TEHRAN, August 2 (Itar-Tass) -- Secretary of the Russian Security
Council Nikolai Patrushev will pay a visit to Iran on August 15 at the

TOKYO, August 1 (Itar-Tass) - Over the period since April to late
July, 2011, Russian customs officers in the Far East have banned the

BEIRUT, August 1 (Itar-Tass) -- The anti-rebel special forces are
chasing down armed gunmen, who are terrorizing the civilians in the Syrian

MOSCOW, August 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia will end an extraordinary
police reclassification that heralds the end to the first stage of the
police reform.

ULAN-UDE, August 1 (Itar-Tass) -- The first Russian-US childhood
protection forum will open in Buryatia on Monday. Russian experts from the

BERLIN, August 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Germany's E.ON and Russia's Gazprom
may fail to agree on a lower gas price under long-term contracts, the

DOMBAI, August 1 (Itar-Tass) -- The Caucasus forum of Russian youth
closed in Dombai, a highland resort of Karachai-Cherkessia, on Sunday. The
forum was held since July 24.

ST. PETERSBURG, August 1 (Itar-Tass) -- The police detained about 50
protesters at an unauthorized rally in protection of the freedom of

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - Investigators of the Moscow
interregional transport investigative department have started working at

MOSCOW (Itar-Tass) - One of Moscow's major attractions, the
legendary Luzhniki sports complex celebrates on Sunday its 55th birthday.