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This is a full directory of all 141 articles about Moscow, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

Russian Champ in Toilet Tantrum

Nov.03.2006

Who says chess is dull? Certainly not us at Moscow Life who have been most amused by the latest saga in the chess world, dubbed by the media as 'toiletgate'. ...

Moscow is World's Most Expensive City

Sept.29.2006

Moscow has overtaken Tokyo to become the most expensive city in the world in 2006, according to a survey conducted recently. Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong were ...

Moscow road accidents explained

Sept.21.2006

Bizarre and uncaused accidents reported at times on the roads of Moscow are actually the result of abnormal energetic activity, experts say. This geopathogen...

Madonna switches to Moscow Olympic stadium

Aug.28.2006

Moscow - Organisers on Monday switched the venue for US pop star Madonna's Moscow concert from a hilltop site overlooking the city to a Soviet-era stadium used ...

Madonna to switch Moscow venue

Aug.26.2006

American pop icon Madonna is all set to switch the venue of her concert in Moscow, after Police have raised security issues. The Material Girl was due to pl...

Three charged for Moscow bombing

Aug.25.2006

A third person has been charged with racially motivated murder over a bomb blast at a Moscow market that left 10 people dead on Monday. A Moscow court also i...

Lonely Planet gives Moscow a bad name

Aug.15.2006

Moscow officials have launched an attack on the Lonely Planet series for giving the city a bad name, claiming that guidebook is having an adverse effect on tour...

Police hold two Hermitage suspects

Aug.07.2006

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Police have detained the husband and son of a museum curator on suspicion of stealing hundreds of artworks from Russia's world...

Clapton cancels concert on Red Square

Aug.01.2006

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Rock guitar legend Eric Clapton has cancelled a concert in Moscow after officials withdrew his permit to perform on the city's landmark Red S...

Trip to Moscow top prize in Hungary uprising quiz

Jul.18.2006

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - It may not seem an appropriate prize but schoolchildren with the best knowledge of the 1956 Hungarian uprising, which was crushed by Soviet...

G8 slams N. Korea tests, backs Russia Nuclear fuel plan

Jul.18.2006

REUTERS - St Petersburg - The Group of Eight industrialised nations condemned North Koreaís recent missile tests and endorsed a Russian plan to create internati...

Moscow Film Festival honours Depardieu

Jul.04.2006

French actor Gerard Depardieu has won a lifetime achievement award at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. Picking up the award, the Cyrano De Berger...

Moscow tops expensive cities list

Jun.28.2006

Moscow is this year's most expensive city in the world for expatriate staff, a study released Monday by British human resources firm Mercer HR suggests. Seou...

Land dispute in Moscow sets dangerous precedent

Jun.22.2006

MOSCOW, June 21 (RIA Novosti) - A dispute between city authorities and homeowners over land on the southern outskirts of Moscow could set a dangerous precedent ...

Moscow-St. Petersburg toll highway to start in 2007

Jun.13.2006

ST. PETERSBURG, June 12 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's economics minister Monday expressed hope that the construction of a toll highway between two largest cities in ...

Moscow Gay Pride Parade ends in violence

Mon.05.2006

MOSCOW ó Police and nationalist protesters forcefully prevented Russian and foreign gay activists from rallying in Moscow on May 27, where they had hoped to put...

Russian Orthodox Church slams Da Vinci Code

May.25.2006

MOSCOW, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - The controversy around the Da Vince Code continued Thursday, as a senior member of the Russian Orthodox Church said it was insult...

Rare tiger cub arrives at Moscow Zoo

Mat.25.2006

VLADIVOSTOK, May 25 (RIA Novosti) - An Amur tiger cub will be transferred to a Moscow zoo Thursday from Russia's Far East in what could become a permanent move,...

Russia celebrates Victory Day

May.10.2006

May 9th represents one of Russia's most celebrated holidays, the Victory of Soviet Russia over Nazi Germany in World War II. 25 million Russians died in the str...

Moscow's anti-gay protesters held

May.03.2006

Riot police were brought in to control a mixture of right-wing and religious activists, who picketed the club and shouted insults at people leaving it. For...

Moscow's building boom leaves little room for history

May.02.2006

MOSCOW -- Built in the late 1920s, the Narkomfin apartment building was designed as the perfect environment for new Soviet Man. A monument to the utopian commun...

Moscow contributes 1 million dollars to human rights

May.02.2006

MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has contributed $1 million to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Russian Foreign Ministry said...

Moscow Patriarchateís disagreement over Cuba blockade

Apr.28.2006

Moscow, April 27, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox church thinks the U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba are unfair. ëCertainly, we disagree with the economi...

Anti-fascist youth teams patrol Moscow streets

Apr.21.2006

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) -- The youth organization "Nashiî sent anti-fascist patrols to Moscow streets on Thursday in a bid to prevent Neo-Nazi supporters from riotin...

Piglets seek Moscow Olympic glory

Apr.18.2006

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...

1,000 rally in Moscow against government control of media

Apr.17.2006

MOSCOW (AP) - More than 1,000 demonstrators rallied in Moscow Sunday to protest against the authorities' efforts to tighten controls over national media. The...

Eric Clapton to perform at Moscow's Red Square

Apr.05.2006

Eric Clapton (music) announced Tuesday (4/4) that he will wrap up his upcoming European tour with a concert at Red Square in Moscow. Including the new s...

Movie-maker injured in road accident near Moscow

Apr.05.2006

MOSCOW, April 4 (Itar-Tass) ñ Famous Russian movie-maker Pyotr Todorovsky received heavy injuries in a road accident on a highway 34 kilometers southeast off Mo...

Hundreds protest against military conscription

Apr.03.2006

Hundreds protested in central Moscow on Saturday, calling for an end to mandatory military service and criticizing plans to cut draft deferments as the Russian ...

Second British airline to fly London-Moscow route

Apr.02.2006

MOSCOW, March 31 (RIA Novosti) - Bmi, formerly known as British Midland, is to begin regular flights between London and Moscow, becoming the second UK airline t...

Astrologer attempts to sue NASA

Mar.31.2006

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...

Moscow denies Saddam claims

Mar.29.2006

Moscow - Russian defence minister Sergei Ivanov on Tuesday called reports that Moscow had provided information to Saddam Hussein's regime on US troop movements ...

Moscow neo-Nazi gets 13 years

Mar.28.2006

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...

Moscow bids to host Champions League final

Mar.20.2006

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. ...

Patriarch thanks mayor for ban on gay parade

Mar.17.2006

MOSCOW, March 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II thanked Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov for his decision to ban a parade of the sexual min...

G8 energy ministers gather in Moscow

Mar.16.2006

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...

Moscow Calls in Swedish Ambassador

Dec.14.2002

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...

Smertin leaves Chelsea for Moscow

Mar.16.2006

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...

Moscow won't expel British diplomats accused of spying

Feb.22.2006

The head of Russiaís main KGB successor agency said Moscow will not expel four British diplomats accused of spying, a Russian news agency reported today. N...

Moscow government won't allow gay parade

Fri.17.2006

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...

Moscow court selects new jury in Klebnikov murder trial

Feb.16.2006

MOSCOW, February 15 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow City Court selected a new jury Wednesday in the closed trial of two men accused of killing the editor of Forbes R...

Drunken elephant causes chaos in Moscow

Jan.23.2006

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...

Moscow State Circus travels to Liverpool

Jan.10.2006

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 ...

Russia-Ukraine gas deal too murky for comfort

Jan.09.2006

MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) - Europe may have breathed a collective sigh of relief after Russia and Ukraine signed a long-term gas supply deal, averting a possible re...

Russia failing to win drink battle

Jan.09.2006

(THE GUARDIAN, LONDON) Perfume, brake fluid, de-icer, meths, toilet cleaner, nail varnish remover ... "I drank them all," Boris Kuznetsov said. "Everything that...

Chelsea sign Maniche from Moscow

Jan.09.2006

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...

Moscow Buried in Heavy Snowfall

Dec.22.2002

Heavy snowfall paralyzed traffic in Moscow and other cities in central Russia on Wednesday, as weather forecasters predicted that snowfall would continue at lea...

Icon smuggler caught at Sheremetyevo Airport

Dec.21.2005

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...

Moscow fines woman in surrogate mother scandal

Dec.20.2005

MOSCOW, (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow court has imposed a substantial fine on a woman at the center of an illegal scheme to sell newborn children to childless couple...

Anti-Fascists march in Moscow

Dec.19.2005

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-...

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