* The finance ministers from the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations met in St. Petersburg and discussed economic issues in advance of the G8 summit, focusing on energy security, and tackling poverty and terrorist financing
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 06:14 GMT
MOSCOW, June 11 (RIA Novosti) – The role of planning in the country's economic development should be increased, the speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament said Sunday.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 06:53 GMT
Henin-Hardenne won her fifth Grand Slam title and her third at Roland Garros, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–4, who blames a hatful of missed chances for her French Open final defeat.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 07:29 GMT
A Bermuda-based mutual fund said on Friday it sued Alfa Group Consortium, the investment vehicle of Russia's second-richest man, Mikhail Fridman, Reuters reports.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 07:35 GMT
GROZNY, June 11 (RIA Novosti) – A militants' attack has killed one and injured three federal troops in the troubled Republic of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus, the local law-enforcement authorities said Sunday.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 07:39 GMT
Two ethnic Armenians have been shot in Moscow. Hate crimes, frequent in Russia, are an outgrowth of deep resentment over migrants and other foreigners who come to the country for work or to study.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 07:51 GMT
More Russian adults are expressing satisfaction with their president, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 76 percent of respondents approve of Vladimir Putin's performance, up four points since April.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 07:55 GMT
TEHERAN, June 11 (RIA Novosti) – Iran believes some nuclear proposals from six world powers are unacceptable, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 08:24 GMT
More Russian adults are expressing satisfaction with their president, according to a poll by the Yury Levada Analytical Center. 76 percent of respondents approve of Vladimir Putin's performance, up four points since April.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 09:25 GMT
Henin-Hardenne won her fifth Grand Slam title and her third at Roland Garros, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–4, who blames a hatful of missed chances for her French Open final defeat.
// Jun. 11, 2006 - 09:29 GMT