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2008-10-14 16:45:00

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - A newly-wed man in Russia's Volga republic of Urdmurtia fatally stabbed his bride with a kitchen knife on their wedding night, local investigators said on Tuesday. After the wedding ceremony in the Sarapulsky Dist

2008-10-14 16:37:28

GORKI (Moscow Region), October 14 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday he was promoting Regional Development Minister Dmitry Kozak to deputy prime minister in charge of preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.Kozak w

2008-10-14 14:30:00

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Armed Forces will total 1 million servicemen, including 150,000 officers by 2012, the defense minister said on Tuesday. Russia has already downsized its Armed Forces from 4.5 million in the Soviet era to a

2008-10-14 14:19:46

MISSION CONTROL, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian space tourist hopeful is to miss out on a trip to the stars in the autumn of 2009, with a Kazakh astronaut likely to take his place, a Russian space agency official said on Tuesday. Roscosmos announc

2008-10-14 11:44:00

MISSION CONTROL, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a U.S. space tourist has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's Mission Control official said on Tuesday. The Soyuz TMA-13 craft, which blasted off

2008-10-14 11:03:00

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - North Korea's denuclearization and security measures in Northeast Asia will be discussed at talks in Moscow between the Russian and North Korean foreign ministers, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. North

2008-10-14 10:53:00

MOSCOW, October 14 (RIA Novosti) - A missile frigate from Russia's Baltic Fleet is ready to fight piracy off the Somali coast together with warships from other countries, an aide to the Russian Navy commander said on Tuesday. (Russian Navy modernized

2008-10-13 13:05:00

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's chief mufti has become the first Muslim cleric to receive an Orthodox award, an Orthodox Church leader said on Monday. "The head of the Central Muslim Board of Russia, Talgat Tadzhuddin, has been awa

2008-10-13 11:18:00

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - The ruling party United Russia is leading in Sunday's local and regional elections, the country's Central Election Commission said on Monday citing preliminary results. Russia held parliamentary polls in five

2008-10-13 11:08:00

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - A naval task force from Russia's Northern Fleet, led by the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, is leaving the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after a three-day official visit, a Navy spokesman said on Monday.