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Construction workers in northeastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkably well-preserved skeleton, allegedly belonging to a 19th century Russian soldier who died fighting during the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish war.

Russian lawmaker and journalist Pyotr Tolstoy should issue an apology for his "unacceptable" comments that his country will buy out Bulgaria, the deputy head of Bulgaria's main ruling party has said.

"The opinion of Tolstoy harms bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Russia," Tsveta Karayancheva has said, reading a declaration authored by GERB's parliamentary faction.

A high-level delegation from President Putin's United Russia party is coming to Montenegro in mid-April to improve relations with the majority Orthodox country, which was recently invited to join NATO.

The visit will include meetings with pro-Russian parties, religious leaders, NGOs, business associations, media and the Russian diaspora in Montenegro.

Russian State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Aleksei Pushkov thinks that "the world order" is being decided in Syria.

He told Austria's Presse newspaper the war in the Middle Eastern country was "not just a local conflict."

A replica of the crown, which was supposedly worn by medieval Bulgarian rulers, was presented in the National History Museum (NIM) in Sofia on Tuesday.

The replica portrays the crown which was supposedly manufactured in the Vatican and presented as a gift by Pope Innocent III to Tsar Kaloyan in 1204.

A historical hunting lodge built in Kars' Sar?kam?? district during the Russian occupation will be restored and serve as a hotelA hunting lodge built by Czar Nicholas II of Russia in the eastern province of Kars during the Russian occupation era will be restored and reopened to serve as a hotel. 

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expects Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic to visit Belarus, the Belarusian news agency Belta has reported.

The agency reported that Lukashenko said this during a meeting with Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic.

A Moscow-friendly Greece could paralyse NATO's ability to react to Russian aggression, former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski warned March 25.
      
Athens could use its veto to slow the alliance's response if Russia set its sights on its Baltic member states, he told Poland's Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.
      

MOSCOW - Six workers from Serbia died in a fire that broke out at a building site on the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia, and three were injured, Serbian Ambassador in Moscow Slavenko Terzic has said.

Russian news agency to open 29 centers abroad

MOSCOW -- The Russian international news news agency "Russia Today" (MIA Rossiya Segodnya) is opening offices in 29 countries, including Serbia.