Two major publishing groups may merge, as Eksmo is negotiating to purchase or merge with AST, Vedomosti reported Friday. Estimates differ over which of the two publishers is Russia's largest. They both have their own logistics and retail networks. According to...

... German-run ghettos in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe where the Nazis murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews. And there were about 200 more ghettos than previously believed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, said Martin Dean, editor of the recently published "Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, 1933-1945, Volume II." It's part of a long-term effort to document every site of organized Nazi persecution, beyond the well-known extermination camps like Auschwitz. It "gives us information...

Air Force head Alexander Zelin was dismissed from his post Friday, according to a decree by President Dmitry Medvedev published on the Kremlin's website. Air Force head Alexander Zelin was dismissed from his post Friday, according to a decree by President Dmitry Medvedev published on the Kremlin's website. The brief announcement gave no indication as to the reason...

... or more than nine times what Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev made. Grigorov also owns a 186-square-meter home and a 31.6-square-meter home and he owns a 128-square-meter apartment together with his wife, according to police income declarations published Wednesday on the Interior Ministry's website. He also owns an Audi A6 automobile. He said his wife earned 6 million rubles and owns a 100-square-meter apartment. According to the income declarations of Cabinet officials published last month...

Diplomas from 210 foreign universities will now be acknowledged in Russia without an additional state evaluation, according to a government order published Friday by Rossiiskaya Gazeta. Diplomas from 210 foreign universities will now be acknowledged in Russia without an additional state evaluation, according to a government order published Friday by Rossiiskaya Gazeta. The selected universities...

After almost two decades in Moscow's PR and publishing industry, Anna Jackson-Stevens is one of many expatriates working side by side with Russians at the Dr. Romanov Center in St. Petersburg. Founded in 1989, the charity offers free treatment and rehabilitation...

Moscow is deeply unhappy with Washington's decision to deny a visa to singer and lawmaker Iosif Kobzon, but won't retaliate by barring U.S. artists from entry, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published Saturday. Moscow is deeply unhappy with Washington's decision to deny a visa to singer and lawmaker Iosif Kobzon, but won't retaliate by barring U.S. artists from entry, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published Saturday...

... — received the prestigious Order of St. Alexander Nevsky on Thursday, RIA-Novosti and RBK reported, citing unidentified officials in the Central Elections Commission. The RBK source said Medvedev had signed the necessary decree. No such decree was published on the Kremlin’s website, and Churov’s name was not on the Kremlin’s awards list of 57 people. Moreover, Medvedev handed the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky at Thursday’s ceremony to Vasily Petrov, a World War II veteran who served for 70 years...

... in the activities of AmCham, RICS and other professional bodies. Organization of publication of articles, analytics, comments and notes in the business and professional press. Cooperation with business literature publishers in editing and proofreading of business texts in both Russian and English. Close work with Design and PR-agencies. Development and production of promotional materials. Regular update of news and other...

Moscow authorities have published Doroga.mos.ru, the road repair plan for the current year, on the Roads of Moscow portal, Vedomosti reported Friday. All work — about 2,000 projects — is mapped out with the date of commencement and completion, and current status...

... the only fabric available is a piece of coarse felt used to make military overcoats? A possible solution — accompanied by spirited sewing patterns — can be found in the old, yellowing pages of a fashion magazine published in Russia in the 1920s. ST. PETERSBURG — How can you make a fashionable coat when the only fabric available is a piece of coarse felt used to make military overcoats? A possible solution — accompanied by spirited sewing...

... in March outside Larnaca, Cyprus. The group adopted as its first mission statement in 2010 to focus on the prevention of nuclear terrorism and worked with experts at Harvard Belfer Center and the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies in Moscow to publish the first joint assessment of this threat. This joint assessment, published in English and Russian, made clear in an unclassified booklet the very real danger that dedicated terrorists could obtain or make a nuclear device. The group also authored...

... of thousands of people looking for an alternative to the Putin-Medvedev vertical power system. "In the 16th century, the All-Russian autocrat Ivan the Terrible asked for the hand of Queen Elizabeth I of England," Graham said in an interview published on the Mariinsky Theater website. "Soon thereafter, Holinshed published his historic chronicles in which Shakespeare discovered the story of one of Scotland's kings — Macbeth. Three hundred years later Karamzin was to write his History...

... the orders give specific deadlines for work to be done by the next government, expected to be led by former President Dmitry Medvedev. Many of the instructions appear to be aimed at carrying out proposals Putin made in his series of campaign articles published in the months leading up to the March 4 presidential election. All the orders Putin signed Monday can be seen in Russian on the Kremlin website here . 7:03 p.m., Protesters Move to Kitai Gorod Neighborhood: Opposition protesters have gathered...

... more than Saudi Arabia and is confident it can increase output year on year, Energy Ministry data showed, contradicting a report that the Arabian kingdom has become the world's biggest producer. Data from an Energy Ministry presentation follow a report published over the weekend by the Joint Organizations Data Initiative, or JODI, a group set up by oil producers and consumers, showing a sharp drop in Russian output. JODI data showed Russian production fell from 10.370 million barrels per day in December...

... it has annually for more than a decade. President-elect Vladimir Putin and outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev have both identified Russia's demographic situation as one of the biggest challenges facing the country. In one of Putin's campaign articles published in the run-up to the March 4 presidential vote, he pitched a strategy to increase the population from the current 143 million to 154 million by 2050 with the help of measures like providing financial and other support for families with more...

... planes or flight simulators. The number of air safety violations in 2011 went up 16 percent, from 124,000 in 2010 to 144,000 last year, due in part to higher numbers of checks by watchdogs, a Prosecutor General's Office official said in an interview published Wednesday. The increase in inspections came partly as a result of a rise in airline accidents, from 24 in 2010 to 34 last year, said Yelena Glebova, the head of transportation and customs oversight in the prosecutor's office, in an interview...

..., a city official said. The cylindrical billboards are to be dismantled by July 1, as are the nearly 7,000 advertisement stands hung on concrete blocks, city media and advertising department head Vladimir Chernikov said in an interview with Izvestia published Tuesday. Chernikov called the situation with the advertising stands "complete chaos," because permission for use of thousands of stands can be given at once. He also said the city still hasn't received about 7 billion rubles ($224...

... the transportation and logistics capacity of the world's countries and ranked Russia 95th out of 155. The World Bank assessed the transportation and logistics capacity of the world's countries and ranked Russia 95th out of 155. The World Bank published the rating in the survey Connected to Compete. Russia ranked between Guinea-Bissau and Lebanon, while its partners in the Common Economic Space were higher, with Kazakhstan in 86th place and Belarus in 91st. The top spots in the rankings were...

... attention to social and economic development. "Russia is ready to lend a shoulder to support Abkhazia in the social sphere and the development of its economy," Putin said Friday during talks with Abkhazia's president Alexander Ankvab. The Kremlin published a statement on its website about the meeting, which took place at Bocharov Ruchei, Putin's ornate residence near the the Black Sea. "Much has been done in previous years for the establishment of Abkhazia as independent state, but more needs...