The new Islam channel is supposed to encourage and promote spiritual development of the society.

P96-Golf ultra light aircraft manufactured by Tecnam (Italy) crashed in the Chelyabinsk Region of Russia on Sunday evening killing the pilot and his trainee. The aircraft belonged to Russian company Chelavia.

Russian and Ukraine have agreed to construct a bridge across the Kerch Strait. The Ukrainian side has told that work on the project is expected to start in the nearest days.

A monument to Boris Yeltsin has been unveiled today in the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow. The author of the monument is the famous Russian sculptor Georgy Frangulyan.

Today the Olympic Fire has arrived at the Pulkovo airport in St.Petersburg from Istanbul by extra flight. The jet landed at 03:30 Moscow time.

Over 70 people, including 25 children, turned victims of over-chlorinated water in one of the most popular aqua parks of St. Petersburg. A criminal investigation has been launched and the aqua park has been temporary closed.

On March 20 early in the morning a SU-25 strike jet of the Russian Air Force exploded in mid-air during a training flight in the Russia’s Far East 143 kilometres (90 miles) distant from the city of Vladivostok.

A shepherd from the Altai village Kyrlyk claims moral damage compensation from Russian Space Agency (RSA) for a fragment of a rocket launched from Baikonur cosmodrome that fell on his stockyard on February 5, 2008.

On February 27 lama Ole Nydahl started a tour across Russia accompanied by over 300 Buddhists from all over the world. They intend to visit 11 Russian cities.

On 13-23 February 2008 the Russian air carrier Aeroflot, association of chess federations and the Russian chess federation are holding the 7th international chess tournament “Aeroflot Open 2008” in the Russian capital.