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WikiLeaks’ Assange to Guest Star on The Simpsons

18:19 31/01/2012 MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti)

Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, will guest star on the 500th episode of the animated TV comedy show The Simpsons that will be aired on February 19, The Entertainment Weekly reported.

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St. Petersburg Tells Dante Fans to Talk to Dead Poet
12:51 30/01/2012
St. Petersburg officials have denied re-registration to the city’s branch of the world-renowned Dante Alighieri Society, insisting its members must agree its name with the great poet himself, Fontanka.ru news website reported on Monday.
Stalin Death Mask Auctions off for $5,600
21:14 24/01/2012
The death mask of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was sold on Tuesday for 3,600 British pounds ($5,600) at British auction house Mullock’s.
U.S. Academy Awards Announces 2012 Oscar Nominations
19:01 24/01/2012
The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Tuesday the Oscar nominees, the world's leading film award.
House That Inspired Bulgakov on Sale for $42 Mln
19:05 18/01/2012
A house in downtown Moscow that reputedly inspired famous Russian 20th century writer Mikhail Bulgakov has been put on sale for $42 million, a real estate agency announced on Wednesday.
Russian culture minister slams US claims to sacred Jewish books
17:05 13/01/2012
U.S. claims to the Schneerson library are provocative and spoil cultural ties with Russia as the sacred Jewish books are the unalienable property of the country, Russian Culture Minister Alexander Avdeyev said on Friday.
Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie meet President Obama at White House
03:39 12/01/2012
One of Hollywood’s most famous couples, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, met on Wednesday with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House, Huffington Post reported.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012!
03:41 08/01/2012
RIA Novosti wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and that all your wishes come true!
Mass celebrations of Orthodox Christmas begin in Russia
03:00 07/01/2012
Russian Orthodox believers flocked to churches on Saturday to attend Christmas service.
Russia seeking over 900 artworks via Interpol
15:13 29/12/2011
Russia has added more than 900 works of art including paintings and collectibles to Interpol’s online database of stolen cultural property items, Russian Deputy Interior Minister Sergei Bulavin said on Thursday.
Russian police offer $3,000 propaganda prize
16:31 28/12/2011
The Russian Interior Ministry is establishing a 100,000 ruble ($3,100) prize for the “most talented propaganda of police work,” the ministry said on Wednesday.
Katia Zatuliveter hopes to publish own book in Great Britain
13:40 03/12/2011
Alleged Russian spy Katia Zatuliveter said in an interview with RIA Novosti on Saturday that she is now finishing an own book about her life in Great Britain and hopes to publish in the United Kingdom next year.
Arthur C Clarke predicted Russian win in Moon race
17:11 02/12/2011
In a rediscovered 1963 interview, late British science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke predicts that the Soviet Union would win the Moon race by launching a manned mission to the Earth's natural satellite in 1968, The Guardian said.
Bonhams sells Polenov masterpiece for record $6.39 mln
19:27 01/12/2011
Renowned Russian artist Vasily Polenov’s masterpiece “He That Is Without Sin” (1908) was sold at a Bonhams auction in London for a record 4.07 million pounds sterling ($6.39 million).
Sotheby's auctions off Benois collection for $3 mln
03:10 30/11/2011
A large private collection of works by famous Russian watercolor artist Alexander Benois has been sold at a Sotheby's auction in London for almost 2 million British pounds ($3 mln).
Michael Jackson is dead
22:33 29/11/2011
Paintings by Russian artists go for $4.6 million at Christie's
19:40 28/11/2011
Viktor Vasnetsov and Vasily Vereshchagin paintings brought in a total 3 million pounds ($4.6 million) at a Christie’s auction on Monday.
Over $400 million to be spent on Hermitage’s 250th anniversary
21:12 23/11/2011
$413 million will be spent on events to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of Russia's Hermitage museum in 2014, federal bank officials said on Wednesday.
Guided tours of 'new' Bolshoi Theater begin
18:02 23/11/2011
Guided tours of the newly reconstructed Bolshoi Theater started on Wednesday, theater officials said.
Bolshoi Theater reopens after renovation
18:02 23/11/2011
One of the world's largest opera and ballet theaters reopens after the six-year renovation on October 28. A gala concert devoted to the reopening of the Bolshoi Theater will be broadcast on RIA.RU on October 28 from 6 p.m. Moscow time.

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