Russia Seeks More Control At Academy Of Sciences
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MOSCOW -- The historic autonomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which has pioneered fundamental research in Russia since its founding by Peter the Great three centuries ago, is under threat from government proposals to bring the institution under much tighter state control and end its academic...
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An Angop delegation led by its Technical Director, Daniel Miguel Jeorge is attending today in Moscow, Russia, the first international congress of National News Agencies, opened by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the presence of representatives of at
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Russia is seeking to slow the brain-drain of computer specialists and increase software production, a top government official said Friday, in an effort that some hope will help diversify the country's oil-dependent economy.
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Kremlin accused of mounting unprecedented attack on academic freedom after    top Russian university closed
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As Moscow moves to assert the Kremlin s authority in response to the Beslan crisis, it is simultaneously pushing for stronger economic and political ties with the former Soviet republics.
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President Vladimir Putin's moves to tighten control over legislators and regional leaders has jeopardized the Kremlin's grip on the nation, analysts said, pointing to widespread protests over legislation replacing benefits for millions of Russians with cash stipends.
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The public needs to have greater say in scientific decision-making, the British Association leader says.
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Russia wants more concrete reasons from Washington as to why it plans to build an anti-missile system in Poland and the Czech Republic, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
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The Russian government does not allocate enough money for the Russian space robotics, said Vitaliy Lopota, the director and chief constructor of the St Petersburg Institute of Robotics and Technical Cybernetics, as shown by Russian RBK TV "Intrigue of the Day" programme on 29 January.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a meeting with leading Russian academics in Moscow&#39;s Kremlin Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.
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The new US secretary of state says Russia must do more to show it is committed to democracy.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Russia and the United States must take leadership in discussions on a new international arms regime, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Sunday.
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Shifting alliances raise tension with Moscow.
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Ossetian policemen with a sniffer dog search a classroom in a school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russia. Picture:AP. President Vladimir Putin has announced radical changes to Russia&#39;s democratic
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Russia offered on Tuesday to ease restrictions on international observers monitoring its March 2 presidential vote, but Europe's main election watchdog said the concessions did not go far enough.
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A trip to Moscow will no longer be the top prize in a nationwide school quiz on the Hungarian uprising against Soviet domination, following pressure on the government, the Hungarian education ministry has said.
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Russia on Wednesday proposed working on a new pact on limiting military forces in Europe, a top defense ministry official was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.