* Representatives from the six powers mediating Iran's nuclear problem will meet in the near future to discuss the issue, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 04:22 GMT

MOSCOW, August 31 (RIA Novosti) – The law on dacha amnesty comes into effect in Russia on September 1.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 05:02 GMT

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the recent entry of 39 Japanese vessels into Russian waters, which it had protested earlier this week, actually was done legally. A ministry spokesman said Thursday that the vessels' presence was legal under a 1981 agreement on harvesting seaweed.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 05:10 GMT

MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Bolshoi theater opens its 231st season with a performance of a new version of Tchaikovsky's famous lyric opera.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 06:15 GMT

MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia commemorates the victims of a hostage-taking massacre at a school in south Russia, which claimed 331 lives, including 186 children, two years ago.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 06:33 GMT

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the recent entry of 39 Japanese vessels into Russian waters, which it had protested earlier this week, actually was done legally. A ministry spokesman said Thursday that the vessels' presence was legal under a 1981 agreement on harvesting seaweed.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 06:36 GMT

MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's Central Bank said Friday it has revoked the operating license of Discount Bank over breaches of banking legislation, including the law on money laundering.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 06:48 GMT

Two years after the horrific school massacre that made their town a synonym of terror, the mothers of Beslan have issued a grim warning to senior Russian officials: don't dare show up at the anniversary commemorations beginning Friday.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 06:50 GMT

MOSCOW, September 1 (RIA Novosti) – Russia regrets Iran's refusal to comply with a UN resolution to stop its uranium enrichment program, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 06:59 GMT

Russia said it "regrets" Iran's decision not to halt uranium enrichment by the deadline set by the UN, the chief Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. The response underscored Russia's growing impatience with Iran, which is building an atomic power plant with Moscow's help.

// Sep. 01, 2006 - 07:04 GMT