it receives an apology for what it said were allegations of involvement in the London murder of the former FSB defector and Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, news agency RIA Novosti reported.
VLADIVOSTOK, May 18 (RIA Novosti) - A candidate from the ruling United Russia party won the early mayoral election in the Russian Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, the city's electoral commission said on Sunday. With more than 96% of ballot
RUSSIA * Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it was prepared to cooperate with Britain in investigating the case of poisoned defector Alexander Litvinenko after London dropped its unfounded accusations * Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it was ready
Dalai-lama XIV, the spiritual leader of the Buddhists of Tibet, who is presently visiting Germany, does not exclude the possibility that under certain conditions he would be able to visit Olympiad in Beijing. According to him, the condition for it
The governor of Krasnodar region Aleksandr Tkachev and the president of Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh signed on Friday 16th of May an Agreement on cooperation between Krasnodar region and Republic of Abkhazia.
Beginning from next month the USA will start sending 500 000 tons of food, as aid to North Korea, is stated in the announcement of the government of the USA published on Friday.
The prosecutor's office in Kramatorsk of the Donetsk oblast has instituted the criminal case on the fact of the 17-year-old boy's death after immunization against measles and rubella/ 'Ostrov' was advised of that by the press service of the Donetsk
The student of Kharkov institute was taken to hospital on 14 May as on 12 May she's got inoculation against measles and rubella. This information was provided by deputy chairman of Kharkov oblast state administration Igor Terekhov. Per his words,
MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian opposition movement launched an alternative national assembly in Moscow on Saturday, committing itself in its founding charter to working toward the "restoration of political democracy in Russia." The Other Russia opposition coalition
MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Progress M-64 cargo spacecraft has successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), a Mission Control spokesman said on Saturday. The spacecraft docked at 1:39 a.m. Moscow time (21.39 GMT Friday) and
Ecuadorian police detained five journalists associated with Ecuador Indymedia late Tuesday night, May 6th. Four of the five were released from custody on Wednesday afternoon. The government says that the four activists were detained because of their relationship with the
SICHUAN PROVINCE, May 17 (RIA Novosti) - Russian rescue workers in China's Sichuan province have called off their search for survivors buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings following the devastating earthquake that hit southwest China on Monday. "We will
MOSCOW, May 17 (RIA Novosti) - A fire has broken out at an electric substation in south-east Moscow, but the transformer involved was not connected to the power grid and the work of the substation will not be affected, said
Work has begun on the M20 moveable barrier which could reduce the traffic chaos caused when lorries cannot cross the Channel from Dover. The concrete quick moveable barrier (QMB) is being installed between junctions 11 and 12 of the M20.
A £2million X-ray scanner meant to spot illegal immigrants hiding in lorries at Dover was out of action for a week last month, sources said. The report in the Express says that the X-ray scanners are plagued by breakdowns and
A woman working for an East Kent employer yesterday won £5,000 in compensation after her boss kept breaking wind in front of her reports the Mirror. Theresa Bailey, 43, from Deal complained to senior managers about the "laddish" behaviour among
