* A Russian carrier rocket delivered a military satellite into orbit to replenish Russia's military-purpose orbital group

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 04:29 GMT

TYUMEN (Urals), June 26 (RIA Novosti) – Five people have died and six hurt after a fire gutted a workers' hostel in the Urals, emergency services said Monday.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 05:09 GMT

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) – Rosneft said Monday it had set the price for common shares and GDRs at $5.85-$7.85 per share ahead of its mid-July initial public offering.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 05:45 GMT

KRASNOYARSK, June 26 (RIA Novosti) – A leading ornithologist in Siberia cast doubt Monday over a possible bird flu pandemic in the region after hundreds of wild fowl carcasses were destroyed.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 05:47 GMT

"The Foreign Ministry and our embassy in Iraq are using all methods and are continuing work to verify the information," ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said after an al Qaida-linked group posted a Web video Sunday showing the killings of Russian embassy workers abducted earlier this month.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 05:47 GMT

Russia referee Valentin Ivanov set a new record by issuing a total of 20 cards during a stormy clash between Portugal and the Netherlands Sunday. Portugal beat the Netherlands 1–0. Ivanov, who had issued as many as 16 yellow cards and sent off four players, came under harsh criticism after the game.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 05:49 GMT

TYUMEN, June 26 (RIA Novosti) – Representatives of the United Kingdom's business community will arrive in Siberia's mineral-rich region of Tyumen Monday to study opportunities for cooperation, a project coordinator at the British consulate said.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 05:56 GMT

MOSCOW, June 26 (RIA Novosti) – Rosneft said Monday it had set the price for common shares and general depositary receipts at $5.85-$7.85 per share ahead of its mid-July initial public offering.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 06:08 GMT

Moscow has eclipsed Tokyo as the world's most expensive city, a new survey says. The Russian capital moved up three spots from a year ago thanks to a recent property boom, according to a survey released Monday, while the Japanese capital slipped to third place due to the weaker yen.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 06:14 GMT

YUZNO-SAKHALINSK, June 26 (RIA Novosti) – Rosneft is planning to invest $4.5 billion in geological prospecting in Russia's Far East until 2010, an official said Monday.

// Jun. 26, 2006 - 06:28 GMT