Ice dancers Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov have blazed their way to Russia's third figure skating gold of the Winter Olympics. The two-time world champions set the Palavela alight with a passionate free dance to Bizet's Carmen Suite.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 00:04 GMT
* Russia's Foreign Ministry said talks with Iran on creating a joint venture to enrich Iranian uranium on Russian soil would continue Tuesday
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 05:23 GMT
ASTANA, February 21 (RIA Novosti) – Five people, including a one-year-old child, have been killed in a collision between a gas-tank truck and a car near the commercial capital of Kazakhstan, a spokesman said Tuesday.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 06:14 GMT
TURIN, February 21 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is waking up to another success at the Winter Olympics Tuesday morning after figure skaters Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov won the ice dancing title.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 06:34 GMT
MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) – Talks between Russia and Iran on the latter's controversial nuclear programs will continue Tuesday at the level of experts, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 07:06 GMT
BEIJING, February 21 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Yefimov) – Russia's natural resources minister is embarking Tuesday on a working visit to neighboring China, where he will meet with officials to discuss common environmental issues.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 07:38 GMT
MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and Iran resumed talks Tuesday on a Russian proposal to defuse the conflict around the Islamic Republic's nuclear programs.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 07:40 GMT
MOSCOW, February 21 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that military commanders would not be punished for incidents of misconduct involving their subordinates if they were promptly reported through the chain of command.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 07:42 GMT
Russia will this year begin offering licenses for third generation (3G) mobile telephones that allow operators to offer such services as music, TV, video and Internet access to customers with compatible handsets, Telecommunications Minister Leonid Reiman said.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 07:49 GMT
The Russian Prosecutor's Office has refused to recognize last Russian tsar Nicholas II and his family, killed by a Bolshevik firing squad in 1918, as victims of political repression, citing a lack of evidence. It also refused to rehabilitate the royal family.
// Feb. 21, 2006 - 08:00 GMT