The Prime Minister has called for the rebuilding in Moscow of a Soviet-era monument, which killed two in Georgia last week in a botched demolition.

A group of scientists and journalists have denounced the wispy white-haired Viktor Petrik, 63, as a “charlatan” and demand a thorough investigation of his work by the scientific community.

Planned acquisitions in Kazakhstan and three other countries are valued at 14.2 billion rubles and would boost Russia’s profile on the nuclear energy market.

No extradition request has been filed for an organized crime boss on the FBI list of 10 most wanted criminals, because the suspect cannot be extradited according to Russia's constitution.

Yegor Gaidar was a brilliant economist, but he was a weak politician because he did not crave power.

Russia will now pay European prices for Turkmen gas, Gazprom deputy chief executive Alexander Medvedev said.

Sources close to the bank said the billionaires planned to turn MFK into a top Russian private banking player.

Turner Prize-nominated Phil Collins plans to seek out and interview former Russian and East German teachers of Marxism and Leninism.

The former police major who killed three people in a Moscow supermarket in April will be tried by a panel of three judges in a trial that will be open to the public and begin next Monday.

The deal ends a nine-month political standoff, but Russia will import less than half of the previously agreed gas volumes.