MOSCOW, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Officials in Moscow say two outbreaks of the bird flu in Russia have been contained.

MOSCOW, April 26 (UPI) -- A senior Russian official has predicted that a bird flu pandemic is highly probable in Russia this summer. "The epicenter of the bird flu virus ... has shifted to Russia," Gennady Onishchenko, head of the Federal Consumer Protection Service, told a news c

CHISINAU, Moldova, April 11 (UPI) -- Moldova has decided to fight back against a Russian embargo of its wines by sending a parliamentary delegation to Moscow this week. Russia's RIA Novosti reported that Marian Lupu, speaker of the Moldovan parliament, met with major Moldovan winemakers Mond

MOSCOW, April 6 (UPI) -- Russia is conducting clinical trials of bird flu vaccines by which it hopes to avoid a bird-flu pandemic that could affect up to one-third of the population. Gennady Onishchenko, Russia's chief medical officer, told a board session of the Health and Socia

MOSCOW, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- As record cold temperatures moved into Moscow from Siberia, electricity suppliers have ordered power cuts at factories in order to prevent a blackout. A number of factories were expected to be without power for several hours Tuesday, in order to make up f

MOSCOW, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Muslim leaders Tuesday to discuss the safe return of pilgrims from Mecca.

MOSCOW, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Bird flu has spread to seven Russian federal districts and 91 villages since July, Russia's chief epidemiologist said.

MOSCOW, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Russia is planning to set up a new body to combat chemical and biological health hazards, Interfax news agency said Tuesday.

MOSCOW, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Russia's classroom are causing physical and psychological illnesses to children, the Moscow Times reported Monday.