RIA Novosty / Russia

An ugly incident took place in a Nizhny Novgorod café when Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova's disabled sister was told "to leave" because she was "scaring" the café's clients, sparking outrage among Russian lawmakers and the Nizhny Novgorod public.

Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said that Russian Ministry of Culture supports the idea of liberalizing the visa regime for foreigners.

The main referee of the International Army Games said that Russia has become the clear leader of the event.

Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Ukraine have been added to the Russian food embargo import list, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday.

A group of lawmakers from the Communist fraction of Russia's lower house of parliament has introduced a bill aimed at redistributing foodstuffs confiscated under Russia's food embargo to those in need, and as humanitarian aid to conflict zones, the body's press service announced on Thursday.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev said that construction for the Russian section of the first railway bridge to cross the Amur river and connect the country with China will begin in late 2015.

Missile divisions in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula are readying for live-fire drills, according to the Ministry of Defense.

An apparent crack in an underwater pipeline in Moscow created a massive fire which sent a pillar of smoke hundreds of meters into the air.

Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said Wednesday he supports the idea of destroying adulterated food products.

According to Russian state statistics service, Russia’s consumer price index has shown zero-rate growth for the third week in a row ending on August 10.

By 2016, the Russian Navy is set to substitute its British Tiger remote-controlled inspection vehicles, used for underwater search and rescue operations, with five advanced Marlin-350 remote controlled unmanned submersibles, made in Russia.

On Wednesday, cities across Russia and the fleets of the Russian Navy held ceremonies commemorating the 118 sailors who died when Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea 15 years ago, on August 12, 2000.

The German tabloid Bild has been alarmed with pictures from the recent Russian naval aviation military exercises featuring bombs attached to Antonov An-26 military transport aircraft with WWII era-slogans such as “To Berlin!” and “For Stalin”.

The production of Tu-160 strategic bombers is going to be renewed; the new modernized versions are slated to enter service in 2021

The new Russian autonomous search and research submersibles will be produced exclusively in Russia with Russian parts, the general director of Tetis Pro told RIA Novosti.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin claims that Russia may introduce a system of automatic dependent surveillance for light aircraft on the basis of Russia's Glonass satellite navigation network.

On the last day of the St.Petersburg International Economic forum, the participants will discuss the situation on global labor markets and ways to attract skilled migration, long-term strategies for developing the film industry and the export possibilities for Russian IT products.

As Baltic and Nordic countries continue to express unfounded fears about Russian aggression, paranoia fever appears to have its hold on the United States. The Pentagon is quietly installing a cruise missile defense shield in major US cities, despite the financial fiasco of previous attempts to install similar technology.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that speculating on the completion date of the negotiations is unnecessary as the result is more important than the date.

A law requiring non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are engaged in political activities and receive funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents" and to label all their publications as such came into force in November 2012.