* The Prosecutor General's Office may launch a criminal case against the Sakhalin II oil and gas project in Russia's Far East once the Ministry of Natural Resources submits a report on the environmental damage caused by the project, a spokeswoman for the country's top prosecution body said
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 05:55 GMT
MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) – Two bodies were pulled out of the water Saturday by a Russian Navy ship searching for Russian sailors from a sunken cargo ship in the Sea of Japan, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said.
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 06:50 GMT
MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) – The second generating unit of the Leningradskaya nuclear power plant near Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg was shut down Saturday by an emergency protection system due to heavy winds, a Rosenergoatom spokesman said.
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 07:29 GMT
MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) – Three of Russia's smaller political parties are expected to merge Saturday following a unification congress, a party leader and the speaker of Russia's upper chamber of parliament said.
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 08:11 GMT
MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) – Three of Russia's smaller political parties set to merge Saturday following a unification congress have approved the merger at their congresses, a RIA correspondent reports from the venue.
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 08:44 GMT
MOSCOW, October 28 (RIA Novosti) – Two of the three power units remain operational at the Leningradskaya nuclear power plant near Russia's second largest city of St. Petersburg after Saturday's emergency shutdown, the Russian nuclear power generating monopoly said.
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 10:45 GMT
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// Oct. 28, 2006 - 10:45 GMT
An automatic safety system shut down a reactor at a nuclear power plant near St. Petersburg Saturday after a short circuit, the state-run company overseeing Russia's nuclear power plants said.
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 11:01 GMT
Russia on Friday angrily dismissed British criticism of the nation's human rights record, saying it reflected bias and "double standards."
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 11:10 GMT
Argentina's defense minister on Friday denied reports that her country was considering the purchase of Russian warplanes, helicopters, anti-missile systems and heavy arms.
// Oct. 28, 2006 - 11:22 GMT