* The Russian Foreign Ministry said the Wednesday visit of high-ranking Russian and Chinese diplomats to Tehran could not be viewed as a form of pressure on Iran over its controversial nuclear programs
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 05:35 GMT
BERLIN, February 2 (RIA Novosti, Olga Semyonova) – Germany's strategic partnership with Russia is a key area of foreign policy, the country's chancellor said Thursday.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 06:54 GMT
VLADIVOSTOK, February 2 (RIA Novosti, Anatoly Ilyukhov) – A border control aircraft opened fire on a fishing trawler trying to escape inspectors near the island of Sakhalin in Russia's Far East, a local security spokesman said Thursday.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 07:36 GMT
The United States has largely turned a blind eye to a deteriorating human rights situation in Russia that includes a crackdown on the media, political parties and NGOs, rights observers say.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 07:38 GMT
BEIJING, February 2 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Yefimov) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry said Thursday that it was still possible to reach a comprehensive understanding with the international community over its controversial nuclear research.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 07:42 GMT
Fifteen Russian human rights activists have been arrested for staging an unauthorized rally near the headquarters of the Federal Security Service, or FSB.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 07:51 GMT
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President George W. Bush discussed the standoff over Iran's nuclear program over the phone.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 07:54 GMT
NEW DELHI, February 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and India are working on contracts worth about $10 billion in the sphere of military and technical cooperation, a senior Russian official said Thursday.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 08:05 GMT
Russia and India are working out military cooperation contracts for a sum of about $10 billion, said on Thursday, Feb. 2, deputy chairman of Russia's Federal service for military-technological cooperation Vyacheslav Dzirkalin.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 08:08 GMT
Denouncing Iran's nuclear activities, the Bush administration expressed confidence Wednesday that Iran had no intention of accepting Russia's compromise enrichment offer and the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency would report the controversial program to the Security Council.
// Feb. 02, 2006 - 08:17 GMT