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Russia's emergencies ministry extinguishes 6 wildfires in Russian Far East

09:25 24/04/2011

Rescuers have extinguished six wildfires on an area of 163 hectares in the Russian Far East, the press office of the Emergencies Ministry said on Sunday.

St. Petersburg bakers make 3-ton Easter cake
05:13 24/04/2011
St. Petersburg bakers will on Sunday celebrate Easter by serving a three-ton Russian Easter cake, known as kulich, during celebrations in the south of the city.
Joy embraces Russians as Easter celebrations get underway
03:00 24/04/2011
Russia is celebrating Easter, Christianity's most important and joyful feast when the Church commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Main news of April 23
23:59 23/04/2011
A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
Russia negotiates ceasefire with Libyan PM
22:31 23/04/2011
Libyan Prime Minister, Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi held telephone talks with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov about the possible ceasefire in the turbulent country, Libya's official news agency Jana said on Saturday.
Russia's ecology activists concerned over new Khimki Forest clearing
21:32 23/04/2011
Russia's ecology activists, standing against the construction of the highway through the Khimki Forest near Moscow, have spotted new unauthorized forest clearings, one of the activists, Yaroslav Nikitenko said on Saturday.
Russian Navy will stay in Sevastopol forever - admiral
07:35 23/04/2011
Russia will never give up its naval base in Ukraine's port of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula, ex-commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Adm. Igor Kasatonov said.1
Holy Fire to arrive in Moscow on Saturday
01:17 23/04/2011
A delegation of Russian religious, government and public figures will attend the "coming down" of Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem on Saturday and bring the flame to Moscow on Easter's Eve.
Main news of April 22
23:59 22/04/2011
A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours
Russian youth group sets camp on North Pole, waits for helicopters
23:34 22/04/2011
A Russian youth group has reached the North Pole after covering more than 100 kilometers on skis, the president of the Polyus Expedition Center, Irina Orlova, said on Friday.
SpaceX not allowed to dock with ISS until safety proven - Roscosmos
20:19 22/04/2011
Russia will not permit the first U.S. commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) unless its safety is fully tested, a high-ranking Russian space official said on Friday.2
TNK-BP expelled from Russian gas association
19:39 22/04/2011
TNK-BP Management on Friday was expelled from the Russian Gas Producers Association but will not seek to restore its membership, a company spokesman said.
No ISS docking permission for SpaceX unless safety proven -Roscosmos
19:37 22/04/2011
Russia will not permit the first U.S. commercial spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) unless its safety is fully tested, a high-ranking official with Russia's space agency Roscosmos said on Friday.
UN Sec.Gen. hails sacking of Russian official over 'white race' remark
19:20 22/04/2011
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he welcomed the firing of a Russian migration service official over his racial remarks.
Ban, Medvedev discuss UN role, Libya
16:47 22/04/2011
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday stressed the need to comply with UN mandates in international operations involving the use of military force.
Medvedev warns against going too far in anti-corruption campaign
16:28 22/04/2011
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for a bill on how to consider corruption complaints but warned against going to extremes and paralyzing the work of other officials.1
Duma committee drafts bill on cutting abortion rate
15:17 22/04/2011
Legislators in Russia's lower house of parliament have prepared a draft law that they hope will reduce the more than 1 million abortions performed in the country each year, a senior lawmaker said on Friday.
Russia's Right Cause party looks beyond top ministers for leader
14:16 22/04/2011
Russia's pro-Kremlin Right Cause party said on Friday it was casting its net wider in the search for a leader after being turned down by Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin and First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.
UN chief to talk economy, terror, security in Moscow
12:56 22/04/2011
International security, anti-terror efforts and the global economy will dominate talks between the United Nations secretary general and Russia's foreign minister in Moscow on Friday.
Russian anti-terror body says Al Qaeda rep killed in Chechnya
09:56 22/04/2011
A militant leader who was the top representative of Al Qaeda in Russia's North Caucasus has been killed in Chechnya, the National Antiterrorism Committee said.

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Russia negotiates ceasefire with Libyan PM

Libyan Prime Minister, Al-Baghdadi Al-Mahmoudi held telephone talks with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov about the possible ceasefire in the turbulent country, Libya's official news agency Jana said on Saturday.

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