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.

In Simferopol on the eve of the anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars which began i64 years ago on 18 May 1944 two thousand candles were lit in memory of the victims of that terrible crime.

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

Scientists should be given the legal framework necessary to pursue cures for diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer, the PM has said.

BYuT Inform Newsletter is the newsletter for the international community providing views and analysis from the Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT). In this issue: The Europe Day Message, Inflation Begins to Slow, The Predictability of Gas, Tymoshenko Congratulates Russia's Leaders..

Why belittle the government, why belittle the head of government and ministers for the sake of presidential elections that will take place in a few years? I don't understand these games," she noted.

Daniel Vettori removes Kevin Pietersen as New Zealand take three wickets on day four of the Lord's Test.

MP from the Communist Party Oleksandr Holub passed such opinion to IMC. He commented on voting the law on the Cabinet of the ByuT faction. This law limits the authorities of the Prime Minister. According to the politician, "Yulia Tymoshenko

MP from NU-NS Kseniya Lyapina informed IMC about this when she commented on the situation around fluctuation of rates of dollar in our country. "I propose you to refuse the salary paid under the table or in envelope, demand legal

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.

On the 19 th of May at 10-00 a session of the Cabinet of Ministers will be held.

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,

Verkhovna Rada decline the bill on establishing of tariff quota from ecport of some types of meat, according to 'Ukrayinskaya Pravda'.225 out of 226 required deputies voted for the project 2292-1.The Chairman of Verkhovna Rada Arseniy Yatsenyuk out it the