* The Moscow Election Commission said United Russia had taken 47.25% of the vote in the Moscow legislature elections, the Communist Party – 16.75% and Yabloko – 11.11% with 100% of the votes counted
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 05:28 GMT
MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti) – Three people are missing feared dead after a helicopter crashed in the Russian Far East on Tuesday.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 05:54 GMT
MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti) – President Vladimir Putin will visit Malaysia to attend the first Russia-ASEAN summit and the first East Asian summit, the Kremlin press service reported Tuesday.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 06:31 GMT
President Vladimir Putin has ordered his office to modify a bill placing severe restrictions on non-governmental organizations following Western criticism, but he still insisted that the measure was necessary to stop foreigners from interfering in Russian political life.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 06:35 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, December 6 (RIA Novosti)-Two bodies have been recovered after a helicopter crashed in the Russian Far East, but one crewmember has been found alive, an Emergency Situations Ministry official said Tuesday.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 06:39 GMT
MOSCOW, December 6 (RIA Novosti) – President Vladimir Putin signed Tuesday a law relieving citizens in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave on the Baltic Sea, from paying duties on the issuance of passports for foreign travel, the Kremlin press service said.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 06:50 GMT
WASHINGTON, December 6 (RIA Novosti, Arkady Orlov) – The United States has expressed concerns over Russia's plans to sell Tor-M1 missile systems to Iran and said it will discuss the deal with Moscow.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 06:53 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, December 6 (RIA Novosti)-Two bodies have been recovered after a helicopter crashed in the Russian Far East, but one crewmember has been found alive, an Emergency Situations Ministry official said Tuesday.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 07:11 GMT
WASHINGTON, December 6 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Berezin) – Russia's education minister has served up some stern words about falling standards in higher education and corruption within institutions.
// Dec. 06, 2005 - 07:26 GMT