Moscow
Mig-35 offered to India matches all requirements: Russia
Russia on Monday said that its new Mig-35 fighter had passed IAF’s three evaluation tests and matched all requirements listed by New Delhi in the $10 billion tender for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA).
‘Russian spy’ no Mata Hari, says mom
The Russian girl accused by the United States of acting as a Kremlin agent and branded by the media as a flame-haired femme fatale is “no Mata Hari” but an average young woman, her mother on Wednesday
Kyrgyz swears in Central Asia’s first woman Prez
Kyrgysztan leader Roza Otunbayeva on Saturday etched her name in history as she was sworn-in as the conflict-ridden country’s President, the first-ever woman head of state in Central Asia.
Russia builds world largest telescope
The construction of the world’s largest telescope, worth $271 million, will be completed in 2011, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
“The telescope’s size exceeds the overall height of the Empire State Building, the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Shanghai World Financial Centre,” Roscosmos said.
Russia spy ring suspect vanishes in Cyprus
The police was hunting on Thursday for a key suspect in the Russia-US spy scandal who vanished in Cyprus, as 10 other alleged Kremlin spies were due to appear before US courts to request bail.
Spy scandal: US,Russia keep calm
Russia and the US sought on Wednesday to cool a heated scandal spar-ked by the arrest of 11 suspected Kremlin spies, amid fears the Cold War-style furore could harm improving ties.
Russia: US spy story is Cold War bunkum
Russia on Tuesday said US allegations that it had broken up a major Russian spy ring just days after President Dmitry Medvedev met Barack Obama in Washington were baseless and improper. The US said it had arrested 10 suspected spies who had recruited political sources and gathered information for the Russian government.
FBI busts a Cold War-era spy network, 10 arrested
Russia on Tuesday said US allegations that it had broken up a major Russian spy ring just days after President Dmitry Medvedev met US President Barack Obama in Washington were baseless and improper.
BP denies Hayward resignation claim
Russia’s state RIA Novosti news agency is quoting a senior Russian Cabinet official as saying that BP chief executive Tony Hayward is expected to resign, a report BP denied.
49% of Russians blame Stalin for WWII losses
Almost half of Russians in a recent poll blamed dictator Joseph Stalin’s “blunders” for the Soviet Union’s huge losses of life in World War II, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday.
