- 15:15 30/04/2013
The new fountain season opened in Moscow on April 29
- 10:28 30/04/2013
The sand sculpture world championship got underway on April 28 at the former imperial estate of Kolomenskoye in Moscow. Taking part are famous artists from around the world. The theme of this year's competition is Secrets of the World’s Peoples.
- 02:21 30/04/2013
The jury at the Moscow City Court on Monday handed down a guilty verdict to a Chechen man accused of murdering former Col. Yury Budanov, who had served jail time for war crimes in Chechnya.
- 17:30 29/04/2013
A Russian linesman has been banned for life for assaulting an 18-year-old player at a football game in Chechnya, an official told R-Sport on Monday.
- 16:48 29/04/2013
Three or four people may have been killed and some 40 injured after a powerful explosion tore through a building in the center of the Czech capital Prague on Monday, Zdenek Schwarz, head of the rescue service in Prague, was quoted by Czech TV as saying.
- 16:43 29/04/2013
The Russian government has implemented some 73 percent of presidential decrees issued by Vladimir Putin last May, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
- 16:41 29/04/2013
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survived a bomb attack that targeted his motorcade in central Damascus on Monday, national media reported.
- 16:39 29/04/2013
VTB Bank, Russia’s second largest lender by assets, has secured firm commitments from three sovereign wealth fund investors for its Secondary Public Offering (SPO) worth 102.5 billion rubles ($3.3 billion), the lender said on Monday.
- 15:56 29/04/2013
A court has found the director of a children’s home in central-west Russia guilty of child abuse and given him a three-year suspended prison sentence, the Investigative Committee said Monday.
- 14:30 29/04/2013
Moscow believes using the issue of the alleged deployment of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Syrian conflict to attain geopolitical goals is unacceptable, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
- 13:35 29/04/2013
Two promising young Russian biathletes received bans for doping Monday in a case that puts the spotlight on the use of performance-enhancing substances just 10 months before Russia hosts the Winter Olympics.
- 13:19 29/04/2013
African states are ready to provide favorable conditions for Russian business to join infrastructure projects, Russia’s foreign minister said on Monday after talks with the chairperson of the African Union Commission in Moscow.
- 12:53 29/04/2013
Krasnye Krylya Samara took their maiden European trophy with a 77-76 win over Turkish team Pinar Karsiyaka in the final of the third-tier tournament EuroChallenge.
- 12:40 29/04/2013
Military prosecutors have foiled an attempt by several executives at a Defense Ministry firm to steal over 150 million rubles ($4.83 million), Russia’s Chief Military Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday, the latest in a series of frauds uncovered in the sector.
- 11:53 29/04/2013
Russia's first Project 11356 frigate, the Admiral Grigorovich, will join the Black Sea Fleet in 2014, Vice-Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov said on Monday.
- 10:28 29/04/2013
Three burglars raided the home of former Bolshoi ballet star Anastasia Volochkova early on Monday, stealing two safes and assaulting the servants, a police source said.
- 10:10 29/04/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 21:36 28/04/2013
Police have released almost all the persons who were detained earlier on Sunday for allegedly firing celebratory shots in southern Moscow, a police spokesman has said.
- 20:22 28/04/2013
Russia’s opposition activist Alexei Gaskarov has been detained by police in Moscow for his alleged role in the May 6 riots on Bolotnaya Square in the Russian capital, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Sunday.
