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President Vladimir Putin said today the crash of a Russian Airbus A321 in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula was a great tragedy and he called on investigators to build an "objective picture" of what happened.

A reported comment by President Vladimir Putin that Russia could capture Ukraine's capital Kiev within two weeks was taken out of context, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Kremlin foreign policy aide as saying on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied reports that Russia plans to reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba from which it once spied on the United States.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of fabled AK-47 automatic rifle, has died, Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing the office of the presidency in the Udmurtia region where he worked. He was 94.

Indra 2013, a joint military exercise between India and Russia, will be held in India from October 18 to 28, the spokesman of Russia's Eastern Command, Alexander Gordeyev, told ITAR-TASS.

Ecuador's foreign minister says his government is analysing an asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor wanted for revealing secrets.

The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RAC MiG) has signed a contract with India's defence ministry on the training of Indian pilots on operating carrier-based aircraft, RAC MiG Director General Sergei Korotkov told Itar-Tass in an interview.

Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas had to be granted a temporary Russian visa to join his teammates in Moscow after failing a border control, ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Monday.

Reports say a Russian villager ended up with his own private arsenal after buying wooden containers for firewood. The ITAR-Tass news agency reported on Friday that a truck driver had decided to make extra money by selling crates he was transporting from an arms plant in the Ural Mountains to a nearby landfill. Little did he know, the crates conta...

A flight made an emergency landing in Volgograd  because one of the woman on board was in premature labour, the dispatcher service of Volgograd airport said.The flight flying from Moscow to Grozny took off from Domodedovo airport yesterday, when a 24 year old passenger suddenly felt she was in labour. Soon after, the Chief Pilot decided to mak...

President Vladimir Putin said today the crash of a Russian Airbus A321 in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula was a great tragedy and he called on investigators to build an "objective picture" of what happened.

A reported comment by President Vladimir Putin that Russia could capture Ukraine's capital Kiev within two weeks was taken out of context, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a Kremlin foreign policy aide as saying on Tuesday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied reports that Russia plans to reopen a Soviet-era base in Cuba from which it once spied on the United States.

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of fabled AK-47 automatic rifle, has died, Russia's ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Monday, citing the office of the presidency in the Udmurtia region where he worked. He was 94.

Indra 2013, a joint military exercise between India and Russia, will be held in India from October 18 to 28, the spokesman of Russia's Eastern Command, Alexander Gordeyev, told ITAR-TASS.

Ecuador's foreign minister says his government is analysing an asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor wanted for revealing secrets.

The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RAC MiG) has signed a contract with India's defence ministry on the training of Indian pilots on operating carrier-based aircraft, RAC MiG Director General Sergei Korotkov told Itar-Tass in an interview.

Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas had to be granted a temporary Russian visa to join his teammates in Moscow after failing a border control, ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Monday.

Reports say a Russian villager ended up with his own private arsenal after buying wooden containers for firewood. The ITAR-Tass news agency reported on Friday that a truck driver had decided to make extra money by selling crates he was transporting from an arms plant in the Ural Mountains to a nearby landfill. Little did he know, the crates conta...

A flight made an emergency landing in Volgograd  because one of the woman on board was in premature labour, the dispatcher service of Volgograd airport said.The flight flying from Moscow to Grozny took off from Domodedovo airport yesterday, when a 24 year old passenger suddenly felt she was in labour. Soon after, the Chief Pilot decided to mak...