A suicide bomber attacked a traffic police post in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, wounding at least 23 people, including 10 children.

Stanley Cup winner Evgeny Malkin says he would be glad to face Canada together with his partners from the Russian team in Olympic hockey final, but warns of other strong teams in the tournament.

Preparations for the next expedition to the International Space Station are in their final stages at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the launch scheduled for December 21.

CSKA Moscow defenders Alexey Berezutsky and Sergey Ignashevich, who were accused of using doping, were punished only by one match disqualification by the UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Thursday that the US side was holding up talks on the new treaty on strategic arms reduction.

The St. Petersburg-Moscow express train has taken off on its maiden voyage. It is capable of traveling at three hundred and fifty kilometers an hour and has been nicknamed

Russia should shift its focus from oil and gas and begin developing alternative energy. But members of the International Energy forum say innovations will require state investment and social and economic policy changes.

A top military official from the 480-strong Czech contingent in Afghanistan has resigned following an incident with two Czech soldiers caught wearing Nazi symbols while serving in Afghanistan.

Moscow and Washington will not sign a new START treaty this week as some problems are still to be negotiated.

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin says Russia is putting the worst of the recession behind it with November GDP up 8% on October and 4Q 2009 Growth set to come in at 2%.