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Rostropovich collection to go to Petersburg palace -1
01-10-2007 14:53 (Recasts headline, lead, para 2, adds details, background in paras 4-9)
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Prosecutors deny rehabilitation to last Russian tsar's family - 1
26-09-2007 20:14 (Adds details, background in paras 3-6)
Pope Benedict appoints new head of Russian Roman Catholics
21-09-2007 17:51 VATICAN, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - Pope Benedict XVI appointed Friday a new head of the Russian Roman Catholics, the Holy See said on its Web site.
Stephen King's foundation to encourage writers in difficulty
21-09-2007 13:04 WASHINGTON, September 21 (RIA Novosti) - Stephen King, a famous U.S. horror writer, who celebrates his 60th birthday Friday, has declared that his Haven Foundation fund will begin offering grants.
Elton John to play Candle in the Wind at the Kremlin
18-09-2007 12:35 MOSCOW, September 18 (RIA Novosti) - Sir Elton John, one of the world's most famous singers will play together with the Elton John Band at the Kremlin in Moscow Tuesday night, the head of the promotion company said.
Over 100,000 to worship St. John Chrysostom’s relics
14-09-2007 19:49 CHELYABINSK, September 14, RIA Novosti. - Over 100,000 worshippers in the South Urals are expected to bow to the relics of St. John Chrysostom. The relics are to arrive in the Chelyabinsk Region from Moscow on Saturday, Feofilakt the Bishop of Magnitogorsk, the diocesan vicar of Chelyabinsk, told RIA Novosti.
U.K. experts say Russian poet Lermontov had Scottish roots
12-09-2007 12:59 LONDON, September 12 (RIA Novosti) - British company Oxford Ancestors, a service compiling family trees with the help of DNA analysis, intends to prove that the famous Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov was of Scottish origin.
Russia's Mikhalkov awarded "special Lion" at Venice festival
09-09-2007 14:05 VENICE, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov won a special Lion award at the Venice Film Festival for his film "12," a courtroom drama based in the troubled North Caucasus republic of Chechnya.
Russian opera singer auctions family collection to support funds
06-09-2007 11:22 MOSCOW, September 6 (RIA Novosti) - Galina Vishnevskaya, a famous Russian opera singer and the wife of deceased cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, plans to auction off the family's collection of Russian art to maintain her charitable foundations.
Russian billionaire buys Soviet cartoons from U.S. film company
05-09-2007 19:45 MOSCOW, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian billionaire has bought rights to a collection of Soviet-era cartoons from U.S.-based film company and presented them to a new Russian state-run children's channel, the tycoon's spokesman said Wednesday.
Russian-made Golden Koran to be exhibited in Iran
04-09-2007 17:55 MOSCOW, September 4 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian-made copy of the Koran, etched onto 162 sheets of 99.9% pure gold, worth $5.9 million, will be exhibited in Iran's capital later this month.
Bone fragments of last Russian Tsar's family brought to Yekaterinburg
03-09-2007 16:59 YEKATERINBURG, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Fragments of the skeletal remains of last Russian Tsar Nicholas II's family were brought to Yekaterinburg, in the Urals, Monday for comparison with recently found remains allegedly belonging to the Tsar's children.
Ancient Olympia complex reopens after forest fires in Greece
29-08-2007 13:19 ATHENS, August 29 (RIA Novosti) - Ancient Olympia's museum and archaeological complex have reopened after devastating forest fires in the Peloponnese, in southern Greece, the country's Ministry of Culture said Wednesday.
Fire destroys part of Italy's Cinecitta studios, no victims reported
10-08-2007 15:15 ROME, August 10 (RIA Novosti) - A large fire broke out at a hangar in Italy's renowned Cinecitta film studios, but no deaths or injuries have been reported so far, local media said Friday.
Kaluga Region hosts international land art festival
08-08-2007 16:09 KALUGA, August 8 (RIA Novosti) - The Kaluga Region village of Nikola-Lenivets, located in the Ugra National Park, is for the second time hosting the international land art festival, ArchStoyanie 2007, between July 15 and August 5, 2007.
Global online poll picks seven new wonders of the world
08-07-2007 12:23 MADRID, July 8 (RIA Novosti) - A poll of more than 90 million online voters named the seven new wonders of the world, the poll organizers said Saturday night.
Acropolis museum set to move to new site
02-07-2007 15:35

ATHENS, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Athens' Acropolis archeological museum has closed its doors to the public to prepare its collection for transportation to a new site a few hundred yards down the hill, Greece's Culture Ministry said Monday.
Russian arts marathon to kick off in Japan
02-07-2007 10:16 TOKYO, July 2 (RIA Novosti) - Japanese audiences will have plenty of opportunities to sample contemporary Russian theater, music, dance, movies and circus during an arts marathon that kicks off in the country Monday.
Ritz luxury coming to Moscow
29-06-2007 18:26 MOSCOW, June 29 (RIA Novosti) - The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company will open its new luxury 334-roomed Moscow hotel to the public July 1, the head of the company chain said Friday.
Putin hails newly opened Bolivar center as he meets Chavez in Moscow
28-06-2007 22:20 NOVO OGARYOVO, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed the opening of a Simon Bolivar cultural center in Moscow as he ushered Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez into his dacha Thursday for talks expected to focus on economic and defense cooperation.

 
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