Russian special forces will now have the right to read e-mails and tap cell phone conversations during an anti-terrorist operation

A new aircraft corporation is expected to be created in Russia to consolidate the struggling manufacturers

Public Chamber, a new advisory body set up in Russia, will monitor how budget funds are spent in Russia. Yevgeny Velikhov, its president, inked a deal with the Accounts Chamber, headed by Yevgeny Stepashin, to share the responsibily.

Sergey Kirienko, chief of the Russian Atomic Agency, says talks on Iran's nuclear programme and Russia's proposal to enrich uranium will continue in Moscow in the near future.

Direct Real Estate Investments Fund, initially worth $300m, is being set up in Russia by AFK Sistema, Renova Group and The Goldman Sachs Group

Yesterday a roof of a market in eastern Moscow collapsed killing 60 people and injuring 36. Today one more person died in hospital while the number of those hospitalized was cut to 23

Louise Arbour, UN Commissioner for Human Rights has wrapped up her week-long visit to Russia at a press conference. She’s traveled through Russia’s southern republic of Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus with an inspection

Iranian delegation visited Russia earlier this February and is now waiting Moscow experts to go on with the talks. Tense negotiations are right ahead of the March 6 IAEA session. If talks fail, the whole issue may be moved to the UN Security Council

German carmaker Volkswagen is due to sign an agreement with the Russian government on the construction of assembly facilities in the town of Stupino, Moscow Region

Russia plans building 60 nuclear power plants abroad within 25 years, said Sergey Kiriyenko, chief of the Federal Atomic Energy