* Russia and Belarus adopted a variety of documents, including the Union State budget for 2006, after a meeting of the Supreme Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State in St. Petersburg

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 05:23 GMT

VLADIKAVKAZ, January 25 (RIA Novosti, Albina Olisayeva) – Natural gas supplies to Georgia will resume in the next few hours following the completion of repair work to pipelines damaged in explosions at the weekend, a Russian spokesman in the south of the country said early on Wednesday.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 05:59 GMT

IRKUTSK, January 25 (RIA Novosti, Alexander Batalin) – Heating for more than 3,000 residents of Siberia, including 850 children, was turned back on early Wednesday after repairs to a burst pipeline were completed, a local official said.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 06:33 GMT

MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) – The leaders of an influential economic organization in the former Soviet Union will convene Wednesday for a meeting that will focus on discussing Uzbekistan's admittance to the club.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 07:11 GMT

On the issue of Russian gas supplies to Europe: notwithstanding the one-sided hysteria and boring repetition of half-truths in the western media, it is quite noticeable to informed observers that major regional states want more Russian gas supplies, but supplies that avoid Ukrainian middlemen. How else can one explain projects like Yamal-Europe, Blue Stream, and the Baltic Sea Pipeline? They have two things in common: they bring Russian gas to consumers while bypassing Ukraine.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 07:17 GMT

MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) – A fire has broken out at the Oncology Center in the southwest of the Russian capital, a city official said Wednesday.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 07:27 GMT

MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) – A fire broke out Wednesday morning in a household chemicals warehouse in southern Moscow, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 08:03 GMT

MOSCOW, January 25 (RIA Novosti) -About 500 people have been evacuated from the Oncology Center in the southwest of the Russian capital after a fire broke out, a spokesperson said Wednesday.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 08:06 GMT

Some 71 percent of chief executives worldwide plan to expand businesses in Russia, Brazil, India or China during the next three years, PricewaterhouseCoopers said, citing a survey of 1,400 CEOs that was released on Tuesday, Jan. 24.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 08:08 GMT

Russia's lower house of parliament is set to investigate allegations against four British diplomats involved in espionage and the funneling of funds to non-governmental organizations.

// Jan. 25, 2006 - 08:08 GMT