Russia proposed major amendments Friday to a European draft resolution on Iran, saying it wants sanctions limited to measures that will keep Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles while keeping the door open for negotiations.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 06:28 GMT
The media rights group Reporters Without Borders has called for an international inquiry into the murder of Russian reporter Anna Politkovskaya.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 06:31 GMT
Hundreds of ultranationalists gathered near a Russian Orthodox convent on Saturday to proclaim the superiority of Russians and protest against what they see as encroachment by other ethnic groups. Similar actions were held in other cities across the country.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 06:35 GMT
The State Department said Friday that market forces should determine the price Russia charges Georgia for gas supplies and urged Moscow to be "a good partner for its clients and a reliable supplier of energy."
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 06:39 GMT
Police in Moscow on Saturday arrested more than 200 suspected rightwing extremists demonstrating against immigration by non-Russians.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 06:44 GMT
Russia has avenged their gold medal loss to China at the Athens Olympics with a four-set victory against the communist state in the women's world volleyball championships.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 06:46 GMT
* A journalist was attacked and more than 200 people arrested at an ultra-nationalist meeting in Moscow that proved to be far lower in profile than last year's, police said
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 07:06 GMT
Russia will agree to United Nations sanctions against Iran if they have a defined timeframe and an agreed mechanism for lifting them, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 08:43 GMT
Russian authorities seized four Japanese fishing boats in disputed waters off Russia's Far East over alleged poaching, officials and news reports said on Saturday.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 08:51 GMT
A mortar attack wounded four Russians and killed an Iraqi colleague working for an electricity company Saturday in the southern city of Basra, Iraqi and Russian officials said.
// Nov. 05, 2006 - 09:02 GMT