* U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to discuss implementation of international sanctions imposed on North Korea following its reported nuclear test October 9
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 06:12 GMT
MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) – The ruling United Russia party will focus on measures against crime at its congress in December, the speaker of the lower house of Russia's parliament and the party leader said Sunday.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 07:10 GMT
MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) – Russia's foreign minister and the U.S. Secretary of State discussed the implementation of international sanctions against North Korea following Pyongyang's reported nuclear test two weeks ago, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 07:49 GMT
MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) – Police seized large batches of drugs in Russia's Volga and Urals areas, the local law-enforcement bodies said Sunday.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 08:04 GMT
A modern-day Russian film, based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, won top prize at Rome's first international film festival as the nine-day marathon wrapped up.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 08:16 GMT
MAKHACHKALA, October 22 (RIA Novosti) – Security services seized a large batch of illegal sturgeon catch in the southern republic of Daghestan in Russia's North Caucasus, the republican branch of the Federal Security Service said Sunday.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 09:03 GMT
Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has qualified as "absurd" a claim by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Georgia was preparing military action to take back two separatist regions.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 09:45 GMT
Russia has indicated it would strictly enforce sanctions on North Korea as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met top leaders in Moscow at the end of a tour to push for full implementation of the UN penalties in response to Pyongyang's nuclear test.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 09:48 GMT
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Russia and Georgia to reduce tension between their countries and said provocative actions in two separatist Georgian regions could get out of control.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 09:56 GMT
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Saturday delivered a symbolic rebuke to Russia over shrinking press freedoms even as she courted President Vladimir Putin for help punishing Iran over its nuclear program.
// Oct. 22, 2006 - 10:15 GMT