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New Russian cabinet announced

May 21, 2012 RIA Novosti
President Vladimir Putin replaced the unpopular education and health ministers, renewed most of the economic bloc, formed two new offices and split one ministry in the new Cabinet

Russians thrash Slovakia to win World Hockey title

May 21, 2012 RIA Novosti
Russia trounced Slovakia 6-2 in Sunday's final to win the world hockey championships title for the fourth time in the modern era and the first time since 2009

Unique Aircraft VS Forest Fires

May 17, 2012 RIA Novosti
Testing the Twin P2006 MMA multi-mission fixed-wing aircraft, which can spot forest fires from a distance of 60 km.

Moscow’s ‘Prose Test’ on Protests

May 14, 2012 RIA Novosti
Several acclaimed Russian literary figures symbolically gathered on Pushkin Square to lead a “stroll” through Moscow, testing the police’s reactions to peaceful protests as well as the freedom of movement in Moscow.

Russia celebrates Victory Day

May 9, 2012 RIA Novosti, The Moscow Times
Russia held a parade in Red Square to mark the 67th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the 1941-45 Great Patriotic War

Police keep detaining protesters

May 7, 2012 RIA Novosti
Russia's police officers broke up protest in Moscow as Vladimir Putin inaugurated

Riots shake central Moscow

May 6, 2012 RIA Novosti
Although police cracked down on an anti-Putin rally, the scale of the Moscow riots indicates that the protest movement is still strong

Russians on trial: from Bout to Gaydamak

May 3, 2012 RIA Novosti
Viktor Bout is far from the only Russian citizen who has been subjected to prosecution abroad. Here are 10 of the most notorious

Russia celebrates Labor Day

May 1, 2012 RIA Novosti
Russia celebrates a national holiday, the Day of Spring and Labor, on May 1, with trade unions and political parties set to hold rallies across the country

Rosneft and Exxon converge around the shelf

April 20, 2012 RIA Novosti
Agreements move forward on joint development of new Russian energy resources

Russian Diver Feeds, Kisses and Dances With Sharks

April 18, 2012 RIA Novosti
Diver and animal trainer Yevgeny Panchuk feeds, kisses and dances with sharks. Watch the video of the new extreme show at one of Moscow’s oceanariums.

Wikileaks makes its debut on Kremlin-backed channel

April 17, 2012 RIA Novosti
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange kicked off his new career as an interviewer of “terrible radicals” on Kremlin-funded RT TV on Tuesday by hosting Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah for a 45-minute discussion

From Pencil to Gold Leaf: Making an Icon

April 10, 2012 RIA Novosti
For many years, the masters at Palekh (a russian village next to the town of Ivanovo) have been making icons using the same technology as in the 18th century. Watch this video to see the icon painting process in the PALEKH Iconostasis workshop.

Russian Knights Mark 25th Birthday with Stunning Tricks

April 6, 2012 RIA Novosti
The Russian Knights, Russia’s foremost aerobatics team, marked their twenty-first anniversary by soaring into the air in adverse weather conditions. See their aerobatic maneuvers straight from a fighter plane’s cockpit.

Fire at Russia’s Tallest Building

April 3, 2012 RIA Novosti
The fire broke out on April 2 in the Vostok Tower - one of the Federation complex in Moscow City cluster. The Tower planned to be Europe's tallest building about 360 meter (1150 feet) tall.

Airliner crash kills at least 31

April 2, 2012 Russia Today TV Channel, RIA Novosti
A passenger plane has crashed early Monday in Russia's Tyumen region. The country’s Emergencies Ministry says at least 31 people out of 43 were killed

Would you like to live in another country permanently?

March 29, 2012 RIA Novosti

Russia and U.S. maintain stance on missile defense

March 27, 2012 RIA Novosti
Although Dmitry Medvedev calls U.S.-Russian relations at an all-time high, both sides remain entrenched over defense systems in Eastern Europe

Authorities cracked down the opposition

March 5, 2012 RIA Novosti
Police detained several opposition activists including vocal anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny and leftist leader Sergei Udaltsov during the rally in Pushkin Square in central Moscow

Opposition rallies against Putin’s victory

March 5, 2012 RIA Novosti
Thousands of opponents of president-elect Vladimir Putin rallied in Moscow on Monday evening, denouncing his victory at the presidential polls as illegitimate
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