* An Iranian delegation led by Ali Hosseini-Tash, the deputy head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, will arrive in Moscow on Tuesday to resume talks on the creation of a joint venture to enrich uranium in Russia, a source in the Russian group of negotiators said; the sides will begin the talks on Wednesday
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 05:33 GMT
TOKYO, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – Iran's foreign minister has again stated that the country is only seeking nuclear power for peaceful purposes and vowed to continue research into the atom despite the international community's objections.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 06:48 GMT
MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – Energy is expected to dominate a historic two-day visit to Hungary made by Vladimir Putin, which begins Tuesday.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 07:46 GMT
Magomed Chakhkiyev, the father-in-law of Ingush president Murat Zyazikov has been kidnapped in Nazran, the capital of the Caucasus republic of Ingushetiya. Chakhkiyev, 70, the deputy of the local parliament, was seized by unidentified assailants, who forced him into a car at a gunpoint.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 07:57 GMT
The Bush administration has voiced skepticism Monday that Russia and Iran had reached agreement in which Russia would enrich uranium for Iran. "There's no deal, frankly, that I'm aware of," said deputy State Department spokesman Adam Ereli.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 08:07 GMT
Lithuania has joined neighboring Poland in broadcasting radio programs into Belarus, as part of EU efforts to break President Alexander Lukashenko's stranglehold on the country's media before crucial elections.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 08:10 GMT
By banning a gay pride parade in Moscow, city mayor is threatening civilian freedoms and a civilian society, Human Rights Watch has said in a letter to Yuri Luzhkov, and called on Moscow authorities to allow the parade.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 08:12 GMT
BISHKEK, February 28 (RIA Novosti) – The parliament of Kyrgyzstan will debate candidates to become the new speaker Tuesday in the latest chapter of an ongoing political struggle in the republic following the resignation of Omurbek Tekebayev on Monday.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 08:17 GMT
Boris Berezovsky, the Russian businessman who is now living in Britain under political asylum has been warned by the government not to campaign for the overthrow of Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 08:18 GMT
Counterfeit music and film discs accounted for 67 percent of total Russian sales in 2005, a senior industry expert said on Monday, Feb. 27.
// Feb. 28, 2006 - 08:21 GMT