- 18:01 12/09/2013
Handling wild animals is not one of the requirements included in a bailiff's job description, but officials in Russia’s second city rose to the challenge when a wild boar unexpectedly paid them a visit.
- 16:35 07/09/2013
Germany has become the 12th nation to sign a declaration of support for strong measures to be taken by the international community against Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons recently in the civil war there, AFP reported Saturday citing German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.2
- 10:40 07/09/2013
The last thing US President Barack Obama did during his trip to Russia for the G20 summit was meet Friday with a group of Russian human rights activists, including members of the gay community, in an encounter that attendants described as symbolic, and a signal to the Russian authorities.1
- 22:10 06/09/2013
The G20 summit in St. Petersburg, as expected, was a meaningless affair.2
- 21:05 06/09/2013
US President Barack Obama said Friday that the international community was “stuck” over its response to the crisis in Syria, as the G20 summit hosted by Russia came to an end with no obvious change in the position of the world leaders who oppose unilateral military intervention in the civil war.
- 20:10 06/09/2013
International leaders at the G20 summit in St Petersburg have approved Russia’s additional initiatives – expanding the Anti-Corruption Action Plan, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.
- 19:47 06/09/2013
Two paintings have been stolen from a controversial Russian museum that was briefly closed down for exhibiting a depiction of Russian leaders dressed in drag, the museum’s owner said Friday.
- 19:42 06/09/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that his meeting with US leader Barack Obama was “constructive,” but added that they held by their opinions on Syria.
- 18:39 06/09/2013
Russia will keep on supplying Syria with weapons and humanitarian aid and continue economic cooperation with Damascus in case of foreign airstrikes in the Middle Eastern country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday.2
- 18:01 06/09/2013
Russia and China both want a political resolution to the Syrian civil war without “foreign interference,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Friday.
- 17:59 06/09/2013
Leaders of the world's 20 largest economies have committed to crack down on cross-border companies that use tax havens.
- 17:03 06/09/2013
A number of high-ranking Russian officials have provided false information in their income declarations, the head of the presidential administration said Friday.
- 13:49 06/09/2013
A lawyer who was observing a court case involving members of a provocative performance art group Thursday was detained by police for filming the proceedings, a Russian Interior Ministry spokesperson said.
- 13:04 06/09/2013
A currency reserve fund for the association of five emerging economies known as BRICS will be raised from the member countries’ central bank reserves while capital for the group’s development bank will come from national budgets, Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said Friday.
- 11:04 06/09/2013
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged G20 nation leaders at their summit in the Russian city of St. Petersburg to find a political solution to the “unprecedented” humanitarian crisis in Syria.
- 09:30 06/09/2013
A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today
- 20:40 05/09/2013
Russia has strengthened its naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea for a possible evacuation of Russian nationals from Syria, the Kremlin chief of staff said Thursday.
- 19:27 05/09/2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the global economy had not yet returned to sustained and balanced growth, and that systemic risks for a recurrence of the crisis remained.
- 19:13 05/09/2013
American small forward Josh Carter has left Spartak St. Petersburg to join Montepaschi Siena, the Russian team announced Thursday.
