http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1420-russia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1420-russia.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2104954-ap-interview-rogge-praises-wrestlings-changes.html LONDON (AP) — Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said. In an interview with The Associated Press, Rogge said FILA has tackled the issues that led the IOC executive board in February to remove wrestling from the list of core... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:20:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2104954-ap-interview-rogge-praises-wrestlings-changes.html 2013-05-23T18:20:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2105798-2500-doping-tests-planned-sochi-olympics.html MOSCOW (AP) — Sochi's anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year's Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Alexei Slautin, head of Sochi's anti-doping section, said in a statement Thursday on the Russian Sports Ministry's web site that another 600 tests are planned for the Paralympics. The World ... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:12:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2105798-2500-doping-tests-planned-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-23T17:12:26Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2105080-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court denied parole on Thursday to a member of the Pussy Riot punk group. The ruling came despite letters that singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith have sent, urging Russia's courts to free Maria Alekhina and the other Pussy Riot still in prison, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. In its ruling on Thursday... Thu, 23 May 2013 15:20:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2105080-russian-court-denies-pussy-riots-alekhina-parole.html 2013-05-23T15:20:38Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2105164-russian-official-reassures-tnk-bp-shareholders.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's deputy prime minister said Thursday that Rosneft's CEO has assured him the interests of disgruntled minority shareholders in oil firm TNK-BP would be respected. TNK-BP, Russia's third-largest oil company, was taken over by Rosneft last year. International investors holding some 5 percent in TNK-BP have seen the value of their shares... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:31:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2105164-russian-official-reassures-tnk-bp-shareholders.html 2013-05-23T14:31:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2104896-father-man-shot-boston-probe-shares-regrets.html GROZNY, Russia (AP) — The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect said Thursday that he regrets allowing his son to go to the United States. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was a mixed martial arts fighter who had trained with Tamerlan Tsarnaev in Boston, and ... Thu, 23 May 2013 12:55:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2104896-father-man-shot-boston-probe-shares-regrets.html 2013-05-23T12:55:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2104868-russian-boy-stabbed-greece-treated-germany.html BERLIN (AP) — A Russian boy who suffered extensive injuries when he was stabbed during a vacation on the Greek island of Crete is being treated at a hospital in Germany. Berlin's Charite hospital said Thursday that the 12-year-old arrived overnight and is being treated in its children's clinic. It said it could give no further information because of patie... Thu, 23 May 2013 10:17:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2104868-russian-boy-stabbed-greece-treated-germany.html 2013-05-23T10:17:13Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2104864-turkey-pro-chechen-businessman-shot-dead.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's state-run agency says a pro-Chechen businessman has been shot dead in the Turkish capital, the latest victim in a wave of assassinations of Chechens in Turkey. The Anadolu Agency says that Medet Unlu, a Turkish businessman of Chechen origin, was found dead in his office in Ankara, late on Wednesday. Anadolu reported Thursday... Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2104864-turkey-pro-chechen-businessman-shot-dead.html 2013-05-23T10:08:41Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2102748-russian-drunk-driver-who-killed-orphans-sentenced.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian drunken driver who sparked a nationwide debate after killing seven, including five orphan children, in a road accident last year has been sentenced to prison. Moscow's Nikulinsky court ordered Alexander Maximov to serve eight and a half years Wednesday. Maximov scandalized Russia last fall when he crashed his Toyota sedan into a bu... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:21:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2102748-russian-drunk-driver-who-killed-orphans-sentenced.html 2013-05-22T16:21:09Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2102418-pussy-riot-member-declares-hunger-strike-prison.html BEREZNIKI, Russia (AP) — An imprisoned member of the punk band Pussy Riot says she is going on hunger strike after a judge refused to allow her to attend a court hearing where she was seeking release on parole. Maria Alekhina, watching the trial from a prison colony via video link, ordered her defense not to participate in the hearing Wednesday, saying th... Wed, 22 May 2013 10:46:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2102418-pussy-riot-member-declares-hunger-strike-prison.html 2013-05-22T10:46:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2102356-sochi-organizers-pledge-highest-level-security.html MOSCOW (AP) — Sochi Olympic organizers say authorities will ensure security at the "highest possible level." A deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon in April has revived fears of security arrangements at the 2014 Games in Sochi, the resort town on the edge of Russia's restive southern provinces which have been engulfed in Islamic insurgency. ... Wed, 22 May 2013 09:36:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/other/2102356-sochi-organizers-pledge-highest-level-security.html 2013-05-22T09:36:59Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100666-us-lawmakers-seek-limits-russia-cooperation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks. Lawmakers are proposing a measure that would bar the administration from sharing classified missile defense data with Russia. That would undercut a path that arms control advocates have urged t... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:59:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2100666-us-lawmakers-seek-limits-russia-cooperation.html 2013-05-21T18:59:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html BEIRUT (AP) — Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria's civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad's regime. Two senior members of the Syrian National Coalition said the group first wants ironclad guarantees of Assad's departure as part of any transition deal and more weap... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:25:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2099706-syria-opposition-signals-tough-peace-talks.html 2013-05-21T18:25:40Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099872-georgian-ex-pm-detained-abuse-office-charge.html TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Allies of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili — a former prime minister and a provincial governor — were charged on Tuesday with embezzlement and abuse of office in another sign of an ongoing power struggle between the country's top two officials. After dominating Georgian politics for nine years, pro-Western Saakashvili suffere... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:31:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2099872-georgian-ex-pm-detained-abuse-office-charge.html 2013-05-21T17:31:50Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2100048-depardieu-to-play-chechen-man-seeking-revenge.html GROZNY, Russia (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son. Chechnya, a southern Russian province, has been in the spotlight since it emerged that the suspects in April's Boston marathon bombing are ethnic Chechens. The predominantly Muslim province was devastated by two separa... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2100048-depardieu-to-play-chechen-man-seeking-revenge.html 2013-05-21T15:19:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2099660-moscow-blasts-alleged-vote-theft-eurovision.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's point man on Syria and on its relations with the U.S. on Tuesday turned his attention toward a subject close to Russian hearts — alleged vote theft at the Eurovision Song Contest. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was meeting with his counterpart from Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic that is investigating why the country's announce... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/music/2099660-moscow-blasts-alleged-vote-theft-eurovision.html 2013-05-21T12:08:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097448-kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia. Kerry will first have discussions with the sultan of Oman. He then goes to Jordan to ... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:26:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097448-kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan.html 2013-05-20T17:26:44Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098046-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow. A spokesman for the National Anti-Terrorist Committee, known as NAK, said on state television that the militants were Russian citizens who had received training along the Afg... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:21:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2098046-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html 2013-05-20T17:21:04Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097790-explosions-kill-4-russias-restive-dagestan.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials said. The first bomb exploded in a parked car and the second went off in a trash bin about 15 minutes later after police had arrived on the scene in Makhachakala, t... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:46:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2097790-explosions-kill-4-russias-restive-dagestan.html 2013-05-20T16:46:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses. Other countries that have hosted the Olympics have overwhelmingly used pub... Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-20T15:51:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097632-russia-targets-pollster-political-activity.html MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's only independent polling agency said Monday it may have to close after prosecutors targeted it for "political activity" under a law spearheading President Vladimir Putin's crackdown on civil society. Levada Center published a letter, dated last week, from prosecutors who said its polls and publications are "aimed at shaping public o... Mon, 20 May 2013 12:41:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2097632-russia-targets-pollster-political-activity.html 2013-05-20T12:41:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the battlefield, the U.S. and Russia could f... Sun, 19 May 2013 19:08:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html 2013-05-19T19:08:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2096280-russian-tv-american-accused-spying-flies.html MOSCOW (AP) — The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport control and security at Sheremetyevo International Airport. He also was picture... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:52:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2096280-russian-tv-american-accused-spying-flies.html 2013-05-19T16:52:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2096200-mice-return-month-space.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind. Fewer than half of the 53 mice and other rodents who blasted off on April 19 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome survived the flight, Russian news agencies repo... Sun, 19 May 2013 16:04:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2096200-mice-return-month-space.html 2013-05-19T16:04:51Z