World Cup debutants Ukraine advanced to the knock-out stage of the tournament Friday, eliminating Group H rivals Tunisia 1–0 thanks to a penalty from Andriy Shevchenko. That victory made Ukraine the first former-Soviet republic to advance past the tournament's group stage.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 05:51 GMT
The Moscow international film festival opened Friday with an award-winning Chinese director's latest movie. Seventeen movies are competing this year for prizes for best film, director, actor and actress.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 06:02 GMT
Leaders of several ex-Soviet nations met Friday to discuss plans to strengthen their economic alliance and bolster defense and security cooperation. Leaders of Russia, Belarus and four ex-Soviet Central Asian nations took part in the event hosted by Belarus' Lukashenko in Minsk.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 06:20 GMT
* Russia's upper house of parliament approved the nomination of Yury Chaika as Russian Prosecutor General
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 06:26 GMT
Uzbekistan has rejoined a Russian-led security pact of ex-Soviet nations at a summit held in Minsk on Friday. Russia's Putin welcomed the decision. One of the founding members of the Collective Security Treaty in 1992, Uzbekistan quit the organization in 1999 to join a rival body GUAM.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 06:28 GMT
Some of the Russian travel guides available on the internet claim that Moscow gypsy cabs are the cheapest and most reliable means of transportation in the Russian capital. This is not always the case, however.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 06:30 GMT
MOSCOW, June (RIA Novosti) – President Vladimir Putin has sent a message of congratulation to RIA Novosti on its 65th anniversary, the Kremlin press service said Saturday.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 06:48 GMT
Chechnya's new rebel leader has threatened to expand separatist operations further into Russia, unless Moscow withdraws troops from the war-torn region. Attacks would target only military and police facilities, he added.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 06:56 GMT
MOSCOW, June 24 (RIA Novosti) – The Moscow City Prosecutor's Office has sent Moldova's Prosecutor General's Office an arrest warrant for a suspect in the killing of a Russian journalist, an official said Saturday.
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 07:36 GMT
MOSCOW, June 24 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's foreign minister has highlighted RIA Novosti's role in providing information support for the country's foreign policy and shaping its objective image abroad, the ministry press service said Saturday
// Jun. 24, 2006 - 08:01 GMT