The Russian research vessel Akademik Fedorov will leave Arkhangelsk for a three-month expedition to the Arctic on Wednesday to ascertain the borders of Russia's continental shelf, the expedition's chief said on Tuesday.
A court in central Russia has sentenced a neo-Nazi leader to life in jail and imprisoned 13 others for four hate killings and multiple assaults.
Russia's foreign ministry said Tuesday that new European Union sanctions against Iran show scorn for the United Nations and the six nations working to resolve disputes over Iran's nuclear program.
Admiral Giampaolo Di Paola, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, met in Moscow with the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces, Army General Nikolay Makarov and his staff.
Ukraine has come up with an alternative to Russia's South Stream gas pipeline project, Ukrainian Prime Minister Nikolai Azarov announced at a press conference today.