Russian sailors still in Nigerian jail despite court rulingThe 15 Russian sailors from the merchant vessel Myre Seadiver of Russia's Moran Security Group are still in jail despite the court ruling, says Russian Ambassador to Nigeria Alexander Polyakov10:30 27.02.2013
Moscow to get charges lifted from 15 Russian sailors in NigeriaRussia considers it a positive development that the 15 Russian sailors held in Nigeria have been released on their own recognizance, and will work to ensure that all charges against them are lifted, the Foreign Ministry's Department of Information and the Press said in a statement.10:48 26.02.2013
Russians were turned over to Libyan rebels on legal groundsThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office has not found any transgression in the actions of Russian diplomats who handed over two Russian nationals to Libyan rebels in the fall of 2011.12:15 21.02.2013
Another US adoption of Russian child probed, gay parent lied in courtThe Foreign Ministry is looking into the circumstances surrounding an American same-sex couple's adoption of a Russian boy and their custody battle over the child. According to Konstantin Dolgov, the ministry's special representative for human rights, democracy and the rule of law, the boy has incurred moral harm.10:25 21.02.2013
Russia initiates investigation in Kosovo organ theft – Foreign MinistryRussian law enforcement authorities have initiated an investigation in connection with the alleged illegal organ transplants in Kosovo, the Foreign Ministry reported on its website on Tuesday.16:48 19.02.2013
Israeli ex-foreign minister Lieberman on trial for fraudThe trial of Israel’s former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, accused of fraud and breach of trust, began on Sunday afternoon in Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court.10:05 18.02.2013
No grounds for an international investigation into activist's deathThere are no grounds for an international investigation into Russian opposition activist Alexander Dolmatov's death in the Netherlands, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday.13:35 14.02.2013
Russian engineer exchanged for Syrian rebels returns homeRussian national Viktor Gorelov, who was abducted in Syria last December and exchanged for Syrian rebels, returned to his home city of Novokuznetsk in Siberia.12:13 11.02.2013
Lavrov calls Magnitsky Act ‘demonstrative’ anti-Russian moveThe US Magnitsky Act, which introduces sanctions for Russian officials deemed to have violated human rights, is a demonstrative step replacing the outdated Jackson-Vanik amendment, Russia’s foreign minister said.10:02 11.02.2013
Russian culture ministry to strike back at US over Schneerson LibraryThe Russian Foreign Ministry has recommended that the Ministry of Culture and the Russian State Library appeal to the courts and fine the US Library of Congress for failing to return seven books from the Schneerson Collection which Moscow lent to Washington as part of an interlibrary loan in 1994.11:05 08.02.2013
The original agreement on dissolving the Soviet Union may be lostThe original of the agreement signed in Belovezhskaya Pushcha in Belarus in 1991 to mark the dissolution of the Soviet Union is missing.10:19 08.02.2013
Russia approves visa-free diplomatic travel agreement with BangladeshThe Russian government has approved a draft agreement with Bangladesh on visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic and service passports.14:31 07.02.2013
No plans to denounce further agreements with US - Foreign MinistryRussia does not plan to denounce further agreements with the United States after revising the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.15:44 06.02.2013
Russians captured in Syria exchanged for rebelsThe two Russians who were kidnapped in Syria in mid December 2012 have been exchanged for Syrian rebels, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.14:07 04.02.2013
Russia seeks Viktor Bout's release under Strasbourg ConventionMoscow will demand the return of Russian businessman Viktor Bout in accordance with the 1983 European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Friday.14:27 01.02.2013
Russia terminates anti-crime cooperation deal with USRussia is terminating the agreement on cooperation with the United States in the spheres of law and drug enforcement, the Russian government reported Wednesday.10:10 30.01.2013
Russian sailors' arms trading case postponed by Nigerian courtThe court in Lagos, Nigeria, has postponed the hearing of the application to release 15 Russian crewmen from the cargo ship Myre Seadiver by two weeks, says a representative of the ship's owner, Russia's Moran Security Group.14:27 29.01.2013
Russia may sue US Chassids for failure to return religious textsRussia's Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, proposed initiating proceedings against select members of America's Chassidic Jewish community who allegedly failed to return some books that were borrowed from the Yitzchok Schneerson collection.15:15 23.01.2013
Russians leaving Syria cross into Lebanon to board planes homeRoughly 50 Russians who have decided to leave Syria have crossed the border into Lebanon in three buses with employees of the Russian Embassy in Damascus.15:04 22.01.2013
Chassidic sect won't insist on freeze of Russian assets in AmericaThe US-based Chassidic movement known as Chabad Lubavitch will not insist that valuable Russian cultural objects in the US be confiscated in retaliation for Russia's refusal to give up the Schneerson Library collection.10:51 21.01.2013