Russia's Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin has asked citizens to smoke and drink more, saying that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services. "If you smoke a pack......
New Delhi wants a complete dismantling of infrastructure that supports anti-India terrorism, External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha said in Moscow on Friday.He said any rise or fall in the number......
Painting a grim picture for Russia's economy, President Dmitry Medvedevsaid on Monday the budget deficit could cross seven per cent ofgross domestic product this fiscal and called for austerity......
Russia on Monday said it will not join the World Trade Organisation this year and is unlikely to join the global trade body next year. "Russia will not join the World Trade Organisation this year......
Finance Minister P Chidambaram would attend a ministerial meeting of G-8, the group of the world's eight richest nations, in the Russian capital Moscow on Saturday. Chidambaram is expected to......
Acknowledging that the trial against oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky had lowered trust in Russian economy, Moscow on Wednesday said the Yukos case was a "serious lesson", which should never be......
China on Thursday denied providing any fund for the controversial purchase of Russia's oil giant Yukos but declined to give more information on the mystery deal."My answer to your question is very......
Grandmaster and former World junior champion P Harikrishna marched his way in to the second round of the World Chess Cup with a sweeping 2-0 victory over Yu Shaoteng of China in the tie-break games......
National champion and Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly registered a second straight victory over United States champion Hikaru Nakamura to advance at the World Chess Cupin Khanty-Mansiysky,......