Russian engineers finished air tightness tests and autonomous electric tests of the new Russian space module “Rassvet” (“Dawn”), which took place in Florida, United States.

The Moscow airport of Sheremetyevo became the second place after the Moscow Kremlin, where professional and unprofessional photography was allowed. Earlier taking was prohibited photos in the places like these.

A group of tourists from Belarus was covered by an avalanche in the mountains of the Lovozero Massif in the Murmansk Region. The list of the missing tourists is published on the web-site of the MES Department of the Murmansk Region. Two persons from the group managed to get off.

The general plan of Moscow assigns about a thousand square meters of underground space under the Pushkin Square to foundation of an archeological museum, the deputy head of Moskomarkhitektura Alexey Kurennoy informed on Friday.

Russian scientists shed light on how bacteria made soil from volcanic rocks on the dawn of our history.

An exhibition dedicated to the glorified Russian actor Innokenty Smoktunovsky has started in Moscow. This year he would have turned 85 years old.

ALROSa, Russia's diamond monopoly, was named the world's largest diamond producer in 2009.

International think-tank has discovered a new underwater source of methane, located on the Arctic sea shelf of Eastern Siberia.

The Russian language will not become the second official language in Ukraine.

Two North Koreans who are in Primorye, Russia, on a working visa have appealed to the South Korean Consulate General in Vladivostok to grant them political asylum on Tuesday

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As it has already become obvious, the winter Olympic Games in Vancouver were rich in the failures. The cohort of the non-achievers is headed by United States, Russia, Austria and Germany. Many sportsmen have been the forth ones, and that is even worse as to be among the last ones. The Russian team, disappointed the fandom, was awaited to be more successful. There are many ideas and explanations of that, from the self-condemnation to condemnations of everybody except us. The professionals offer opinions like these:

Vladimir Pavlovich Basov was an outstandingly specific actor, a talented director and one of the most mysterious cinema masters. He created a whole gallery of strange freaky characters. The actor had an original face, varied mimics, great virtuosity and irresistible charm.

Russian physicists from several scientific institutions successfully synthesized regular one-dimensional nanostructures, which period didn’t exceed 90 nanometres. For this purpose, researchers treated solid surfaces with multipulse femtosecond laser radiation in air or water environment.