Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All-Russia will discuss the problems of Christians in the Middle East with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in Moscow on Saturday, the Moscow Patriarchate spokesman said.
Deciphering equipment for the voice recorder of a crashed Russian passenger jet will be delivered to Jakarta from Moscow on Thursday morning, the Russian Industry and Trade Ministry reported.
A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts docked with the International Space Station (ISS) early on Thursday, beginning a four-month mission aboard the orbiting complex.
Over 30 protesters have been detained in downtown Moscow’s Kudrinskaya Square, a law enforcement source told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will on Thursday attend the second St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.