MOSCOW, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has emphasised the importance of holding a national dialogue in Ukraine based on the OSCE chairman-in-office’s proposals.

MOSCOW, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s senior government official has said a contract between Russia’s gas giant Gazprom and China is at a very high degree of readiness.

MOSCOW, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - Russia wants to be useful in the settlement of conflicts in Africa, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in the opening remarks at talks with Ugandan counterpart

MOSCOW, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - One of Russia's major scientific and educational projects -- Cyril-Methodius Week, which is timed to coincide with the Day of Slavonic Writing and Culture -- opens here

KIEV, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - The first results of Sunday's self-determination referenda held in Donetsk and Lugansk regions may become known on Monday.

YAROSLAVL, May 12 (Itar-Tass) - The 6th International music festival ended here on Sunday with a gala concert dedicated to the septi-centennial of the birth of St Sergius of Radonezh.

LUGANSK, May 11 /ITAR-TASS/.

MOSCOW, May 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin together with the leaders of a number of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member countries on Thursday watched scheduled RF

BISHKEK, May 8 (Itar-Tass) - Dozens were injured in new clashes on Wednesday at Central Asia's Kyrgyz-Tajik border, both countries giving different interpretations but stating unified intent to sto

KIEV, May 8 (Itar-Tass) - Unknown persons overnight destroyed about a million ballots printed for a referendum on independence of the Donetsk republic, local police said on Thursday.