Britain and Russia have signed an extradition agreement, which will allow Russian prosecutors to collaborate directly with their British counterparts when drawing up extradition requests. Moscow strongly criticized British authorities for their refusal to hand over Russian fugitives.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 02:40 GMT
The co-owner of a private bank was killed downtown Moscow on Tuesday evening, Russian news agencies reported.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 02:40 GMT
Russian air safety officials on Wednesday blamed a plane crash in a Siberian city that killed 125 people on pilot error.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 02:43 GMT
A friend of poisoned former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko said after visiting him in a London hospital Wednesday that he looked much worse. Litvinenko, 43, suffers from the effects of an unknown poison. His friends believe the attack on his life was orchestrated by the Kremlin.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 02:47 GMT
An article by Russian President Vladimir Putin
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 05:19 GMT
* A Russian banker died in a suspected contract killing in Moscow, becoming the third banker murdered in the Russian capital in three months
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 05:32 GMT
MOSCOW, November 23 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Central Bank of Russia totaled 354 billion rubles ($13.3 billion at the current exchange rate) at the beginning of the business day, up 1.4% from Wednesday, the CBR said Thursday.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 07:22 GMT
The crew of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in July killing 125 people were to blame for the incident, investigators said in a report made public this week.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 07:36 GMT
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appeared to be recovering well after an operation on his carotid artery in Germany, authorities said on Wednesday.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 07:38 GMT
MISSION CONTROL(Korolyov near Moscow), November 23 (RIA Novosti) – The crew of the International Space Station has completed a spacewalk to install a telescope, dismantle an antenna and reinstall it on the service module, Mission Control near Moscow reported Thursday.
// Nov. 23, 2006 - 07:43 GMT