The Association of Moscow Communities proposed that 554 meter-tall Ostankino Tower bear the name of Nikolai Nikitin, who designed the tower.

On March 20-22 an international contest of Muslim fashion will take place in Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan of the RF.

WWF and Greenpeace have asked prosecutors to investigate whether the Kremlin's envoy to the State Duma was participating in an illegal hunt of endangered animals.

The wreckage of the Mi-8 helicopter has been found near Mount Chernaya in the Altai Republic in Russia’s Far East.

On Friday morning a Mi-8 helicopter of Gazpromavia company did not respond to call-up in the Republic of Altai. According to preliminary data, the helicopter carried 10 people aboard.