Moscow, Russia News

Gigi reaches up into her sun salutation. She steps back into her high lunge and kicks her legs straight into plank pose, a push-up she holds without wobbling for 10 seconds before looking up impatiently at her yoga teacher.

When a police officer posted a video on YouTube complaining of rampant abuse in Russian law enforcement, it seemed like a lonely voice in a sea of social media.

Ongoing arms cuts talks between Russia and the U.S. have seen differences on inspection and verification procedures, the chief of the General Staff said on Thursday.

Former Ethiopian Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Ambassador Kassa Gebre-Hiwot, on Sunday received the state award from Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Russia's Gazprom saw its earnings halved in the first six months of the year due to lower natural gas prices and sinking demand in Europe, while overall debt jumped nearly a third, the company reported Monday, Nov.

Mihhail Stalnuhhin, Centre Party politician and city council chair in Narva blames Estonians for fostering the strained relationship that he perceives as existing between the indigenous Estonians and non-indigenous Russians.

Russia's foreign minister said Thursday he was surprised by Poland's call for more U.S. troops on Polish soil in response to Moscow's assertiveness, a news agency reported.

ATIONAL Assembly President Heng Samrin is to urge the Russian government to cancel US$1.5 billion worth of Soviet-era debt during an upcoming visit to the country, officials said.

Nov 4 - CCTV video captures the moment a bungling forklift truck driver destroys an estimated $150,000 worth of bottled alcohol in a warehouse in Moscow, Russia.

Russia has provoked outrage in Poland by simulating an air and sea attack on the country during military exercises.

This market snapshot is the fourth in a series of articles that HVS is producing every month with STR Global data for a number of key markets.

A Russian businessman who had been convicted in Israel of being a KGB spy was shot dead in Moscow on Monday, police said.

This market snapshot is the fourth in a series of articles that HVS is producing every month with STR Global data for a number of key markets.

Nov. 1 - More than 50 people have been arrested in the Russian capital during an unauthorised protest.

Human rights defenders have promised to monitor the treatment by the police of opposition activists who were arrested on Saturday during an attempt to hold a rally on Triumfalnaya Square in central Moscow that the city administration denied permission for, claiming the square was needed for another event.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, visits a space communications facility in Medvezhye Ozera, outside Moscow, Wednesday, Oct.

Visiting U.S. National Security Adviser James Jones, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow, Thursday, Oct.

Moscow- Russia reported its first swine-flu fatalities, with at least four people dead in Moscow and the far east of the country, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia has seen a dramatic surge in new construction, especially in cities like Moscow.

Date : Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:56:54 +0400 ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SPEAKS AT FUND-RAISING DINNER IN MOSCOW News.am Oct 26 2009 Armenia At the invitation of RA President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund Serzg Sargsyan, about 80 Russia-based Armenian businessmen attended a fund-raising dinner at the Ararat Part Hyatt ...