* Russia and Iran ended talks on a Russian proposal to enrich uranium for the Islamic Republic's nuclear power plants on its territory with no specific results but agreed to continue them in Tehran later
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 05:28 GMT
TURIN, February 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russian hockey fans have every right to celebrate Wednesday after Russian men's hockey squad beat the United States 5–4 at the Winter Olympics in Turin.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 06:37 GMT
Irina Slutskaya's bid to become the first Russian to win the women's figure skating title at the Winter Olympics hung in the balance after she was left trailing in second place by Sasha Cohen on Tuesday.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 06:38 GMT
Russia team captain Alexei Kovalev scored in the third period to snap a tie and lift Russia to a 5–4 victory over the United States in the final game of the preliminary round of the Olympic ice hockey tournament. Russia avenged a 3–2 loss to the US in the semi-final of the 2002 Salt Lake City Games and clinched second place in Group B.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 06:40 GMT
Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga expressed regrets during a visit to Israel for her country's role in the Nazi Holocaust during which around 75,000 Jews were killed in the Baltic state.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 06:48 GMT
GROZNY, February 22 (RIA Novosti) – Police in Chechnya have detained several rebel suspects allegedly involved in attacks on Russian security forces, a source at the republic's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 06:58 GMT
The Council of Europe's expert body on combating racism, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), has released reports on racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and intolerance in Estonia and Lithuania.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 07:05 GMT
VORONEZH, February 22 (RIA Novosti) – A criminal case on the killing of a foreign student in the central Russian city of Voronezh has been handed over to a court, a local prosecutor said Wednesday.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 07:20 GMT
A Hungarian citizen, visiting the Stavropol region, has killed a Russian who had tried to kidnap him.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 08:07 GMT
Three Russian-made transport helicopters arrived in Venezuela on Tuesday, Feb. 21, as part of a broader arms deal between the two nations, Venezuela's Defense Minister said. Two contracts worth $201 million presuppose deliveries of 15 Russian helicopters.
// Feb. 22, 2006 - 08:11 GMT