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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.

Moscow out of UEFA Cup

Dec.16.2005

LONDON — Roma, Bolton, Basel and Heerenveen advanced to the next phase of the UEFA Cup yesterday, while defending champion CSKA Moscow was eliminated with...

Moscow tightens control of migrating birds

Dec.16.2005

MOSCOW(RIA Novosti) - Moscow has stepped up control over birds migrating from "unfavorable" regions, a senior veterinary official said Thursday. "No infecti...

Brazil to play Russia in World Cup warm up

Dec.15.2005

(Reuters) - Defending champions Brazil will play Russia in March as part of their preparations for next year's World Cup in Germany. "The match has been alr...

War and Peace survives scandal in Moscow

Dec.15.2005

MOSCOW (Reuters) - When Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre postponed its new production of "War and Peace" after the conductor walked out, critics sharpened their pencils...

Caviar vending machine installed in Moscow

Dec.12.2005

A caviar vending machine selling tinned salmon caviar, or roe, has been installed on Moscow’s main avenue Novy Arbat, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported...

Moscow gas leak explosion kills four

Dec.08.2005

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...

Indian PM reaches Moscow

Dec.05.2005

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...

Moscow to sell missiles to Iran

Dec.05.2005

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...

Moscow manager sentenced to 14 years in jail

Dec.02.2005

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...

Beauty Contest for HIV-Positive Girls

Nov.29.2005

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...

Moscow police launch counterfeit clampdown

Nov.25.2005

Police have launched citywide sting operations aimed at shutting down producers and sellers of counterfeit music, movies and software, in the latest clampdown o...

Sky-high price for Moscow hotel

Nov.24.2005

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...

Ballerina's birthday honoured

Nov.22.2005

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...

Eight killed in plane crash near Moscow

Nov.21.2005

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...

3 Killed in Moscow High-Rise Blaze

Nov.21.2005

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...

Pork thief rumbled by webcam

Nov.21.2005

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 ...

Switzerland returns art to Moscow

Nov.17.2005

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...

Pupil of British school killed in Mafia shooting

Nov.04.2005

A PUPIL at a British boarding school has been shot in a suspected contract killing in Moscow, while on a visit to her home country. Elizaveta Slesareva, 15,...

Palermo 0 - Lokomotiv Moscow 0

Nov.04.2005

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 ...

G8 to meet in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Nov.02.2005

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...

Smuggler caught red-handed

Nov.02.2005

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...

Russian “Bonnie and Clyde” Go On Trial

Oct.31.2005

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...

Partying in Moscow

Oct.31.2005

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...

Victims of repression remembered in Moscow

Oct.31.2005

Over a thousand people gathered in central Moscow to remember victims of political repression in Russia, the Interior Ministry said last Sunday. Public figu...

18th Moscow International Book Fair opens

Sept.08.2005

The 18th Moscow International Book Fair (MIBF 2005) opened yesterday in Moscow, and will run until the 12th September. The event, which grows in popularity e...

Putin and Schroeder make deal

Sept.08.2005

Russian President Vladimir Putin will make one last deal with his old friend Gerhard Schroeder just days before an election that is expected to throw the German...

Maniche to stay in Moscow?

Sept.06.05

It seems no one is quite certain as to whether Nuno Maniche, the Portuguese International Midfielder who won the Champions League with Porto two seasons ago, is...

Moscow celebrates anniversary

Sept.05.2005

Amid sounds of the Moscow anthem and countless bright balloons, the Russian capital celebrated its 858th anniversary on Sunday. Over 3,000 festive events we...

Renault plays to 100,000 crowd in Moscow.

30.08.2005

Renault F1 stars Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella acquired a new army of fans at the weekend as they took the spectacle of the regie's F1 roadshow to th...

The new Moscow: Experimental cool

Aug.29.2005

MOSCOW Enter into the cavernous nightclub where three middle-aged men are playing industrial music on homemade electric instruments while young men in black and...

Moscow Mayor, Luzhkov, to quit office

Aug.26.2005

Yury Luzhkov, currently visiting Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, announced on Friday that intended to quite his Mayordom after 2007. "I have made a clear a...

Air taxis won't bother residents

Aug.25.2005

Atlant-Soyuz, the company that is responsible for the development and implementation of the Moscow air taxi program, has promised that the service will not oper...

Moscow Motor Show 2005

Aug.23.2005

Moscow's ninth international car show, will feature vehicles from more than 1,000 companies representing 28 countries, an event organizer said Wednesday. Al...

Bolshoi rebuilding project falters as Putin cuts budget

Aug.12.2005

It was supposed to be the mother of all makeovers — a £492million reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theatre to put it on a par with Covent Garden and La ...

Russian police say robbers killed spammer Kushnir

July.30.2005

The murder of Russia’s biggest spammer Vardan Kushnir was not connected with his Internet activity, but with a straightforward robbery, Moscow investigato...

‘Asian Gene’ lets Russians drink more

May.31.2005

Scientists at the Russian University for National Friendship claim to have found a gene in Russians that enables them to imbibe excessive amounts of alcohol. ...

Russia's power chief says he won't quit over blackout

May.29.2005

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The head of Russia's state-owned electricity monopoly said on Saturday he would not bow to demands for his resignation over a blackout this w...

Paris Hilton of Moscow scoffs at reality TV prudes

May.29.2005

A raunchy reality television show hosted by Russia’s first “It girl” has aroused the wrath of Moscow’s council, which is trying to have ...

Putin meets Abramovich

May.29.2005

President Vladimir Putin has had a working meeting with Roman Abramovich, the governor of the Arctic province of Chukotka. To begin with, Abramovich told the pr...

Blackout costs Moscow $1 billion

May.27.2005

The economic costs of Wednesdayís blackout in Russiaís capital Moscow may total over U.S. $1 billion, an official with the cityís administration told ITAR-TASS ...

Fire damages historic Moscow theatre

May.27.2005

A blaze severely damaged a historic music and dance theatre in central Moscow early today but nobody was hurt, the Emergency Situations Ministry said. The fire ...

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