30,000 postcards devoted to World Refugee Day were produced in Russian, with a special design, and distributed at 800 public spots in Moscow during the week of 11 to 20 June. Each guest of the World ...

Russia waged a covert war against Georgia that included missile attacks, arms shipments to anti-government rebels and car bombings since 2004, a newly disclosed U.S. Embassy cable says. Among the ...

MOSCOW -- When an urgent telephone summons came in to the Bon-Pet clinic last October, Alexander Duka responded as he always did for an emergency: He loaded up his medical bag, set off in his car and ...

In December 2004, Russia adopted amendments to the Labor Code, according to which from 2005 onward only May 1 remained a public holiday and non-working day TASS-FACTBOX. On May 1, Spring and Labor Day ...