During a preliminary hearing, former Police Major Denis Yevsyukov, who went on a shooting spree in a Moscow supermarket, has asked the court to hold a hearing without a jury.

The memorial to WWII veterans that was demolished in the Georgian city of Kutaisi earlier this month will be rebuilt in Moscow, Russia

Jamaican-born bass-baritone Sir Willard White will become Mariinsky

An attempt to solve Iran

President Medvedev has revealed a list of people chosen as next-generation high-level officials at national and regional levels.

The overall estimated transfer value of all players who will play at the 2010 World Cup surpasses 5.5 billion euros, writes Portugal

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The Russian film, the favorite for cinema amateurs, and one of the oldest Russian magazines celebrate their birthday on 21, December. Historama has a look and congratulates them.

It may soon be possible to again fly to Georgia directly from Moscow with no layovers in Ukraine or Armenia.

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