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Russian GDP Growth Forecast for H2 Downgraded to 2% – Ministry 27 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
The Economic Development Ministry has revised downward its GDP growth forecast for the second half of the current year to 2 percent, Deputy Economic Development Minister Andrei Klepach said Tuesday.
Police Seize Putin-in-Drag Portrait 27 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
Police confiscated a satirical portrait of Russia’s president and premier clad in women’s underwear – along with paintings depicting arch-conservative lawmakers and the Moscow Patriarch with prison ta...
Russian Premier League Football: CSKA Leading, Rostov in Third 27 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
Defending Russian Premier League champion CSKA Moscow went to the top of the table for the first time this season after a comeback win over FC Tomsk and thanks to stumbles by their major rivals in the...
Moscow Cops Escorted Cars for Cash – Reports 27 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
Roadside Bomb Defused on Highway in Russia’s North Caucasus 27 Aug 2013 | 04:46 pm
Bomb disposal experts defused an improvised explosive device found on a highway in Russia's North Caucasus Tuesday morning, a press officer for the local Interior Ministry said.
Prosecutors Find New $175 Mln Property Scam in Russian Defense Ministry Case 27 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Russian military prosecutors have uncovered yet another property scam by former senior Defense Ministry officials involving assets worth 5.8 billion rubles ($175 million), the Prosecutor General’s Off...
Oboronservis Case 27 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
Expert-level and Advanced Aerobatic Maneuvers 27 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
On August 27, the 11th International Aviation and Space show MAKS 2013 opens in the city of Zhukovsky just outside Moscow – an event renowned for its spectacular aerobatics programs. Find out what aer...
Eruption Begins at Eurasia’s Highest Volcano in Russia 27 Aug 2013 | 04:05 am
Eurasia's highest volcano, Klyuchevskoi, on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia's Far East, began erupting, Russia’s Skanex research and development center said in a statement on Tuesday.
Russian Warships Dock at Venezuelan Port for Visit 27 Aug 2013 | 03:10 am
A Russian naval task force, led by the Moskva missile cruiser, arrived Monday on a visit to the Venezuelan port of La Guaira, local media reported.