* North Korea does not intend to quit the six-nation talks on its nuclear program following the UN Security Council's sanctions, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alekseyev said

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 04:29 GMT

With reference to the news item "Russia's natural resources minister said  Russia is still in two minds about whether to revive a controversial Soviet-era plan to divert Siberian rivers to the arid Central Asia." (MOSCOW, October 12 RIA Novosti) Experience world wide shows that measures such as river diversion schemes and claims about benefits do not stand the test of any discipline of science. European Union directive defines every water catchment area as a distinct management unit and rules out water transfers from one area to another. On the 18th of June, 2004 the Spain repealed the project to divert water from the river basin, that had been included in the Hydrological Plan pushed forward by the previous Popular Party government and justified by the lack of water in some areas of Spain.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 04:51 GMT

China and Russia may make a huge mistake oppose drastic measure against N.Korea's behavior. It open a door way to country such as Iran to trail the path and we could do nothing about or will accuse of anti-Islamic world. N.Korea is best opportunity for the UN affirmative position and stand. When Iran and more extremist states get hold the technology and developed it, Moscow, BeiJing will not excluded from terrorists boom threat. Remeber, Russian has Chechen and China has the Western Corner China Islamic underground rebels. All it takes is a Nuke in a form of Industrial mechine.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 04:52 GMT

Inviting Vladimir Putin to a European Union summit this week was a diplomatic blunder that could hand the Russian president a high-profile stage on which to exploit EU divisions, diplomats in Brussels are warning.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 05:15 GMT

The United States and Russia have welcomed the UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea over its declared nuclear test.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 05:24 GMT

MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov will visit South Korea's capital on Tuesday to discuss major bilateral projects in the spheres of transport and energy, including unifying the countries' power networks, a government source said Monday.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 06:00 GMT

MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's investment index will open Monday at 670.76 points, up 1.73% on the previous day's trading, following Friday evening's sessions on major world trading floors.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 06:09 GMT

Inviting Vladimir Putin to a European Union summit this week was a diplomatic blunder that could hand the Russian president a high-profile stage on which to exploit EU divisions, diplomats in Brussels are warning.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 06:24 GMT

MOSCOW, October 16 (RIA Novosti) – Fourteen cadets and officers remain in hospital, one in a serious condition, after a drunk driver ploughed at high speed into a group of paratroopers in central Russia on Saturday night, killing six of them and injuring 19, an Airborne Forces spokesman said.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 06:27 GMT

The United States and Russia have welcomed the UN Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on North Korea over its declared nuclear test.

// Oct. 16, 2006 - 06:29 GMT