* A source said Russian and Ukrainian Prime Ministers Mikhail Fradkov and Yuriy Yekhanurov had failed to agree on the terms of Russian natural gas supplies to and transit via Ukraine
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 05:31 GMT
WASHINGTON, 20 December (RIA Novosti, Alexei Berezin)-Donald Evans, a former U.S. secretary of commerce and still close ally of George Bush, has rejected a top managerial position with state-run Russian oil major Rosneft, the Financial Times said Tuesday.
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 05:56 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, December 20 (RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ilyukhov) – A Russian cargo ship arrested by the North Korean authorities on December 5 is now heading for the Pacific port of Vladivostok, a representative of the ship owner said Tuesday.
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 06:16 GMT
Significant part of Al Qaida top members have so far been killed or detained by the secret services of the state members of the anti-terrorist coalition, the chief of the Russian External Intelligence Service said on Monday.
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 06:26 GMT
TBILISI, December 20 (RIA Novosti, Marina Kvaratskheliya)-Russia is demanding the release of two soldiers taken into custody overnight in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, a spokesman for the Russian troops in the area said Tuesday.
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 06:43 GMT
Citizen of Belarus has been detained in Spain among 16 people suspected of being involved in extremist operations connected with Al Qaida. Sergei Malyshev is said to be a chemical weapons expert.
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 06:48 GMT
BEIJING, December 20 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Yefimov) – China may become Russia's second largest foreign trade partner in 2005, Russia's ambassador to China said Tuesday.
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 06:58 GMT
VLADIVSOTOK, December 20 (RIA Novosti, Veronika Perminova) – A toxic slick in the Russian Far East's biggest river is continuing to approach the regional center of Khabarovsk and is expected to reach the city on December 21, local officials said Tuesday.
// Dec. 20, 2005 - 07:02 GMT