading Polish TV channel reported. Poland and the United States have been engaged in
MOSCOW, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Swiss company Noga has appealed rulings by French courts to unfreeze Russian accounts held in France, a source in the Russian Finance Ministry said Wednesday. "Noga has appealed the court rulings to unfreeze the
7% in the first six months of this year, the federal statistics service said * Around 5,000 people have been abducted in the North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya since 1994, Chechen human rights ombudsman said * Two policemen were killed,
