The Russian government will allocate a total of 3.99 billion rubles ($132 million) in 2010 for the development of the Skolkovo research hub outside Moscow.
The U.S. is willing to talk to Iran about an earlier aborted plan to supply fuel for a Tehran research reactor in exchange for low-enriched uranium from the Islamic Republic, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday.
The crewmembers and passengers of a Russian helicopter seized by insurgents in Sudan were beaten and one pilot is still missing, a spokesman for the UN secretary general said on Wednesday.
At least 9 people were injured as a blast ripped through a church in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, the UNIAN news agency said, citing emergencies officials.
A Russian pilot is missing in Sudan, the Russian embassy in Khartoum said on Wednesday, rejecting earlier reports that all crewmembers of a helicopter seized by insurgents had returned safely to their base in Darfur.
Floodwaters in northeastern China have washed more than 1,000 barrels of explosive chemicals into a major river, the Songhua, state media reported on Wednesday.
The Russian government has approved a list of 11 state-controlled companies whose stakes are to be privatized in 2011-2013, an Economic Development Ministry official said on Wednesday.
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill, has denied rumors that he came to Ukraine in order to stifle the power of Metropolitan Vladimir, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church will on Wednesday hold a festive liturgy in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves.
Former Bulgarian prime minister Sergey Stanishev criticized the current cabinet led by Boyko Borisov for giving up plans to build the Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline, Bulgarian news agency Novinite.com reported.
A Russian government sub-commission recommended on Tuesday that zero import duties on wide-body airliners that are not manufactured in Russia be maintained.
Three Russians hijacked in the Sudanese Darfur region are safe, however one more remains missing, the African Union and United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur Joint Special Representative Ibrahim Gambari said on Tuesday.
The streetball championship which will be held as part of the sports forum Russia Is A Sport Power will be one of the most prominent international championships, Moscow Deputy Mayor Sergei Baidakov said on Tuesday.
Militants in the Sudanese Darfur region on Monday hijacked a Russian helicopter with four Russian crew members and five Sudanese passengers on board, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Militants in the Sudanese Darfur region on Monday hijacked a Russian helicopter with four Russian crew members and five Sudanese passengers on board, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.