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Piglets seek Moscow Olympic glory
The pigs attempted running, swimming and football
The third annual "Pig Olympics" have been held in Russia where the pigs might not have flown but they did sho... | Comment |
Astrologer attempts to sue NASA
MOSCOW, March 30 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal Thursday lodged by an astrologist against a lower court's ruling to dismiss a huge law... | Current Affairs |
Moscow denies Saddam claims
Moscow - Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday called reports that Moscow had provided information to Saddam Hussein's regime on US troop movements ... | Current Affairs |
Moscow neo-Nazi gets 13 years
The Moscow City Court on Monday sentenced a man who attacked worshippers in a synagogue with a hunting knife to 13 years in prison and mandatory psychiatric tre... | Current Affairs |
Moscow bids to host Champions League final
MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Moscow has submitted a bid to host the Champions League final in 2008 or 2009, Russia's soccer chief Vitaly Mutko said on Friday.
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G8 energy ministers gather in Moscow
Moscow: Exploration of fossil fuels and increasing global use of nuclear power will dominate talks in Moscow Thursday between the energy ministers of the G8... | Current Affairs |
Moscow Calls in Swedish Ambassador
Russia called in the Swedish ambassador Wednesday to express serious concern about the detention of a Russian researcher on spying charges.
According to a st... | Current Affairs |
Smertin leaves Chelsea for Moscow
Chelsea have sold midfielder Alexei Smertin to Dynamo Moscow.
Smertin, who has spent this season on loan at Charlton will cost the Russian club £1m.
The... | Comment |
Moscow government won't allow gay parade
MOSCOW. Feb 16 (Interfax) - The Moscow city government will not allow a gay parade in the city on any circumstances and in any form, Moscow mayor's press secret... | Comment |
Drunken elephant causes chaos in Moscow
MOSCOW: The coldest spell in Moscow in 26 years has brought out the quirkiest in the Russian character with one animal trainer feeding an elephant a bucket of v... | Comment |
Moscow State Circus travels to Liverpool
FROM Russia with love, the Moscow State Circus returns to the UK with a brand new show, bringing thrills, spills and fabulous feasts for the eyes.
Coming to ... | Art and Culture |
Russia failing to win drink battle
(THE GUARDIAN, LONDON) Perfume, brake fluid, de-icer, meths, toilet cleaner, nail varnish remover ... "I drank them all," Boris Kuznetsov said. "Everything that... | Comment |
Chelsea sign Maniche from Moscow
Chelsea signed Portugal midfielder Maniche on loan from Dynamo Moscow on Wednesday, the English champions said.
The 28-year-old former Porto player has join... | Comment |
Moscow Buried in Heavy Snowfall
Heavy snowfall paralyzed traffic in Moscow and other cities in central Russia on Wednesday, as weather forecasters predicted that snowfall would continue at lea... | City Focus |
Icon smuggler caught at Sheremetyevo Airport
MOSCOW. Dec 21 (Interfax) - Customs officers have found four icons in the luggage of an Italian citizen at Sheremetyevo Airport, the press service of the Federa... | Current Affairs |
Anti-Fascists march in Moscow
One month after far-right nationalists marched through Moscow's city center shouting "Sieg Heil," at least 1,500 people marched from the same square in an anti-... | Current Affairs |
Moscow out of UEFA Cup
LONDON — Roma, Bolton, Basel and Heerenveen advanced to the next phase of the UEFA Cup yesterday, while defending champion CSKA Moscow was eliminated with... | Comment |
Moscow tightens control of migrating birds
MOSCOW(RIA Novosti) - Moscow has stepped up control over birds migrating from "unfavorable" regions, a senior veterinary official said Thursday.
"No infecti... | Current Affairs |
War and Peace survives scandal in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - When Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre postponed its new production of "War and Peace" after the conductor walked out, critics sharpened their pencils... | Art and Culture |
Moscow gas leak explosion kills four
MOSCOW, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- An explosion on the top floor of a Moscow , apparently caused by a leak, has killed four people and sheared off a section of the buildin... | City Focus |
Indian PM reaches Moscow
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh landed in Moscow to a red carpet welcome on Sunday. During his three-day official visit he will hold wide-ranging talks with Russi... | Current Affairs |
Moscow to sell missiles to Iran
MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- Russia has agreed to sell anti-aircraft missiles to Iran as part of a $1 billion arms deal that would significantly increase Moscow's military... | Current Affairs |
Moscow manager sentenced to 14 years in jail
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow court has sentenced Alexei Kurtsyn, a deputy property manager of the Moscow branch of the embattled Yukos oil company, to 14 yea... | Current Affairs |
Beauty Contest for HIV-Positive Girls
On 1st December Russia is to hold a beauty contest for HIV-positive girls, announced Russia’s chief sanitary official Gennady Onishchennko on Monday.
T... | Comment |
Moscow police launch counterfeit clampdown
Police have launched citywide sting operations aimed at shutting down producers and sellers of counterfeit music, movies and software, in the latest clampdown o... | City Focus |
Sky-high price for Moscow hotel
A landmark 34-storey hotel in the Russian capital has fetched $274m (£159m) at auction.
The 1,000-room Ukraina Hotel was one of seven "Stalinist Gothic... | City Focus |
Ballerina's birthday honoured
Russian ballet legend, Maya Plisetskaya, had her 80th birthday marked with a grand gala at the Kremlin Place in Moscow on sunday.
Stars from the Bolshoi, Be... | Art and Culture |
Eight killed in plane crash near Moscow
Eight people were killed when a Cessna business plane crashed and burst into flames near the Russia capital Moscow, probably due to bad weather.
The aircraf... | Current Affairs |
3 Killed in Moscow High-Rise Blaze
A fire in a 25-story apartment building in the Russian capital killed three people Friday night and forced hundreds of other residents to evacuate, the Associat... | Current Affairs |
Pork thief rumbled by webcam
A couple living in a communal apartment in Moscow, set up a webcam to monitor the goings on in their shared kitchen after a number of their most succulent pork ... | Comment |
Switzerland returns art to Moscow
A Swiss government official says a collection of paintings from Moscow's Pushkin Fine Arts Museum can return to Russia.
The paintings, which had been sent to... | Current Affairs |
Palermo 0 - Lokomotiv Moscow 0
Lokomotiv Moscow held firm with 10 men to claim a creditable point from their tricky UEFA Cup tie at Palermo.
Neither side could make the breakthrough at La ... | City Focus |
G8 to meet in Moscow and St. Petersburg
The Russian Minister of Finance, Alexei Kudrin announced that two G8 summits will be held in Russia in 2006.
"Two G8 meetings will be held next year when Rus... | Current Affairs |
Smuggler caught red-handed
Police arrested a would-be smuggler last week after he tried to sneak through customs at Domodedovo airport with $150,000 worth of jewels.
The Russian citize... | Comment |
Russian “Bonnie and Clyde” Go On Trial
A Moscow regional court opened the trial today of a couple dubbed the “Moscow region’s Bonnie and Clyde” for their alleged violent attacks aga... | Current Affairs |
Partying in Moscow
Design duo of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana visited Moscow last week. The Dolce & Gabbana brand has long been viewed in Russian as a symbol of belonging to... | Comment |
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