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Kaliningrad, Russia  – Russia’s state church is casting a longing eye at one of Germany’s most revered Lutheran churches: the Kaliningrad Cathedral, the final resting place of philosopher Immanual Kant.

Moscow – It’s about to get a lot more crowded on the International Space Station. A Soyuz spacecraft to launch Wednesday will bring three new crew members to the ISS, doubling the size of the permanent crew.

San Francisco – Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies has invested 200 million dollars in Facebook in a deal that values the social-networking company at 10 billion dollars, Facebook said Tuesday.

Khabarovsk, Russia/Moscow  – While negotiators failed to reach an agreement on an energy pact between Russia and the European Union at a summit between the two powers in Russia’s Far East, the meeting helped to bridge gaps, Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Friday.

Moscow – As a prelude to official EU-Russia talks due to start Friday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has received EU leaders at an informal dinner in the far-eastern city of Khabarovsk.
Present in Khabarovsk, which is seven time zones east of Moscow on the Chinese border, were European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, and current EU [...]

Moscow – Russian industrial production fell by 16.9 per cent on the year in April, a much more drastic fall than expected, reported the Interfax news agency, citing the federal statistics office.

Moscow  – Norway won the annual Eurovision Song Contest late Saturday in Moscow by a huge margin.

Monte Carlo – Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva and Ethiopian distance running ace Kenenisa Bekele will compete at the Golden League athletics series for a 1-million dollar jackpot.

Berlin  – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized NATO and European Union (EU) policies towards Russia on Thursday, speaking on German radio.

Moscow – Russian automaker GAZ on Tuesday officially confirmed its interest in forming a joint venture with German-based Opel and the Austrian-Canadian auto-parts supplier Magna International.