- 16:49 14/02/2013
The Russian military plans to enter the rapidly developing field of bioengineering, calling this week for bids to create an artificial liver from human stem cells and animal tissue.
- 12:46 14/02/2013
Moscow zoo is celebrating the birth of a pink pelican, the zoo said on Thursday.
- 11:00 13/02/2013
A 38-year old Armenian man awaiting deportation died in a police holding center in Moscow on Wednesday, police said.
- 22:08 12/02/2013
Moscow believes that unilateral sanctions against Iran will only make the resolution of the country's nuclear issue more difficult, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
- 21:24 12/02/2013
Special volunteer patrols will be created in Moscow to assist the Federal Migration Service (FMS) with enforcing immigration rules, Alexei Mayorov, the head of the Moscow city government regional security department, said on Tuesday.
- 13:33 12/02/2013
Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi will compensate national flagship airline Aeroflot for all losses resulting from periods of unserviceability affecting the airline’s new Sukhoi Superjet 100's, the Sukhoi press office reported on Tuesday.
- 17:42 11/02/2013
A total of 424 Moscow couples intend to tie the knot on Valentine’s Day, a spokeswoman for Moscow's civil registry office said on Monday.
- 16:27 11/02/2013
A seminary turned military aviation school is to be handed back to the Russian Orthodox Church, the Defense Ministry has announced, as part of the ongoing return of church property taken over by the state in Soviet times.
- 22:28 08/02/2013
A deputy of the Moscow City Duma had his briefcase, notebook and tablet computer stolen from his car, a law enforcement source said on Friday.
- 10:12 08/02/2013
The RIA Novosti Group has signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Around the Rings. The ATR website will post news about the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics provided by RIA Novosti, as the national host agency, and its photo pool.
- 22:07 07/02/2013
The rector of the Moscow Institute of Administration and Law has been arrested on suspicion of ordering the murder of a colleague, which was thwarted by the police, the Investigative Committee said on Thursday.
- 12:39 07/02/2013
Moscow has opened its first Sleepbox Hotel, accommodations that provide a traveler to catch up on sleep after a long flight or layover, or for businessmen who are on a one-day trip to the city. The hotel is just a 5-minute walk from the shuttle train terminal that runs between Sheremetyevo International Airport and Belorussky Train Station.
- 20:33 06/02/2013
Russian special services reported on Wednesday that the last remaining rebel allegedly involved in the 2010 twin suicide bombing attacks that left 40 dead on the Moscow metro has been killed.
- 13:36 06/02/2013
RIA Novosti photographer Ilya Pitalyov has become a finalist in the prestigious international competition the World Photography Organisation Sony World Photography Awards 2013 (SWPA 2013) in the Current Affairs professional category.
- 17:00 05/02/2013
The RIA Novosti Group has introduced seven original awards for Russian and foreign PR specialists and press services as part of the Press Service of the Year 2012 Award, elevating the competition to the international level for the first time.
- 00:09 05/02/2013
A Moscow court on Monday dropped a criminal case against migrant worker Bakhrom Khurramov, accused of attacking a 12-year-old boy, due to the parties’ reconciliation, court officials told the RAPSI legal news agency. Khurramov was freed in the courtroom.
- 22:00 04/02/2013
On December 31, a group of young roofers managed to scale the star atop the Moscow State University skyscraper. A RIA Novosti correspondent met up with the roofers and discovered how they trick security guards, how they get to where they need to be, where they are not allowed to go and what makes them take up this dangerous hobby, which can result not only in spectacular photographs, but also in tragedy.
- 20:45 04/02/2013
On Monday Moscow was hit by a heavy snowstorm, caused by warm air from the Atlantic.
- 18:06 04/02/2013
Some 35 percent of Russians support an initiative to introduce a 3,000 ruble ($100) fine for smoking in public places, an opinion poll by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM) published on Monday found.
