Russian authorities refused to turn out to Ukraine the former deputy chairman of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vladimir Satsyuk who is accused of forging of documents, and also appears in the poisoning case of the President of Ukraine
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Paratroopers from Russia's 76th Airborne Division arrived Wednesday in North Ossetia to participate in the active stage of large-scale military exercises in the North Caucasus. The exercise, dubbed Caucasus 2008, involves units of the
Recasts throughout, adds publicist's comment in last two paras) MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Lawyers for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of bankrupt oil company Yukos, filed an application on Wednesday with a Siberian court requesting his early release.
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Lawyers for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the ex-head of the bankrupt oil company Yukos, filed on Wednesday an application with a Siberian court for his early release. One of Khodorkovsky's lawyers, Yury Schmidt, said however that
Expands quote in para 3, adds para 4, descendants, church reaction in last seven paras) MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - DNA tests have revealed that bones found near the city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals belonged to Prince Alexei
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Seven women were injured when a hand grenade was thrown at a group of females in an apparent drive-by attack last night near Balashikha, east of Moscow, a local police source said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW, July 15 (RIA Novosti) - Two more servicemen, injured in an accidental ammunition blast, have died bringing the death toll to nine in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya, a military source said on Wednesday. The explosion occurred on
MOSCOW, July 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's oil output declined 0.6% year-on-year in January-June 2008 to 242 million metric tons (1.77 billion barrels), while natural gas production grew 1.7% to 339 billion cu m, the country's statistics body said on
