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Francesca Schiavone of Italy and Olga Govortsova of Belarus advanced to the final the Kremlin Cup with straight-sets victories on Saturday.
Moscow's mercurial mayor, famous for seeding clouds to prevent rain during parades, is escalating his war on weather with plans to slash this year's snowfall by one-fifth in the Russian capital.
A natural gas pipeline exploded in southwestern Moscow early Sunday, the Emergency Services Ministry said, sending flames soaring more than 100 meters (yards) into the sky.
Russia's footprint is everywhere in this breakaway Georgian province, from billboards featuring its president, Dmitry Medvedev, to its joint military exercises with the Abkhaz navy.
President Bush will send Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Moscow later this month for talks with their Russian counterparts.
Serena Williams was undone by a slew of errors Sunday and lost the Kremlin Cup final 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 to Elena Dementieva, who won her hometown tournament on the third attempt.
Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova won Friday, and the two will face each other in the Kremlin Cup semifinals.
Maria Sharapova, playing in Moscow for only the third time, lost to teenager Victoria Azarenka 7-6 (9), 6-2 Wednesday in the second round of the Kremlin Cup.
Tests confirmed Friday that two American women hospitalized after they became ill on a trip to Russia were poisoned by thallium, but the women believe it was accidental, their lawyer and the hospital said.
U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Kremlin Cup on Friday because of a strained right foot.
At least 96 dead, 139 injured in nightclub blast, Russian authorities say - CNN.comJust in case you are wondering, this was not a terrorist attack according to authorities. Last weeks bombing of a passenger train was though. Hope they might want to chip in some more resources to the Afghanistan campaign as a result of the recent attack. War is spendy.
Cannibals nabbed selling Human Meat to Kebab House MOSCOW - Russian police have arrested three homeless people suspected of eating a 25-year-old man they had butchered and selling other bits of the corpse to a local kebab house.
Israel fears justice more than IranIsraeli and US threats against Iran are growing louder. Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has accused Tehran of conducting insincere negotiations and says his country's the threatened military option is no bluff.
The danger of Obama's ditheringHis foreign policy brings to mind Jimmy Carter, or perhaps Ethelred the Unready.
Debacle in Moscow by Charles Krauthammer"About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award "premature," as if the brilliance of Obama's foreign policy is so self-evident and its success so assured that if only the Norway Five had waited a few years, h …
Moscow Bans Heavy Snow Falls For The Winter, Will Use Russian Air Force To Alter Weather Patterns (Yes, Really)Moscow will blast clouds from the sky this winter to save money on snow removal, a city official said Wednesday, but the plan threatens to anger the surrounding region, which would have to cope with the extra powder.
Russia's 'Nyet' And America's Naivete. 10-14-09. 07:14 PM ET Geopolitics: America's new clout from the Nobel Peace Prize somehow didn't persuade Russia to help pressure soon-to-be-nuclear-armed Tehran. But then, for nearly 20 years Moscow has been helping Iran go nuclear.
The Buzz Log - A Halo Over Moscow - Yahoo! BuzzWeird cloud formation or something other worldly... you decide! This cloud was seen over Moscow and widely reported . Do you think it is an optical illusion?
Bizarre 'Independence Day' cloud spotted over Moscow Bizarre 'Independence Day' cloud spotted over Moscow In scenes reminiscent of Independence Day, a ring-shaped luminous cloud was seen above Moscow city's Western District on Wednesday, last week.
Some Moscow Officials Want to Hand South Ossetia Back to Georgia, Former Tskhinvali Official Says Some Moscow officials believe that Russia lost more than it gained from its recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and, especially given the urging of Western officials now, would like to see it returned to Georgian control, according to a former South Ossetian official …
US to lose war if USSR mistakes repeatedKABUL: The United States risks losing the war in Afghanistan if it continues to repeat the mistakes that once helped the Taliban's forerunners defeat the Soviet Union, Russia's outgoing ambassador in Kabul said.
Georgia War Report Set to Blame Both Moscow and Tbilisi - WSJ.comAn international report to be released Wednesday on last year's war between Russia and Georgia will place responsibility for the conflict on both countries, according to a person close to the Geneva-based fact-finding mission.
Obama's Strategic Confusion His move on missile defense raises troubling questions.
Obama feeds allies to bear by Ralph PetersObama's foreign policy embodies a line from "Animal House": "You [screwed] up -- you trusted us!"
Mark Steyn: Obama helping Putin restitch Iron CurtainScrapping of U.S. missile defense plans hands big victory to Russia's new czar.
NATO chief calls for engagement with RussiaBRUSSELS - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen called on Wednesday for an "open-minded and unprecedented dialogue" with Russia to reduce security tensions in Europe and confront common threats...
Chavez: Venezuela to buy Russian missilesVenezuela\\\\\\\'s leftist President Hugo Chavez said Friday that his country is buying Russian missiles with a range of 186 miles as part of a series of arms deals with Moscow.
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | 'Russia's Obama' defies racistsRussia is comparatively quite hostile for many racial minorities. There was an earlier very grim report by the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy that concluded that at least 60% of African immigrants in Russia, had been physically assaulted.
Stalin still looms large over eastern EuropeVladimir Putin is due in Poland on Tuesday to stand with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Polish leaders to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the start of the second world war. But this show of unity belies deep divisions about the war, its causes and its consequences.
Russia, US eye joint missile control centreRussia and the US are planning creation of a missile monitoring centre, possibly in Moscow, to avoid accidents or misunderstandings on missile launches, Russia's top general said on Wednesday.
US steps up its Central Asian tangoWith the signing of military agreement between the United States and Uzbekistan at Tashkent last Thursday by the US Central Command chief General David Petraeus and Uzbek Defense Minister Kabul Berdiyev, Uzbekistan's geopolitical positioning has phenomenally shifted.
Former Baluch resistance leader son denies India behind unrestThe Moscow-based son of a former guerrilla leader who traded peace for jobs with the Pakistani occupation forces has said India was only providing moral support to the Baluch resistance.
Moscow's architectural heritage is under full-scale attack, report warnsMoscow's historic architecture is being destroyed at a faster rate than that in any other city in Europe, a report published today warns.
Russia sees U.S. space threat, builds new rocketThe United States will be able to hit any target in Russia from space by 2030, the commander of Russia's air force said on Tuesday, announcing that Moscow will develop a new air defence system to avert the threat.
Russia parries US thrust in Central AsiaThe Uzbeks explain the ingenuity of their mind by often repeating a saying that goes: when they speak, they seldom mean what they say; and when they act, they almost always disregard what they have in mind.
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