- 22:03 08/04/2009
A senior Kremlin official has said that there is no need no move Lenin from his resting place on Red Square, and that any attempt to do so could have serious consequences.
- 22:02 08/04/2009
- 20:31 08/04/2009
Russian archaeologists working at Egypt's Fayoum Oasis have uncovered a number of mummies wearing golden masks, as well as other artifacts of historical value, a Russian Egyptologist said on Wednesday.
- 20:30 08/04/2009
France is ready to increase investments and its economic presence in Russia to strengthen the two countries' partnership during the world financial crisis, the speaker of France's parliament said on Wednesday.
- 20:12 08/04/2009
Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations will meet on June 25-27 in Trieste, Italy, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
- 19:48 08/04/2009
- 19:25 08/04/2009
Authorities in the northwest Russian city of Veliky Novgorod are to open a "Newlyweds School" to teach couples how to build happy marriages, a spokesman from the mayor's office said on Wednesday.
- 19:13 08/04/2009
The Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia said on Wednesday it would start construction of a fourth Borey class nuclear-powered strategic submarine this year.
- 19:02 08/04/2009
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- 17:25 08/04/2009
The five chapters of the second volume of Gogol's Dead Souls that a U.S. businessman says are in his possession could be a copy made after the writer's death, a Russian academic said on Wednesday.
- 16:46 08/04/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told the pro-Kremlin United Russia party on Wednesday that it needs to make greater use of the Internet in getting its message across.
- 16:12 08/04/2009
Russia is to deliver S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile systems to Belarus under an integrated air-defense agreement, a senior Belarusian military official said on Wednesday.
- 15:44 08/04/2009
A Russian MP, accused by the Dubai police of involvement in the March 28 assassination of Sulim Yamadayev, condemned the police investigation on Wednesday and said the police were "covering up" for a "criminal."
- 15:08 08/04/2009
The Russian national football team has dropped one place from eighth to ninth in the latest FIFA rankings, posted on the website of world soccer's governing body on Wednesday.
- 14:42 08/04/2009
Iraq's prime minister will visit Russia on April 9-11 to discuss oil and other projects with Russian companies in Iraq, the Russian government said on Wednesday.
- 14:39 08/04/2009
- 14:28 08/04/2009
Moscow is concerned by Pyongyang's recent rocket launch, but believes that imposing sanctions against North Korea would be counterproductive, the Russian foreign minister said.
