- 13:02 04/02/2013
The Bolshoi Ballet’s artistic director Sergei Filin, who was released from hospital on Monday after nearly being blinded in an acid attack last month, has linked the incident to a pornography scandal in 2011.
- 21:23 31/01/2013
Russia's largest airline, Aeroflot, has been forced to cancel the first commercial flights by its new Boeing 777-300ER airliners scheduled for Friday due to lack of a type certificate for the plane, Aeroflot said Thursday.
- 23:02 30/01/2013
Russian media experts said on Wednesday the country deserves its 148th position out of 179 on the 2013 Press Freedom Index, six points down from last year.
- 14:37 30/01/2013
The year 2013 marks the 10th anniversary of innovation-driven growth at RIA Novosti.
- 22:45 29/01/2013
The elder brother of Yugoslavian strongman Slobodan Milosevic died on Tuesday at Belgrade’s Dedinje cardiology center, Serbia’s B92 broadcaster said.
- 18:24 28/01/2013
At least eight sailors are presumed dead after a Russian fishing vessel sank in the Sea of Japan on Sunday, possibly because of safety violations, Russian officials said Monday.
- 15:31 28/01/2013
Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft has signed a deal to acquire private oil firm Surgutneftegaz’s stake in the National Oil Consortium developing the giant Junin-6 oil field in Venezuela, Rosneft said.
- 11:31 28/01/2013
Football's world governing body FIFA has cancelled celebrations marking 500 days until the start of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after a night club fire killed more than 230 people.
- 22:08 26/01/2013
Ten people died and at least 14 were injured on Saturday after a fire at an underground car park in a building in southwest Moscow, local police said.
- 11:25 26/01/2013
Russian human rights activist and former dissident, Valery Abramkin, has died in Moscow after a long illness, Moscow Helsinki Group member Valery Borshchev told RIA Novosti on Saturday.
- 09:30 26/01/2013
All those detained during an unsanctioned rally over the “gay propaganda” bill have been released, Moscow’s Interior Ministry confirmed on Saturday.
- 17:10 25/01/2013
Russian steelmaker MMK has signed a deal to sell its 50-percent stake in the Kazankovskaya coal company to rival Evraz, MMK said on Friday.
- 13:12 25/01/2013
Dynamo Krasnodar coach Yuri Marichev has been appointed Russian national women's volleyball head coach, the federation told R-Sport on Friday.
- 23:30 23/01/2013
Watch this RIA Novosti video showing snow clearing operations during heavy snowfalls in Moscow.
- 20:00 23/01/2013
Ex-governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived in Moscow to launch his new action film “The Last Stand” which sees him taking a leading role once again, after a long break from acting.
- 19:33 23/01/2013
Two goals from former Montreal Canadiens center Jan Bulis helped Traktor Chelyabinsk crush Metallurg Magnitogorsk 4-1 in the KHL on Wednesday.
- 19:20 23/01/2013
A recent incident in which the Finnish authorities reportedly took two children away from their Russian mother during a visit to Finland to see the father stirred an angry response from Russia over this, and dozens of other similar cases.
- 18:14 23/01/2013
Russia's Navy is to receive its first three Project 21820 Dugon-class assault landing ships in 2013-2014, a navy representative said on Wednesday.
- 15:46 23/01/2013
Police in Moscow said on Wednesday officers had uncovered a large amount of weapons, explosives and ammunition from an apartment in the city.
