Russia is planning to send the Olympic flame into space ahead of the 2014 winter games in Sochi, the deputy Prime Minister said here.

Russia cut off electricity supplies to Belarus at midnight Tuesday until Belarus fully repays its 1.2-billion ruble ($43 million) outstandings, Russia's electricity export monopoly Inter RAO said.

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In the first visit by an Indian home minister in 15 years, P. Chidambaram will arrive here on Tuesday on a three day visit during which he will hold high-level security dialogue with top Russian ministers and officials.

A volcano in northern Russia has erupted, and is churning out ash to a height of 10,000 metres, scientists said on Friday.

The 3,283-metre Shiveluch volcano increased activity in May 2009 and has bee

Russia on Tuesday offered to send experts to Libya to check whether leader Muammar Gaddafi's son and grandchildren were killed in a Nato strike or whether the claim was made for "propaganda" reasons.

India and Russia are mulling closer cooperation between their air forces, operating similar aircraft and preparing to jointly develop futuristic fifth generation fighter jet, officials said, amid the ongoing visit of Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik.

Russia expelled Israel's military attache at its Moscow embassy because he engaged in industrial espionage, an unnamed secret service official told the state RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday.

Russia's leaders on Monday declared their incomes for 2010, with President Dmitry Medvedev revealing that he owns only one classic car dating back to the Stalin era and his wife has no savings.

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Tehran: Iran on Saturday said it is removing the fuel from the reactor of a Russian-built nuclear power plant, a move seen as a big blow to its controversial nuclear programme.

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Dhaka: Bangladesh has signed here a 'primary deal' with Russia for installing a 2,000 MW nuclear power plant, which would be its first.

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