VLADIVOSTOK, September 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will make a working trip to Vladivostok on Thursday, September 8, to attend the inauguration ceremony for the first stage of th

MOSCOW, September 8 (Itar-Tass) -- National reconciliation in Somalia will create conditions for restoration of full-scale cooperation between that country and Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikha

UNITED NATIONS, September 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia is doing everything possible to resume six-party talks with Iran at the earliest opportunity,Russian Permanent Representative to the U.N.

Russian pilot Yaroshenko gets 20-year sentence in US.

WASHINGTON, September 8 (Itar-Tass) -- The United States said it is
not aware of any plans to build a tunnel under the Bering Strait but

ASTANA, September 7 (Itar-Tass) - Kazakhstan and Pakistan are ready to
intensify their bilateral cooperation, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim

BEIJING, September 7 (Itar-Tass) - The present mechanism of
cooperation in protection of forests from wildfires allows Russia and

BEIJING, September 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia welcomes international
cooperation in protection of forests and participates actively in it,

TOKYO, September 7 (Itar-Tass) - Koichiro Gemba, a new foreign
minister of Japan, would like to draw up "a concrete plan of the advance

MOSCOW, September 7 (Itar-Tass) - The 10th session of the
Russia-France Cooperation Council on Security (RFCCS) opens here on