MOSCOW- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has stressed need for Russia to adopt new democratic mechanisms to move forward and to be able to react swiftly to the interests and desires of large groups in...

DAMASCUS - The West voiced its ire over Russia and China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria even as more clashes and deaths were reported in the violence-wracked country.

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Russia has successfully completed the first stage of clinical trials of an HIV vaccine, an official said Monday.

The State Research Centre for Virology and Biotechnology, Vektor, completed the first...

Russia will develop by June this year a detailed 30-year plan to strengthen its naval forces, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin wrote in his twitter account.

"A detailed 30-year plan of...

Russia may have to boost its nuclear potential in the future amid emerging nuclear proliferation threats, Anatoly Antonov, Russia's deputy defence minister and a negotiator on the European missile...

Russian helicopter maker Rostvertol has partnered with a Chinese firm to set up a plant in northern China, authorities said.

The plant will be capable of manufacturing 100 lightweight civil Mi-2A...

Dozens of Syrian protesters stormed the Russian embassy in Libyan capital Tripoli Sunday, a day after Russia and China blocked a UN resolution on the Syrian crisis.

According to witnesses, several...

The veto by Russia and China of a United Nations Security Council resolution will not halt ongoing preparations for Western-backed intervention against Syria. The discussion on the resolution was a...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a press conference held at Villa Gernetto on April 26, 2010 in Lesmo, Italy. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Getty...

Vladimir Putin has promised to give the Russian people more political power ahead of presidential elections in March, but warned of the dangers of a "reign of...

A fire has been reported at a former nuclear research center in the Russian capital, Moscow. Officials of the Emergency Situations Ministry said there were no open flames and no threat of a...

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for more direct democracy in Russia in another article outlining his presidential campaign platform. In an article in the "Kommersant" newspaper,...

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Anatoly Antonov, Russia's lead negotiator with NATO on the planned Western European missile-defense system, said the discussions have reached "a dead...

Moscow, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) The group aircraft carriers Admiral Kuznetsov is sailing close to Great Britain after carrying out maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea and visiting Syria, the spokesman...

VOSTOK STATION -- A team of Russian scientists successfully drilled down to an "alien" lake deep below the ice in Antarctica that was hidden for an estimated 20 million years, the Ria...

, "Fitzgerald somehow manages to grasp the vanished time." It was true. Even the first sentence of her book surprised me -- not with the number of details, but with their selection,...

New Delhi, Feb 6: In 10 days from now, India will formally induct the latest Russian military helicopters, Mi-17V5, into its service when Defence Minister A.K. Antony hands over the keys to the...

GORKI, Moscow region, February 6 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s political system will benefit from gubernatorial elections, President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday at a meeting with representatives of...

"I don’t think that privatisation of federal television channels would be the right thing to do because the state should have its own tools for information policy and an official...

KIEV, February 6 (Itar-Tass) - Ukraine is ready to help Russia supply gas to the European consumers, Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov said on...

Last December Russian authorities were caught off-guard by civil activists’ mass demonstrations demanding fair elections. But last Saturday they responded to the protest activity of the middle...

GORKI, Moscow region, February 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The practice of appointing regional governors from the Kremlin has proved to have more cons than pros, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday as he...

NOVO-OGARYOVO, Moscow region, February 6 (Itar-Tass) - Privatization of Russia’s natural gas industry giant, Gazprom, is not ruled out in the future, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday...

Ria Novosti . The success caps off a decade-long expedition to be the first to reach the isolated Lake Vostok, which is buried 3,962 meters (13,000 feet) below the ice. The lake hasn't been...

Petra Kvitova Photo: CFP The Czech Republic took another step toward defending their Fed Cup title after a comprehensive victory over Germany, while Russia, Serbia and Italy also progressed to the...

Russia must give its people more political power, but should not hastily follow foreign recipes for democracy, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in an article published yesterday."Our society...

reported that the team penetrated Lake Vostok on Feb. 5, 2012. According to the report, the researchers stopped drilling at a depth of 3,768 meters as they reached the surface of the sub-glacial...

An up-and-coming street artist hiding under the code names "P183" has been dubbed "the Russian Banksy". He made headlines after several British, American and French dailies...

Team Russia have returned from the Beach Football World Cup, after stunning defending champions Brazil to claim their first-ever global...

The 61st Berlinale Film Festival is opening Thursday in the German capital. The Russian entry, Aleksandr Mindadze's Innocent Saturday, will be competing for the festival's top award - the...

In the fourth part of his pre-election manifesto published in Kommersant daily on Monday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin touts the internet as an electronic means for making democracy more responsive...

Political pundits can only imagine what was really discussed in a meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Georgian counterpart, Mikhail Saakashvili, but a slip of the tongue on the part of...

WASHINGTON, February 6 (RIA Novosti) - The United States on Monday closed its embassy in Syria and pulled out its staff, including Ambassador Robert Ford, over security concerns, the State Department...

MOSCOW, February 6 (RIA Novosti, Alexey Eremenko) - By blocking the U.S.-backed resolution damning Syrian leadership, Russia is reinforcing its diplomatic clout, defending its interests in the region...

The Russian bandy team will be rebuilt after losing the world championship title in a narrow 5-4 defeat to perennial rivals Sweden, Boris Skrylnik, head of the Russian and world governing bodies,...

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday he proposed restoring direct elections of regional governors because the current system has more drawbacks than advantages. Medvedev, who is not...

President Dmitry Medvedev proposed on Monday that Russia could consider joining the Open Government Partnership, an international initiative designed to make government more transparent and...

Russia and India started on Monday the preparation for joint INDRA-2012 military exercises scheduled to be held in Russia this summer, a spokesman for Russia’s Eastern Military District said. ...

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed the idea of a political amnesty because there are no political prisoners in the country. "I don’t quite understand what is meant...

With less than a month to go before a presidential vote in which Vladimir Putin will seek to return to the presidency, the prime minister has said Russia’s democracy needs "touching...