* India proposed selling BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles, developed jointly with Russia, to other countries

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 05:24 GMT

MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) – Vladimir Putin is scheduled to speak on a wide range of international and domestic issues at his annual news conference in the Kremlin Tuesday.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 06:20 GMT

MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) – The fourth land and naval systems show, Defexpo India 2006, opened in the Indian capital of New Delhi Tuesday.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 06:48 GMT

BISHKEK, January 31 (RIA Novosti) – A truck has hit a car in the cortege of Kyrgyzstan's president, but no was hurt in the incident, the presidential press service said Tuesday.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 07:09 GMT

Moscow, January 31 (RIA Novosti) – The Moscow city telephone network will finalize its transition to the new 495 area code for the Russian capital February 1, a network statement said.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 07:27 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, January 31 (RIA Novosti) – Russian mini-submarines from the same class of a craft that was involved in a tense rescue operation at the bottom of the Pacific last year will be upgraded with new foreign-made equipment, the commander of the navy said Tuesday.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 07:46 GMT

The British ambassador to Moscow has rebutted Kremlin allegations of improper conduct in dealing with non-governmental organizations and promised Russian charities and human rights groups the UK government's continued support.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 08:34 GMT

Russia and China have supported the plan of the United States and Europe to send the case on Iran's nuclear activities to the United Nations Security Council with a promise however that the Council would not act on the question for at least a month.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 08:41 GMT

Chechen Prime Minister Sergei Abramov will not return to the office after a recent car accident. He is likely to be succeeded by his first deputy, Ramzan Kadyrov, the son of the late Chechen president Akhmad Kadyrov, killed on May 9, 2004.

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 08:41 GMT

MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) – Gazprombank, a subsidiary of Russian natural gas giant Gazprom, said Tuesday its pre-tax profit rose by 45% in 2005 to 17.6 billion rubles (about $615 million).

// Jan. 31, 2006 - 08:51 GMT