Russia

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 58 minutes ago
ALLENDALE, Mich. (WOOD) -- John Beyrle, a 1975 graduate of Grand Valley State University, was nominated by President Bush to become the next US Ambassador to Russia. ...

Source: www.latimes.com --- 4 hours ago
Regarded by some as the best fighter in the world, he will take on former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title holder Tim Sylvia on July 19 at the Honda Center. In a boon for Southern California mixed martial arts fans, Russia's Fedor Emelianenko, the man ranked by some of the sport's devotees as the top fighter in the world, is coming to Anaheim for a July 19 fight against former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia. ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 2 hours ago
Six insurgents were killed in fighting against government troops this week in Ingushetia, the predominantly Muslim Russian republic adjacent to Chechnya, a Russian general said. ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 2 hours ago
The Kremlin rolled out the red carpet for the German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 33 minutes ago
Russia and Canada have cruised into the semi-finals while Sweden and Finland needed overtime to advance as the World Ice Hockey Championships now converge on Quebec City for Friday's semi-finals. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 hours ago
MOSCOW. May 14 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia's space agency Roscosmos and the European Space Agency have reached an agreement to create a spacecraft for flights to near-Earth orbits and to the Moon, Roscosmos spokesman Alexander Vorobyov told Interfax on ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 hours ago
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Source: www.reuters.com --- 36 minutes ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain's Virgin Group made its Russian debut on Thursday, breaking into the country's expanding Internet business a few months after it unveiled big plans for Russia, including setting up an airline by 2010. ...

Source: www.sportsline.com --- 4 hours ago
Switzerland put two pucks into its own net in the opening minutes, helping Russia to an easy 6-0 victory in the ice hockey World Championship quarterfinals Wednesday. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 34 minutes ago
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Source: football.uk.reuters.com --- 3 hours ago
MOSCOW, May 14 (Reuters) - Russia striker Alexander Kerzhakov was a surprise omission when coach Guus Hiddink unveiled his 25-man provisional squad for Euro 2008 on Wednesday. ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com --- 3 hours ago
Vladimir Putin's last-minute decision to fulfill U. N. Security Council Resolution 1803 on Iran before handing over power to Dmitry Medvedev... ...

Source: cnews.canoe.ca --- 4 hours ago
MOSCOW - An unmanned Russian cargo ship is heading for the International Space Station after blasting off with supplies, equipment and gifts for the station's crew. ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 3 hours ago
The Kremlin rolled out the red carpet Wednesday for Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, the first foreign official to hold talks with President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin since they took up their new positions last week. ...

Source: www.iol.co.za --- 2 hours ago
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on the top UN powers to give Iran security guarantees to help resolve the crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme. ...

Source: www.dw-world.de --- 1 hour ago
Less than a week after taking office, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday welcomed German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the two called for closer Russian-German ties. ...

Source: therealnews.com --- 3 hours ago
Eric Margolis: Medvedev will continue policy of opposing any US attack on Iran ...

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 3 hours ago
MOSCOW — An unmanned Russian cargo ship blasted off Thursday with supplies, equipment and gifts for the international space station, an official said. Mission Control spokesman Valery Lyndin sa... ...

Source: www.barentsobserver.com --- 2 hours ago
An Indian Navy representative says negotiations over the takeover of the aircraft carrier “Admiral Gorshkov” will continue until after summer this year and that the country’s armed forces expect to include the vessel in its navy in year 2012. ...

Source: www.barentsobserver.com --- 2 hours ago
President Dmitrii Medvedev yesterday announced the names of his top representatives in the seven federal districts. Ilya Klebanov remains head of the Northwest Russian Federal District. ...