The Yekaterinburg football stadium in the center of Yekaterinburg, Russia, was built in 1953. In order to welcome the World Cup , the stadium was rebuilt on the basis of its originality. The picture shows the staff of the Ekaterinburg Stadium is trimming the lawn.
Russia's New Zealand News Agency reported on June 4 that the German left-wing party's deputy chairman and member of the Bundestag's Sarah Wagenkenecht had called on Russia's return to the G8 Group when he was interviewed by the German radio station. "In order to balance the U.S. influence in internationally important clubs."
Venezuela and Russia have bolstered bilateral ties during a visit to the South American country by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. They have signed dozens of accords in a range of sectors, most notably defence and energy.
Russia has banned baby food containing poultry components produced by an Amercian company after the country passed new safety regulations, a top official has said.
World News: US President-elect Donald Trump chose Exxon Mobil's CEO Rex Tillerson to head the State Department, rejecting concerns over the close relations of the businessman with Russia. Trump's decision cap a long process that has often played in public cracks and exposed within its transition team. He also puts Trump in place for a potential fight with Congress on Tillerson's confirmation, which has connections with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Civilians and rebel fighters were to begin evacuating Syria Aleppo "within hours" as part of an agreement reached Tuesday that would end years of opposition resistance in the city.
Oil giant Exxon Mobil saw earnings slip on falling production, but could the earnings report show signs of a major shift for the company in the future?
Emerging economies are due to expand at a much faster rate than the developed world over the next decade, and South Africa may be poised to be lead the way.
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Trade between Russia and China rose by 55.8 percent to $4.75 billion in May, compared to the corresponding period last year, Chinese customs authorities said Thursday.
Cooperation among Brazil, Russia, India, China - the BRIC countries - would be crucial in addressing the issue of enhancing food production so as to meet the challenge of providing food to growing world population, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Thursday.
Bangladesh has signed a framework agreement for Russian cooperation for the country's maiden nuclear plant that it hopes will be installed by 2017 and generate 2,000 MGW power by 2020.
Russia may give a loan of about $6 billion to Ukraine to construct the third and fourth units of the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant, Russian Prime Minster Vladimir Putin said Saturday.
Antitrust regulators in Russia had found US Internet giant Google guilty of unfairly keeping other services off mobile devices in a probe demanded by local search engine provider Yandex.
With the upcoming IPO of Groupon, here are of some other internet IPOs from earlier this year that might give some insight into what to expect on Friday.