The designer who once dressed Jackie Kennedy, American couturier Carolina Herrera, has presented her Spring 2010 collection in Moscow during her first-ever visit to Russia.

Authorities plan to introduce an anti-drinking policy to cut alcohol consumption by three-fold by 2020. The measure is expected to be introduced in two steps within the next 2 years.

Russian truck maker Kamaz says Daimler will take a controlling stake in the company. But the German automaker is expected to push first for a better price.

A startup company is experimenting with technology, which manipulates the ions in seawater to produce drinking water with little energy consumption.

The only way the Climate Summit can succeed is if the stakeholders agree to make drastic emission cuts and the US joins the deal, says Sunita Narain, Director of the Center for Science and Environment in India.

A suicide bomber attacked a traffic police post in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, wounding at least 23 people, including 10 children.

Stanley Cup winner Evgeny Malkin says he would be glad to face Canada together with his partners from the Russian team in Olympic hockey final, but warns of other strong teams in the tournament.

Preparations for the next expedition to the International Space Station are in their final stages at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the launch scheduled for December 21.

CSKA Moscow defenders Alexey Berezutsky and Sergey Ignashevich, who were accused of using doping, were punished only by one match disqualification by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Thursday that the US side was holding up talks on the new treaty on strategic arms reduction.