Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned Pyongyang's actions as "unacceptable", Interfax news agency said.
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Pro-Tsarnaev leaflets have also appeared in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz capital, Russia's Interfax news agency reports.
Chelyabinsk's health department said 985 people had sought medical treatment, including 204 children, Interfax reported.
"Koptev said that according to his information the next amateur cosmonaut would not be Russian, " Interfax said.
Russia's chief negotiator, Sergei Ryabkov, spoke of being "still on the threshold" in remarks to the Interfax news agency.
Medvedev also weighed in on the issue Wednesday, saying the base closure shouldn't hamper anti-terrorism operations, according to Interfax.
It will also coordinate the work of a group of NATO ships currently in the Black Sea, Interfax reported.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told the Interfax news agency on Monday that the levy targeting private depositors was "unfair".
Interfax news agency cited the Almaty province deputy governor Amandyk Batalov as identifying the aircraft as a Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ200.
"It looks like the Eurogroup took this action without consulting Russia, " Finance Minister Anton Siluanov was quoted as saying by Interfax.
One Russian politician said the event was not a meteor shower but a US weapons test, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
"Safety, safety and safety is our priority, " Alexander Polinsky, the head of the events department at the Moscow City Hall, told Interfax.
Russian news agency Interfax published the names of Americans on Moscow's list.
And also the Interfax report from this morning about two ships -- two amphibious ships apparently headed to a Russian base in Syria.
On Wednesday Russia's Interfax news agency quoted military sources as saying Russian combined armed forces had begun scheduled exercises on the disputed islands.
Interfax news agency quoted one Russian soldier as saying that the separatists in the mountains were fast running out of ammunition and supplies.
Interfax reported the Volganeft was carrying fuel oil from the Russian city of Samarrah on the Volga River to an oil terminal in Ukraine.
Dagestan's minister of internal affairs told the Interfax news agency Wednesday that Tamerlan Tsarnaev had no contacts with Dagestan's militant underground during his stay.
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More than 220 people were detained, including Mr. Navalnyi and two other protest leaders, Ilya Yashin and Sergei Udaltsov, the Interfax news agency reported.
Interfax also quotes surviving passenger Dmitry Verbitsky as saying that the plane had caught fire during the crash-landing, but it was quickly put out.
"This is lawlessness and provocation and I hope that society will not be silent, " he was quoted as saying by Russia's Interfax news agency.
Dmitry Kharitonov, who said he was a lawyer for Mr. Golubkov, told Interfax news agency late Wednesday he hadn't been given access to his client.
In a separate development, the first of two Russian planes with humanitarian aid landed in the Syrian port of Latakia, Russia's Interfax news agency reports.
Meanwhile, Russia has sent a naval flotilla of seven warships led by an anti-submarine destroyer to its Syrian base at Tartus, according to Interfax news agency.
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Mr Ivanov said 509 died while off duty, including those "killed in crimes committed by civilians", he was quoted by Russia's Interfax news agency as saying.
Interfax news agency says there were plans back in 2007 to ditch the Russian army's old-fashioned foot cloths and boots, in favour of modern, healthier footwear.
Interfax-Kazakhstan said that one of Col Stambekov's deputies and several regional border service commanders were also on the flight, from the Kazakh capital, Astana, to Shymkent.
According to sources cited by Interfax, the ships were carrying marines on a training mission, as well as food and fuel for the maintenance and repair base.
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Two of those were confirmed to be sailors from the sunken ships, and Interfax said the other three were also believed to be seamen from the ships.
"The ship was carrying air defense systems which can only be used to repel foreign aggression, " Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, according to Russia's Interfax news agency.
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