Wednesday 28 March '07
Vladimir Churov, a lawmaker belonging to the Zhirinovsky-led faction of the ultra-nationalist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in the State Duma...Thursday 22 March '07
Russia’s international builder company Atomstroiexport on Wednesday denied Western press reports that its specialists were pulling out from the site of Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran.Wednesday
21 March '07As many as 63 persons were killed in a fire at a nursing home in Russia at Kamyshevatskaya town on Tuesday. Thirty persons have been hospitalised.Sunday
4 March '07A coffin with the remains of the first post-Soviet President of Georgia, Zviad Gamsakhurdia has been found in the Chechen capital Grozny.Friday
2 March '07President Vladimir Putin on Thursday nominated Ramzan Kadyrov as Chechnya's new President. The Chechen Parliament is expected to vote on Kadyrov's candidacy on Friday.Friday
23 February '07On Thursday, Russia and the US called for resolving their differences through close bilateral dialogue as US national security adviser Stephen Hadley sought to ease Russian concerns about American intentions.Saturday
17 February '07Russian President Vladimir Putin has fired Chechen President Alu Alkhanov, and appointed Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov as the acting President of the North Caucasus Republic.Thursday
15 February '07Acting Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov was on Wednesday officially sworn in as new President of the oil-and-gas-rich Turkmenistan...Sunday
11 February '07In yet another incident of xenophobic crime in Russia, a group of neo-Nazi ‘skinheads’ attacked a correspondent of the Russian edition of Newsweek magazine Aidar Buribayev on Friday night at the Tverskaya metro station in the centre of the capital.Thursday
8 February '07Defence Minister’s statement comes as US moves to have anti-missile bases in Poland and the Czech RepublicMonday
5 February '07Marina Litvinenko, the widow of murdered ex-KGB agent Alexander Litivnenko, has written a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin...Saturday
3 February '07The Moscow city court on Friday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for setting off bombs on the Moscow metro in February and August 2004 that killed 50 people and injured over 300.Thursday
25 January '07Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Russian President Vladimir Putin have the key task of reinforcing the perception of strategic partnership between the two countries during their summit in New Delhi on January 25.Monday
22 January '07A top official of the Russian Defence Ministry said the country will not sign any agreements with India on the joint development of 5th generation fighter jet...Thursday
18 January '07Russia today declared a high alert and tightened security at defence installations and transport networks across the country...Tuesday
16 January '07The first two weeks of January, supposed to be the thick of winter with heavy snowfall, have been the warmest witnessed by the Russian capital in 130 yearsMonday
15 January '07Russian investigators will go to Britain to investigate the murder of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko...Saturday
13 January '07Russia on Friday slammed the new US strategy in Iraq announced by President George W Bush...Tuesday
9 January '07The solitude of fifty per cent residents in Moscow, looking for suitable life partners, has led the dating industry in the capital city to flourish.Monday
8 January '07Russian Foreign Ministry has slammed the US sanctions against Russian arms companies saying it was an attempt to extend American laws to foreign companies.Sunday
31 December '06Russia today expressed regret over the execution of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein...Sunday
31 December '06Russia today expressed regret over the execution Saddam Hussein, saying the Iraqi government ignored numerous appeals by representatives of various states...Saturday
30 December '06Legendary KGB agent Boris Gudz died here on Friday at the age of 104. Russian Federal Security Service said in a statement that Gudz’s funeral would be held on Saturday.Friday
22 December '06Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday urged countries where radioactive polonium was found not to politicise the issue.Tuesday
26 September '06St Petersburg: Nitish Kumar Singh, a sixth-year medical student of the Mechnikov Medical Academy in St Petersburg was stabbed to death...
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