Moscow: Russian government's anti-gay law, which bans "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations" and imposes fines, has caused a major international outcry and spawned calls for protests ahead of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.The IOC insisted
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 9 : Russian swimmer Nikita Maksimov has been banned for two years after testing positive for an anabolic steroid widely given to East German athletes in the 1970s and 1980s. Swimming's world
Moscow, May 17: The alleged CIA operative who was attempting to recruit a Russian security services officer was detained by that officer himself, a Federal Security Service (FSB) representative said."The man behaved like an officer
Moscow, Mar 5: A new Russian team - Russian Time - has joined the grid of the GP2 series, the organisers said.Russian Time is the first team from Russia to compete in GP2, which is
Moscow, Jan 18 : Russia's prototype fifth-generation Sukhoi T-50 fighter jet has carried out its first long-range flight.The flight was carried out during the transfer from a manufacturing plant in the far east to an
Moscow, Jan 14: A man who shot at a kindergarten in Russia's Bashkiria region was killed by return fire in a special police operation Monday.The man fired two shotgun shots at a kindergarten in Salavat
Moscow, Dec 11: The erupting Plosky Tolbachik volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is spilling a record 1,200 tonnes of lava every second, seismologists said Tuesday.The 3,085-metre Plosky Tolbachik, part of a volcanic complex
St. Petersburg, Nov 23: US pop star Madonna did not break city laws on the promotion of a homosexual lifestyle among minors during a concert in St. Petersburg earlier this year, a Russian court has
Moscow/New Delhi, Nov 9: India Friday added more teeth to its navy when it inducted a new Russian-built multi-role stealth frigate, carrying the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, into its fleet, adding to its recently growing
Washington, Oct 13:The US State Department has accused Russia of having a "morally bankrupt" policy over Syria.The US reaction came two days after Turkey intercepted a Syrian passenger jet headed from Moscow to Damascus over
Moscow, Sep 22: A Russian helicopter Friday landed in Georgia due to problems in the navigation system, authorities said.According to the Russian emergency situations ministry, the helicopter lost its way while delivering a consignment of
Moscow, Sep 7: A teenage girl tried to 'rob' a bank in a region in western Russia so that she could afford to leave her native city and commit suicide, the Russian Investigation Department said
Cidahu (Indonesia), May 10: Helicopters spotted the scattered wreckage a Russian-made passenger plane on the side of a mist-shrouded mountain Thursday after it disappeared during a demonstration flight in Indonesia with 47 people on board.
Anchorage (Alaska), Mar 20: An endangered western Pacific gray whale tracked from Russia to Alaska and along the West Coast to Baja Mexico is on the move again, apparently preparing to cross the Pacific Ocean
Moscow, Mar 1: Human minds could be downloaded into robots within 10 years, allowing human beings to 'live forever', says the Russian entrepreneur who heads a hi-tech research project called 'Avatar'.Itskov, a media entrepreneur, claims
Moscow, Feb 17 : Nearly two months after a Russian court rejected a ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita, a top Siberian prosecutor has now demanded the removal of a Russian comment only
New Delhi, Feb 16: India will induct its latest Mi-17 V5 armed helicopters from Russia that will greatly enhance its capabilities to carry troops and cargo at higher altitudes.Defence Minister A K Antony will hand
London, Feb 5: The scientific community is holding its breath for a team of Russian scientists that has been out of contact with colleagues in the U.S for six days, as they drill into a
Tokyo, Jan 26: Russian runner Tatiana Aryasova has been stripped of her 2011 Tokyo Marathon title after testing positive for a banned substance.Aryasova tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch (HES) in a urine sample taken after
Moscow, Dec 30: A massive fire that engulfed a docked Russian nuclear submarine in the northern Murmansk region and left nine people ill with toxic fumes was put out today, with authorities saying that there
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