The first federal center for the development of equestrian sports in Russia is due to be opened following the signing of a memorandum by the FEI, the sports ministry and the Russian Equestrian Federation.
Wildfires have been raging in the Voronezh Region since July, 26. A state of emergency was declared three days ago as the fires moved closer to inhabited rural areas.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the publication of U.S. secret documents on the war in Afghanistan may lead to serious consequences for NATO troops and their Afghan assets.
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The Russia is a Sports Power international sports forum, timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics, opened in Moscow on July 29.
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other organizations will visit Armenia from August 2-6 to examine a platform for the construction of a nuclear power unit, anArmenian State Nuclear Regulatory Committee chairman said.
Unilateral EU sanctions against Tehran undermine the negotiating process between Iran and the group of international mediators, the head of a Russian think tank on Iranian studies said on Thursday.
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.