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Research casts doubt over Russia’s ‘growing’ middle class There are more billionaires in Russia than any country on earth, bar the U.S., but new research shows that many Russians are hiding their poverty by calling themselves middle class.

Another explosion in Abkhazia An explosion has been reported near a peace-keepers' post in the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone. No injuries have been reported.

Medvedev pledges to succeed where Putin failed Russia is among the world's most corrupt countries, and authorities have struggled to keep it under control. President Medvedev has made fighting corruption a priority and is now hoping to amend legal loopholes, protect...

Woman ignored as she died on U.S. hospital floor New York's city health authority has been forced to explain how a 49-year old psychiatric patient died on the floor of one of its hospital waiting rooms.

Politkovskaya suspect traced to western Europe The search for one of the suspected killers of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya has led investigators to Belgium.

Georgian city flooded by torrential rain Hundreds of buildings have been flooded in the Georgian city of Tkibuli, 250 kilometres from the capital Tbilisi. Residents have been suffering as torrential rain triggered widespread chaos.

Abkhazia shuts border after ‘Georgian terrorist attacks’ Abkhazia has closed its border with Georgia pending a special order, the Abkhazian Security Council has announced. Several explosions have been reported in the past two days, injuring several people. Abkhazia blames...

More charges for ex-Yukos boss Russian prosecutors are bringing new charges against the former boss of Yukos Oil, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and executive Platon Lebedev, according to their lawyers. These include embezzlement, money laundering and stealing

America accused of stealing constitution from Ukraine An ancient Ukrainian code was used as the basis for the United States constitution, insists Ukraine’s Prime Minister, Yulya Timoshenko. She made the extraordinary claim while addressing compatriots on the country’s Const

Geyser Valley reopens for tourists The Geyser Valley of Kamchatka, in Russia’s Far East, is welcoming tourists back after a year-long break caused by a mudslide that threatened the reserve's existence.

Friends puzzled by model’s suspected suicide The body of a model nicknamed the Russian Rapunzel has arrived in Moscow. Ruslana plunged from her ninth floor apartment in a Manhattan high rise, in what police say was almost certainly suicide. She died four days...

Sudan bans Russian cargo planes after crash The Sudanese President has banned Russian-made cargo planes from operating in the country after a fatal air crash. Four crew members, including a Russian, died when an IL-76 came down near the Sudanese capital,...

Police end probe into alleged skinhead murder gang An investigation into a series racially motivated killings in Moscow has been wound up with the suspects set to go on trial. The Prosecutor General's Office says the nine-strong gang of skinheads murdered 20...

Fuel protesters bring chaos to French roads A series of protests over the price of fuel have brought many roads in France to a standstill. Lorry drivers are demonstrating against high fuel taxes, which they say are threatening to put them out of business. Hauliers

Doomsday cult leader has new 'diabolical document' Former Doomsday cult leader Pyotr Kuznetsov has received a new passport instead of his previous one, which he burnt claiming it was a ‘diabolical document’. According to reports, he accepted the new document without...

Plane crash in Sudan kills four including one Russian Four crew members, one of whom was Russian, have been killed when an IL-76 cargo plane crashed near the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. Witnesses say there was a major fire at the site of the crash.

Mother and aunt try to sell baby for $850 A woman from Uzbekistan who tried to sell her baby daughter has been sentenced to six years in prison by a Russian court. Her sister, who brokered the deal, has also been jailed – for six and a half years.

Bishop: Mobile phones are sinful…and so is paying tax! Bishop Diomid of Chukotka and Anadyr, who’s been provisionally deposed for his criticism of the Moscow Patriarchate’s policy of having dialogue “with the secular government and other religions and confessions,” remains d

The strange case of Latvia’s former president and the 'broken' watch Latvia’s former president Vaira V??e-Freiberga is reported to have illegally appropriated a formal gift valued at around 1000 lats (approximately $US 2300)which was presented to her during her term of office, according t

Abkhazia prepares for return of tourists After 15 years of being under blockade Abkhazia's holiday resorts are preparing for the return of tourists. Sea links between the breakaway republic and Russia are set to be re-opened.

Lithuania says ‘no’ to hammer and sickle Lithuania has moved to ban the public display of Soviet symbols, the toughest restrictions anywhere in the former Soviet Union. The government says it wants to remove all reminders of Soviet rule, which it equates with...

Medvedev praises efforts to unite Church The President has attended a service on the 1020th anniversary of Christianity in Russia. It was held at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow. Speaking at the service, Dmitry Medvedev praised recent attempts to...

Estonians walk out of forum in protest The Estonian delegation headed by the country’s president, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, has left a forum for Finno-Ugric nations in protest at comments made by the Chairman of the Duma's International Affairs Committee,...

Putin: Parliament should head towards multi-party approach The Russian parliament should be more open to discussions and head towards a more multi-party approach, according to Russia's PM Vladimir Putin, who's meeting United Russia, the country's biggest party.

Bus smash kills ten in north-west Russia At least ten people have died and seventeen others injured when a bus collided with a truck in the Leningrad Region in north-west Russia.

Two blasts injure six in Abkhazia Six people have been reported injured in Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia as a result of two blasts in the city of Gagra at around 9am local time.

Russia-EU relations 'find common wavelength' Relations between Russia and the European Union have reached a new level, as leaders gathered earlier this week for talks in the Russian city of Khanti-Mansiysk in Siberia. After 18 months of stalling, Russia's and...

Kazakh supermodel plunges to her death in New York Kazakh-born model Ruslana Korshunova has plunged to her death from an apartment building in Manhattan. The 20-year-old fell from her ninth-floor flat in an apparent suicide, according to the city police.

Join NATO and pay the price, Putin warns Ukraine Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has warned Kiev that if Ukraine joins NATO, cooperation between the two countries will be affected. The announcement was made after Putin's meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia...

Medvedev speaks out on ethnic tribes President Medvedev believes criticism of the position of Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia is politicised. He made the statement at the opening of the Fifth International Congress of the Finno-Ugric peoples in the city of Kh

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