http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/locations/1420-russia.html http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/entertainment/music/2099660-moscow-blasts-alleged-vote-theft-eurovision.html 2013-05-21T12:08:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2097448-kerry-to-mideast-to-advance-struggling-syria-plan.html 2013-05-20T17:26:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2098046-russia-claims-to-foiled-terror.html 2013-05-20T17:21:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/europe/2097790-explosions-kill-4-russias-restive-dagestan.html 2013-05-20T16:46:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2097270-russian-oligarchs-foot-2014-sochi-olympics.html 2013-05-20T15:51:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2097632-russia-targets-pollster-political-activity.html 2013-05-20T12:41:18Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2095906-syrian-troops-push-strategic-rebel-held-town.html 2013-05-19T19:08:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2096280-russian-tv-american-accused-spying-flies.html 2013-05-19T16:52:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/news/world/2096200-mice-return-month-space.html 2013-05-19T16:04:51Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095982-un-chief-hopes-syria-conference-early-june.html MOSCOW (AP) — U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is holding out hope that an international conference to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the Syrian civil war will be held in early June. The U.S. and Russia have agreed to try to bring the Syrian regime and opposition to the negotiating table, but no date has been set. Neither Syrian President Bashar Ass... Sun, 19 May 2013 10:32:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2095982-un-chief-hopes-syria-conference-early-june.html 2013-05-19T10:32:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. In the capital Damascus, a car bo... Sat, 18 May 2013 20:55:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2094834-assad-syria-transition-talks-internal-matter.html 2013-05-18T20:55:44Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2095154-russias-karjakin-wins-norway-chess-tournament.html STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Russia's Sergey Karjakin won the €100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess championship on Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Karjakin needed only a draw against Topalov to take the top prize after the world No. 1 player Magnus Carlsen failed to win against Levon Aronian from Armenia, ranked No. 2. Karjakin led the... Sat, 18 May 2013 18:54:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2095154-russias-karjakin-wins-norway-chess-tournament.html 2013-05-18T18:54:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2095192-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html MOSCOW (AP) — Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off one of its wings and shooting down an evacuation slide. The Emergencies Ministry says none of the passengers and crew members were injured by the fire on the landing gear of the Boeing 737 at Vnukovo Ai... Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2095192-plane-catches-fire-landing-moscow-injuries.html 2013-05-18T17:45:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2094798-fila-changes-rules-bid-to-sport-games.html MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling's governing body is pinning its hopes of keeping the sport in the Olympics after 2016 on rule changes designed to make matches more exciting and easier to understand. The federation, known by the acronym FILA, is also changing its constitution to include a female vice president and will increase the number of women's weight classes... Sat, 18 May 2013 12:49:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2094798-fila-changes-rules-bid-to-sport-games.html 2013-05-18T12:49:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2094162-jones-beats-lebedev-wins-wba-cruiserweight-belt.html MOSCOW (AP) — Guillermo Jones of Panama won back the WBA cruiserweight title in his first fight since 2011, knocking out local favourite Denis Lebedev in the 11th round late Friday night. Jones, who won the title in 2008 and then retained it twice, inflicted a horrific bruise on the Russian's right eye before flooring him down near the ropes with 56 secon... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:33:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2094162-jones-beats-lebedev-wins-wba-cruiserweight-belt.html 2013-05-17T21:33:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2093860-povetkin-stops-wawrzyk-round-3-wba-belt.html MOSCOW (AP) — Unbeaten Alexander Povetkin retained his WBA heavyweight belt Friday, stopping Polish challenger Andrzej Wawrzyk by technical knockout in the third round for his fourth successful title defence. The 33-year-old Russian improved his record to 26-0 with 18 knockouts after flooring Wawrzyk in the second round and again in the third with a right... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:03:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2093860-povetkin-stops-wawrzyk-round-3-wba-belt.html 2013-05-17T21:03:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on stopping. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticized what he called an ... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:31:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2093906-us-slams-russian-anti-ship-missiles-going-to-syria.html 2013-05-17T20:31:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2093752-crucial-evidence-to-secret-litvinenko-probe.html LONDON (AP) — A coroner overseeing a British inquest into the 2006 poisoning death of Alexander Litvinenko ruled Friday he has to exclude evidence on whether the Russian state was involved in the killing, drawing bitter criticism from the former Russian security agent's widow and adding further doubts to an already much-delayed probe. In his ruling Friday... Fri, 17 May 2013 20:17:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2093752-crucial-evidence-to-secret-litvinenko-probe.html 2013-05-17T20:17:48Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and other evidence that detainees were abused there, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. Raqqa, in eastern Syria, was overrun in late February by rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad. The ... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:31:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092520-report-torture-evidence-syrian-prisons.html 2013-05-17T18:31:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2093544-wrestling-federation-to-debate-major-changes.html MOSCOW (AP) — Wrestling's governing body is preparing for what could be the match of its life, holding a special congress in Moscow to discuss changes to modernize the sport and keep its place in the Olympics. Saturday's meeting of the federation, known by the acronym FILA, comes four months after the IOC executive board recommended that wrestling be drop... Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2093544-wrestling-federation-to-debate-major-changes.html 2013-05-17T17:52:47Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092648-russian-american-spies-square.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The embarrassing arrest of a suspected CIA officer in Moscow is the latest reminder that, even after the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia are engaged in an espionage battle with secret tactics, spying devices and training that sometimes isn't enough to avoid being caught. The most recent skirmish involves Russian security services ambushing... Fri, 17 May 2013 08:05:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2092648-russian-american-spies-square.html 2013-05-17T08:05:07Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2091920-us-beats-russia-8-3-canada-loses-shootout.html HELSINKI (AP) — Paul Stastny had two goals and two assists and Craig Smith had five assists on Thursday to give the United States a spot in the hockey world championships semifinals with an 8-3 pounding of Russia on Thursday. It was the first time Russia or the Soviet Union had let in eight goals in the worlds or Olympics. David Moss also scored, and five... Thu, 16 May 2013 22:53:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2091920-us-beats-russia-8-3-canada-loses-shootout.html 2013-05-16T22:53:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2089374-us-turkey-project-united-front-syria.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia and the global community to close ranks behind efforts to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Under a pair of um... Thu, 16 May 2013 21:52:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2089374-us-turkey-project-united-front-syria.html 2013-05-16T21:52:12Z