* The State Duma (parliament's lower chamber) criticized the Georgian parliament's February 15 resolution on the expulsion of Russian peacekeepers from the breakaway province of South Ossetia, calling it destructive
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 07:25 GMT
RIO DE JANEIRO, February 18 (RIA Novosti) – Cooperation between Brazil and Russia is expanding in all sectors, the Brazilian minister of development, industry and foreign trade said Saturday.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 08:16 GMT
KEMEROVO, February 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia should increase the share of coal in its fuel and energy balance, the Russian prime minister said Saturday.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 09:04 GMT
Swedish court has charged a Russian citizen Andrei Zamyatin with spying for a foreign power. He was blamed of harming Swedish armed forces.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 09:22 GMT
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// Feb. 18, 2006 - 09:29 GMT
A Russian man detained on Friday in Sweden over spy allegations has turned out to be a scientist. The visiting researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences is accused of undermining the country's safety by his criminal activities.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 09:31 GMT
About 100 supporters of Belarusian opposition candidate for presidency, Alexander Milinkevich, have been detained in the country's capital, Minsk, when they were trying to celebrate his registration.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 10:08 GMT
TBILISI, February 18 (RIA Novosti) – In 2008, Georgia will receive a formal invitation to join NATO and will become a full-fledged member of the alliance, the Georgian state minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration said Saturday.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 10:37 GMT
KEMEROVO, February 18 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian government will address the long-term development of the country's energy sector at a session in June 2006, a Russian deputy industry and energy minister said Saturday.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 11:37 GMT
ST. PETERSBURG, February 18 (RIA Novosti) – Ukraine's admission to NATO could have a negative effect on the situation in Russia, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council (parliament's upper house) said Saturday.
// Feb. 18, 2006 - 12:19 GMT