* The IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution to inform the UN Security Council on the Iran nuclear issue

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 07:11 GMT

MUNICH, February 5 (RIA Novosti) – "Double standards" in nuclear non-proliferation efforts are unacceptable, the Russian defense minister said Sunday. Speaking at the 42nd international security conference in Munich, Sergei Ivanov who is also Russia's deputy prime minister, said there should be no exceptions in the fulfillment of requirements set by international treaties.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 09:09 GMT

MUNICH, February 5 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian defense minister said Sunday that the international community should eliminate loopholes in international anti-terrorist legislation and overcome "double standards" in this sphere.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 09:37 GMT

Hollywood's Twentieth Century Fox and Sony studios have unveiled plans to enter the markets in Russia and other former Soviet territories to cash in on the region's booming film industry which is growing about 30 percent a year. They will partner with local companies to form joint ventures.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 09:54 GMT

Twelve investors in the Russian oil group Yukos have reportedly filed a complaint of insider trading in a Washington court against the Russian government and the leaders of the country's oil industry.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 09:59 GMT

President George W. Bush will propose funding for the creation of an atomic energy partnership with Russia in his upcoming fiscal 2007 budget. The proposal would involve having the U.S. and Russia provide nuclear reactor fuel to other countries for use in generating nuclear power.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 10:14 GMT

Iran has said it will continue talks with Russia this month on a nuclear proposal put forward by Moscow to ease the current tension over Iran's nuclear program. The statement was made one day after the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a resolution to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN Security Council.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 10:23 GMT

A citizen of the Western African country of Mali has been killed in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. He was discovered on Saturday night and rushed to a hospital, but died of many knife wounds in his back and stomach on the way there.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 10:54 GMT

A senior Iranian official has said that a proposal by Moscow to enrich Iranian uranium in Russia is dead following the U.N. nuclear agency's decision to report Iran to the Security Council.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 10:54 GMT

President George W. Bush will propose funding for the creation of an atomic energy partnership with Russia in his upcoming fiscal 2007 budget. The proposal would involve having the U.S. and Russia provide nuclear reactor fuel to other countries for use in generating nuclear power.

// Feb. 05, 2006 - 11:08 GMT