From: RussiaToday on Mon, Aug 02 2010 5:50 AM

With the government introducing new insider trading laws Business RT spoke with Vladimir Milovidov, the Head of the Federal Financial Markets Service about the details and what is or isn’t inside trading.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Aug 02 2010 5:50 AM

The material leaked by WikiLeaks is underground military stuff, but it is not high-level decision-making, believes Neil Sheehan, former NY Times reporter who published secret Pentagon papers on Vietnam War 40 years ago.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Aug 02 2010 1:56 AM

Human rights campaigners claim the country’s government adopts laws that discriminate against non-Jewish citizens.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Aug 02 2010 1:56 AM

The rich and fertile lands of Hungary have long made it an enviable source for food production.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Aug 02 2010 1:56 AM

The month-long heat-wave being experienced in Russia has caused destructive forest fires that have burnt down hundreds of homes in the country’s center. At least 30 people have been killed.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Aug 01 2010 10:15 AM

The website WikiLeaks has made it into the media spotlight again by releasing over 90,000 governmental reports on Afghanistan.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Aug 01 2010 6:21 AM

Efforts are underway to recover thousands of barrels with hazardous chemicals floating down a Chinese river towards Russia.

From: RussiaToday on Sun, Aug 01 2010 2:31 AM

Eyewitnesses have been sharing their video on the Internet of the deadly wildfires. This one was shot by a group of men trying to escape from a burning village in the Nizhny Novgorod region using the only paved road.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Jul 30 2010 10:58 PM

A woman who persuaded two men to kill her husband and stepson with sex and money has been sentenced to death in the US State of Virginia.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Jul 29 2010 6:35 AM

Just 200 kilometers from Moscow is the Kaluga Region, the center of Russian science and industry. The country’s largest scientific research complex develops hi-tech advances in engineering and electronics.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Jul 28 2010 6:59 AM

A court in Russia’s Far East has banned access to YouTube, accusing the video sharing site of hosting extremist ideology.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Jul 26 2010 10:30 PM

One of the biggest leaks in US military history has exposed several cover-ups in the war in Afghanistan, including the deaths of hundreds of civilians.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Jul 23 2010 12:46 PM

Fans of Anna Chapman can now play with her for just 30 dollars – dolls of the would-be spy have just gone on sale in the US.

From: RussiaToday on Fri, Jul 23 2010 12:49 AM

The Democratic Party in the US Senate was forced to kill potential clean energy legislation because there were not enough votes for it to pass. The only changes that will remain are restrictions on offshore drilling.

From: RussiaToday on Thu, Jul 22 2010 3:47 AM

A group of alleged Neo-Nazis is on trial in Moscow accused of killing dozens of people in ethnically-motivated crimes. Other charges they face include attempted terrorism and inciting ethnic dissension.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Jul 21 2010 11:05 PM

For three consecutive days, the Washington Convention center was transformed into a house of God. Hundreds of Church goers and members of the pro-Israel community came to represent Christians United for Israel.

From: RussiaToday on Wed, Jul 21 2010 4:08 AM

Bondholders of the International Industrial bank are gathering later on Wednesday to decide on restructuring after it defaulted on 200 million euro in the first Russian bank default in a decade.

From: RussiaToday on Mon, Jul 19 2010 4:27 AM

Physical penalties are still widely used by teachers in India, despite being illegal, but the story of a teenager who committed suicide after being caned at school is pushing India to criminalize corporal punishment.

From: RussiaToday on Sat, Jul 17 2010 6:20 PM

Russia’s first and only Formula One driver, Vitaly Petrov, has met fans on Red Square. The racer is in the Russian capital for Sunday's Bavaria Moscow City Racing - an annual F1 car parade around the Kremlin.

From: RussiaToday on Sat, Jul 17 2010 12:20 PM

Moscow is in the grip of an unusually long heat wave with current summer temperatures well into the thirties and no let-up during the weekend; winds are weak and there is no rain in sight.