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Russia's new ambassador hands credentials to Armenia's President http://news.am/eng/news/155186.html May 25, 2013 16:32 YEREVAN.

A suicide bomber blew herself up in car near a police building in Russia's Dagestan region on Saturday, injuring 11 policemen and passers-by, Russian media reported.

Ukrainians have held a first right gay rights rally despite disruptions from anti-gay activists.

A powerful magnitude 8.2 earthquake that struck Russia on Friday and could be felt thousands of miles away was apparently scarier sounding than it actually was.

A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said.

A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the... A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark ... (more)

Russian meat manufacturer Cherkizovo Group has seen operating profit halve during the first quarter as margins were hit by "historically high" grain costs and declining pork prices.

An anti-Putin T-shirt worn by an activist during an anti-government protest in Moscow last June.

Georgia is ready to provide all assistance that Russia needs to ensure security during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said on Friday.

ROUGH CUT STORY: A possible tornado in central Russia ripped through a small town of Obninsk on Thursday, leaving damaged houses, cables and a wake of destroyed vehicles.

BOCHAROV RUCHEI , May 24 Russia will provide 1.7 billion euros to finance the construction of Serbia's stretch of the South Stream gas pipeline that will carry Russian natural gas through the Black Sea to Bulgaria and then on to Greece, Italy and Austria, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.

KALININGRAD, May 24 Construction of Russia's two new antimissile radars one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia's Irkutsk region should be complete by the end of next year, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday.

SOCHI, May 26 Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday to continue supporting the domestic film industry, but called on Russian filmmakers to produce movies that promote patriotic and moral values.

MOSCOW, May 24 Members of foreign delegations attending an international conference on European security on Friday visited a military base near Moscow hosting a motorized infantry division.

Vladimir Putin could well play a decisive role at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, where Syria is the most difficult problem faced by world leaders Moscow hopes that the 2013 G8 summit will contribute to tackling the Syrian standoff.

American philanthropist Susan Lehrman has received the Fulbright Award for contributing to international diplomacy, specifically Russia-US cultural ties.

Russian consumers have yet to embrace brut sparkling wine despite the efforts of one of the country's top fizz producers to lure drinkers away from demi-doux. Speaking at the London International Wine Fair at ExCel this week, Pavel Titov, director of historic Russian sparkling wine estate Abrau-Durso, explained: "When I joined the company we had 34 ... (more)

A Russian Orthodox priest who stood up for jailed members of the all-female punk-rock collective Pussy Riot says he has been granted political asylum in the Czech Republic.

A massive undersea earthquake on Friday in Russia's Far East prompted a tsunami warning and was felt in cities including Moscow far to the west, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Tremors are felt from 4,000 miles away as two earthquakes strike in the turbulent Ring Of Fire region, in Russia and the US.