- 18:25 22/05/2012
The authorities in the Central Russian city of Ryazan attempted to draft into the army the leader of the local branch of the Other Russia party, Sergei Yezhov, just three days before he exceeds the maximum enlistment age, Novaya Gazeta opposition daily reported on Tuesday.
- 18:10 22/05/2012
Poland has warned Moscow against interfering in NATO’s plans concerning the deployment of a missile shield in Europe as Russia is not a member of the military alliance, a high-ranking Polish official said on Tuesday.1
- 18:10 22/05/2012
Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian energy giant Gazprom, saw 2012 first quarter net profit jump 21 percent year-on-year to 48.373 billion rubles ($1.56 billion) to IFRS, the company said on Tuesday.
- 18:01 22/05/2012
Katusha team members have sacrificed their personal ambitions for the sake of the captain Joaquim Rodriguez, who is fighting to retain the Giro d'Italia pink jersey, teammate Pavel Brutt wrote in his blog on Tuesday.
- 17:48 22/05/2012
Russia will take part in a Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting to be held on Wednesday in the Saudi capital Riyadh, a Foreign Ministry official said.
- 17:41 22/05/2012
The Russian Students Union is opposed to Russian Education and Science Minister Dmitry Livanov's initiative of reducing the number students receiving full scholarships in universities, the union’s press service said on Tuesday.
- 17:29 22/05/2012
Russia’s lower house of parliament approved in its first hearing on Tuesday a controversial draft bill that would increase fines for taking part in or organizing unsanctioned protests by as much as two hundred times.
- 17:13 22/05/2012
Igor Sechin has been appointed as chief executive officer of Russia's largest oil company, Rosneft, following an order from Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday.
- 16:55 22/05/2012
Zenit St. Petersburg are the only Eastern European club on the annual list of the world's most valuable football brands, published by the Brand Finance agency on Tuesday.
- 16:10 22/05/2012
Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged on Tuesday to spend 2.5 percent of GDP to boost scientific research in the country, a plan which he said would see scientists contributing to the modernization of the country's military.
- 15:38 22/05/2012
Igor Sechin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin who was one of the most influential members of his cabinet, will continue playing a role in policy-making, Putin’s spokesman said on Tuesday.
- 15:20 22/05/2012
President Vladimir Putin who is returning to the Kremlin after four years as Prime Minister, will need to drive institutional reforms and burnish Russia’s reputation as an investment destination, to modernize the Russian economy, analysts polled by RIA Novosti said on Tuesday.
- 15:12 22/05/2012
The structure of Russia’s new government has remained virtually unchanged because otherwise the Cabinet of Ministers would have needed a long time to get down to business, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- 15:07 22/05/2012
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who in a few days will take up the leadership of Russia's ruling United Russia party, became a member on Tuesday.
- 14:44 22/05/2012
Russia's flagship air carrier Aeroflot may increase its 2011 dividends by 66 percent from 2010, to 1.8081 rubles per share, the company said on Tuesday.
- 14:40 22/05/2012
The Russian barque Sedov, the largest sailing ship in the world, set off on its first round-the-world voyage from the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment in St. Petersburg.
- 13:21 22/05/2012
A magistrates court in Siberia fined an art director at a night club for using Hitler images to advertise a WWII Victory Day party, lenta.ru said on Tuesday.
- 13:17 22/05/2012
Nikolai Nikiforov, 29, is the youngest cabinet member in Russia following his appointment as the minister of communications and mass media, in Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s government.
- 13:02 22/05/2012
The Russian Interior Ministry is shifting responsibility for public order at football matches to the clubs, and will gradually reduce the number of police at stadiums, an official said Tuesday.
