Alexei Klimov, the Russian orphan adopted by Deckert spouses from the U.S. and who more than a year ago ran away from his American family, got in touch with the Consulate General of the Russian Federation, after having learned that the Russian side intervened in the situation, children's rights commissioner under the Russian President Pavel Astakhov said.

American Time magazine announced the contenders for "Person of the Year”. The list of 42 candidates includes the presidents of Russia – Vladimir Putin, of the United States – Barack Obama, of Syria – Bashar al-Assad and of Iran – Hassan Rouhani.

Russian business is interested in the agreement on free trade zone with the European Union in accordance with WTO-plus formula, which means, some exceptions for the most sensitive sectors, declared the head of RUIE Alexander Shokhin on the Russian-French economic forum.

South Stream pipeline project continues to develop. New section construction will be launched already in the next year.

The Russian economy is in a parlous state and needs a radical changes to the political regime, The Telegraph reports.

New German officials intend to strive for a simplified visa regime with Russia. It is mentioned in the coalition agreement between the Chancellor Angela Merkel's block “The Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union” and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Alexander Veledinsky’s film The Geographer Drank His Globe Away has taken the grand prize of the film festival in the German city of Cottbus.