* President Vladimir Putin said he was satisfied with Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko's readiness to amend the price regime for Russian natural gas to be supplied to Ukraine and transported to Europe via its territory
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 05:27 GMT
ST. PETERSBURG, December 8 (RIA Novosti, Anna Novak) – An extensive exhibition of works by pop art icon Andy Warhol will open in St. Petersburg Thursday.
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 05:52 GMT
MOSCOW, December 7 (RIA Novosti)-Another body has been recovered from the scene of an explosion that partially destroyed an apartment block on Wednesday.
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 05:59 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, December 8 (RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ilyukhov) – The captain of a Russian cargo ship detained Monday by North Korea had received official permission to enter the country's territorial waters, a representative of the ship's owner said Thursday
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 06:24 GMT
A goods train went off the rails in the southern Russian region of Dagestan near rebel Chechnya after an unknown device exploded in one the carriages.
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 06:50 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, December 8 (RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ilyukhov) – The wreck of helicopter that crashed into a river in Russia's Far East with the loss of its crew will be recovered as soon as falling temperatures allow the ice to become hard enough, the local emergency situations department said Thursday.
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 06:53 GMT
MOSCOW, December 8 (RIA Novosti) – North Korean authorities have agreed to let Russian diplomats meet with the crew of a detained Russian ship only after it has been inspected and arrives at the nearest large port, Kimchaek, northeast of Pyongyang, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 07:31 GMT
China is considering building a temporary dam to stop a river-borne toxic spill that is headed toward a Russian city. The dam would be built on a waterway at the juncture of two rivers on the Chinese-Russian border.
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 07:49 GMT
A goods train was derailed in the southern Russian region of Dagestan near rebel Chechnya after an explosion in one the carriages.
// Dec. 08, 2005 - 07:58 GMT