The holy Muslim month Ramadan has started this week on August 1 in Russia and will last for thirty days. It is time for strict fasting, diligent praying, reading Quran, giving charity.

The Russian authorities and people have expressed their condolences to the Norwegian King and Prime Minister and the families of victims of terrorist attacks, following the incidents on Friday, July 22, 2011.

The world champion in synchronized swimming Natalia Ishchenko has won six gold medals in Shanghai, China, her total record reaching sixteen wins at world championships. This is an absolute result.

July 13 Swiss and Russian presidents are to discuss acute bilateral and international issues and open a 500 mln Euro Swiss-investment OJSC Shurovskiy Cement plant in Kolomna.

The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov is to meet US President Barack Obama next week in Washington, D.C. Lavrov will also take part in the meeting of the Middle East Quartet on Israel/Palestine on July 11.

The commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the Soviet's Union victory over Nazi Germany has gathered over 20 thousand soldiers, airmen, sailors and cadets on the Red Square.

American institute of science and international security has confirmed the opinion of French Agency for Nuclear safety, which gave emergency case at Fukusima 1 nuclear plant 6 points from the 7 possible according to international 7 points scale. But it can be not the end...

Mikhail Gorbachev, the First and the Last President of the USSR is celebrating his 80th anniversary today, on the March, 2 in Moscow. This person is associated with the end of the Cold War and fall of the Soviet Union.

Next week Brussels welcomes a summit of the Russian Federation and European Union, at which the parties are expected to sign a document on our country becoming a member of World Trade Organization.

The International Tiger Forum, which started in St. Petersburg this weekend, brought together experts on endangered animals from various countries and government heads of countries, where tigers still live, in order to discuss possible solutions to tiger population decline. The draft programme on doubling tiger population was suggested during a meeting of experts on Bali Island, Indonesia this July.

For Russia this year is definitely the year of the world-famous auto race. Just think – a Russian driver has finished his first full season in the race, and Russian goverment has signed a contract on bringing the F1 race to our country.

Two Russian-born scientists have won the Nobel Prize of $1.5 million for Physics, for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene. One of the two is the first individual to take home both the Nobel and the Ig Nobel.

The forum titled “The Arctic- Territory of Dialogue” wrapped up today in Moscow. The forum has already made its contribution to the Arctic’s future, its participants said.

Legal international arms trade became so familiar over the past few decades that one doesn't even notice any more how sinister the game is.

The former US President Bill Clinton claims that Russian immigrants and settlers in the Middle East are the main barrier in the way of reaching a settlement in the region.

Washington’s Far East strategy, namely its contradictions with China, may cause problems for Russian Far East.

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:

Who has just for once been to Abkhazia would not forget it. This place is like a piece of tropical land in a northern latitudes. Picturesque bamboo gloves, tropical dark forests, fruit trees and palms surround warm Black Sea caves. Abkhazia is a very exotic country with rich history, manners and traditions. It suffered much because of the war but now it has almost got the independence because of Russia support.

Now foreign visitors can get Russian visa support document or a letter of invitation, they can also get help in visa processing at the Russian consulate.

More then 5000 Russian citizens signed the letter from Russian Orthodox Church to Dmitry Medvedev. The letter is against some points of the European Social Charter. Public opinion of a large part of Russian citizens on the creation of the institute of the Juvenile Judiciary and the introducing the sexual education at school differ from the points of the European Social Charter.