Main News of May 21

SOCHI, May 21 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the (USC) on Tuesday for delays in delivery of warships to the Russian Navy and demanded the shipbuilders improve efficiency. Problems still remain with deadlines and the ...

Powerscreen distributor in European Russia, Kwintmadi-Lonmadi, has been helping local contractors fulfill material requirements in advance of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the southern city of Sochi on the Black Sea coast. Kwintmadi-Lonmadi was ...

Team GB have secured three figure skating athlete quota places for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games; Team GB will compete in ice dance and the ladies singles events. The International Skating Union (ISU) awarded the athlete quota places based on ...

Museum Night in Sochi. (Bruce Talley) (ATR) New flights and infrastructure improvements are among the latest changes to Sochi chronicled by resident Bruce Talley in his newsletter from the Black Sea resort ... Here are some of the other highlights ...

The first of two traction substations that will power Olympic train services in Sochi next year has gone live. Russian Railways has described the milestone as one of the most important stages in the construction of the Adler Alpika Service ...

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 ...

SOCHI, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, who has arrived in the United States on a visit, will deliver to President Barack Obama a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is carrying the reply, ...

SOCHI, May 21 (RIA Novosti) Vladimir Shmakov, first deputy CEO of tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, has been appointed head of Russias state-run United Shipbuilding Corporation in a bid to shake up deliveries of warships to the navy, President ...

Nintendo mascot Mario will be teaming up with Sega's hedgehog pal Sonic once again in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, a game announced for the Wii U home console. Sporting events such as ice-skating, snowboarding, bobsled, ...