* The heads of Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's national natural gas company Naftogaz said the companies had signed a 5-year contract to supply Russian natural gas to Ukraine at $230 per 1,000 cu m through RosUkrEnergo, a company transporting Turkmen gas to Ukraine
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 07:01 GMT
MOSCOW, January 5 (RIA Novosti) — The Russian Strategic Missile Forces are planning to disband several units in the Urals and Siberia, Commander Nikolai Solovtsov said Thursday.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 07:13 GMT
TIRASPOL, January 5 (RIA Novosti, Vladimir Sandutsa) – The Union of retired officers and petty officers in the self-proclaimed republic of Transdnestr in Moldova proposed the creation of the Public Collegiate (Chamber) under the president, union's chairman said Thursday.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 08:24 GMT
Chechen People's Assembly Deputy Chairman Sultan Bilimkhanov has died from injuries that he suffered in a car crash on Dec. 17. Authorities dismiss suggestions that the four-vehicle car crash was anything other than an accident.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 09:11 GMT
MOSCOW, January 5 (RIA Novosti) – The defense for Valentin Danilov, a Russian scientist sentenced for spying for China, filed a claim to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, a lawyer for the defense said Thursday.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 09:11 GMT
MOSCOW, January 5 (RIA Novosti, Natalia Belova) – Russia and Belarus will sign several agreements guaranteeing equal rights for the citizens of both countries, a senior Russian diplomat said Thursday.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 09:27 GMT
MOSCOW, January 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fast recovery after a surgery following a massive stroke, the president's press service said.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 09:50 GMT
MOSCOW, January 5 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov, the Russian president's press service said Thursday.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 10:02 GMT
One Russian serviceman has been killed and another six have been wounded in a sweep operation targeting a militant group that has been standing up to the Russian troops for three days in Dagestan, Russia's internal republic bordering breakaway Chechnya.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 10:04 GMT
The European Union has welcomed an agreement between Russia and Ukraine to settle a bitter dispute over gas pricing which earlier this week hit gas supplies to Europe.
// Jan. 05, 2006 - 10:24 GMT