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Rows over Syria, energy cloud Russia-EU talks The European Union and Russia kick off a two-day summit on Monday overshadowed by rows over Brussels' decision to lift its arms embargo on the Syrian rebels and resolve to loosen Moscow's grip on EU natural gas supplies.
03 June 2013
Russia's ambitious smoking ban goes into effect Russia's ambitious smoking ban, which aims to cut the number of smokers in half and improve public health, went into effect Saturday amid doubts that its measures can be fully enforced.
03 June 2013
Circus family reopens Moscow's unique cat theatre Up on a brightly lit Moscow stage a clown loudly welcomes the stars of today's show -- 20 highly trained cats.
02 June 2013
Photo courtesy of press-service of the regional department of Russian Interior Ministry© Bus from Kazakhstan flips over near Samara A bus driving from Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to Moscow flipped over in Samara oblast of Russia.
31 May 2013
Russian arms to Damascus unhelpful: Hague British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Thursday that Russian weapons supplies to the Syrian regime were impeding the search for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
31 May 2013
Major powers struggle to agree on Syria conference: envoys Failure to agree on who will take part in an international conference on the Syria could thwart hopes that the make-or-break meeting will be held in June.
30 May 2013
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin President Nazarbayev hoping the blanket agreement on neighborly relations between Kazakhstan and Russia in the 21st century will be renewed this year We are witnesses to your great personal attention to development of ties between Kazakhstan and Russia: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
30 May 2013
Kazakhstan's Sergey Lim fights with Japan's Masashi Ebinuma. Photo courtesy of ijf.org Judo: Kazakhstan's judoka wins World Masters tournament Kazakhstan’s judoka Sergey Lim won the World Judo Masters tournament that was held in Tyumen, Russia.
29 May 2013
International trio takes shortcut to space station An international trio flying in a Russian capsule docked the International Space Station on Wednesday with a busy schedule full of space walks and an encounter with a pioneering US cargo craft.
29 May 2013
©RIA NOVOSTI Japan, Russia to jointly develop oilfield Japan and Russia on Wednesday signed a deal that will see them jointly explore and develop a potentially lucrative oil and gas field off Russia's Far East coast.
29 May 2013
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev (L), President of Belarus Aleksander Lukashenko (C) and President of Russia Vladimir Putin (R). ©REUTERS Nazarbayev to meet with Putin and Lukashenko Presidents of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan will arrive to Astana on May 29.
28 May 2013
11th meeting of the Sub-Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation of the Inter-Government Commission on Cooperation between Kazakhstan and Russia. ©mod.gov.kz Kazakhstan and Russia to continue cooperation in defense Kazakhstan and Russia will continue cooperating in defense industry.
28 May 2013
A seismologist points at a graphic showing an earthquake reading. ©REUTERS Massive Far East quake felt in Moscow, no casualties A massive undersea earthquake Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.
24 May 2013
©REUTERS Kazakhstan mulls raising excise duty on alcoholic beverages Minister of Economic Affairs and Budget Planning: Russia’s Finance Ministry suggested synchronizing the excise duty policy with regards to alcoholic beverages.
24 May 2013
©RIA NOVOSTI Stalin police criticism sparks anti-Semitism row in Russia A explosive comparison made by a liberal Russian politician between Stalin's agents and Hitler's secret police has provoked a storm of abusive criticism in Russia that has been tinged by anti-Semitism.
24 May 2013
Seismographic graph showing the magnitude of the earthquake. ©REUTERS/David Moir 6.0 quake off Russia's far-east Kamchatka coastline A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula early Tuesday followed by a series of strong after-shocks.
21 May 2013
Dagestan blasts kill four as Moscow 'plot' foiled Twin car bombs killed four people and wounded close to 50 Monday in Russia's restive Dagestan region while the Kremlin also announced it had foiled a major attack on Moscow.
21 May 2013
Marina Litvinenko, the wife of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.  ©REUTERS/Luke MacGregor Litvinenko UK inquest in doubt after Russia evidence excluded The inquest into the death in Britain of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko is close to being scrapped after the coroner ruled Friday he could not hear evidence about the alleged role of the Kremlin in his poisoning.
18 May 2013
Russian security services name CIA Moscow chief Russia's security services openly named the alleged US intelligence agency's Moscow station chief Friday in a rare breach of protocol after arresting a purported CIA agent working undercover.
18 May 2013
Russia must be convinced to 'finish with Assad': Hollande French President Francois Hollande said Thursday that more efforts were needed to convince Moscow to drop its support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
17 May 2013
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