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MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Police...

MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) - Police in central Russia have detained two people on suspicion of burning to death a beggar, the Investigation Committee of the Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.


In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress...

In March 1990 the Third Extraordinary Congress of Soviet People's Deputies adopted the Law on the Institution of the Post of President and Introduction of Amendments into the Constitution of the U.S.S.R. These amendments abolished the "leading and guiding role of the CPSU," declared a multi-party system, and made the President the head of the Soviet state. Other Union republics followed suit, and switched to presidential form of government.


MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's...

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's top court ruled on Wednesday "to exonerate" the country's last tsar and his family, executed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, as victims of political repression.

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MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Palestinian...

Abbas arrived in Moscow on April 5 on a four-day visit, his second trip to the Russian capital in less than four months. On Monday, he met with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and efforts to create a united Palestinian government.

The Palestinian leader also expressed his gratitude to Russia for its assistance following Israel's three-week offensive on the Gaza Strip earlier this year. "The people feel and are aware of the assistance," he told Medvedev.

He also said that he hoped a planned conference on the Middle East would be held in the Russian capital in the near future.

"I believe that we need to hold a Middle East conference in Moscow as soon as possible," he told the Vremya Novostei newspaper. "It has already been delayed too long."

"We hope that international efforts will be channeled into one stream, the aim of which is to establish peace in the Middle East," business daily Kommersant reported

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