* Tehran's top negotiator, Ali Larijani said Iran would stop voluntary cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog, in line with a law passed by Iranian parliament, if the country is referred to the UN Security Council
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 05:23 GMT
VLADIKAVKAZ, February 3 (RIA Novosti) – The death toll in blasts that rocked a southern Russian republic Thursday night has risen to two, a local spokesperson said. Three explosions hit three small gambling establishments in the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the republic of North Ossetia. The authorities said that 23 people had also been injured, three of them critically.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 06:06 GMT
Two people were killed and 24 injured in three explosions in gaming arcades in Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Russian republic of North Ossetia.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 06:25 GMT
The Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been awarded the Herbert von Karajan prize for 2006 for outstanding contemporary musicians.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 06:32 GMT
Defending champion Maria Sharapova has made light work of Australian Samantha Stosur to secure a berth in the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 06:40 GMT
MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti, Valery Yarmolenko) – Russia has made another step toward continuing its long traditions of military cooperation with India with a proposal to establish a joint venture to carry out aircraft repairs, a senior official from Russia's main defense industry exporter said Friday.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 06:50 GMT
A drive by Russian President Vladimir Putin's to centralize power could make Russia more inward-looking and make relations between Washington and Moscow more difficult in coming years, U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte says.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 06:59 GMT
I am an American Army General who spent his career defending against, and later working with, the Russian military. I have great respect for the officers and soldiers of the Russian Army who, like us, dedicate their lives while in uniform to the service of their nation. It is from that perspective that I violate a personal and professional rule not to offer advice to my Russian counterparts about how to run their military.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 07:37 GMT
MOSCOW, February 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank announced Friday that the country's narrowly defined money supply (M1) was 2,147.5 billion rubles ($76.4 billion) (based on the current exchange rate) as of January 30, down 14.7 billion rubles ($520 million) in the week since January 23.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 07:38 GMT
On Thursday evening, Feb. 2, representatives of Russia's natural gas monopoly Gazprom officially announced creation of a joint venture Ukrgaz-Energo. Despite creation of JV, price negotiations still continue, as Ukraine wants to set the price of $95 per 1,000 cubic meters for a period of five years, while the Russian monopoly seeks more profitable conditions.
// Feb. 03, 2006 - 07:39 GMT