* Russia celebrated Mother's Day. On this occasion, the lower house of Russia's parliament adopted a statement saying the holiday symbolized society's attention to everlasting human values and confirmed the great significance of women as mothers in preserving stability and the good in today's world
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 05:30 GMT
Russian billionaire and lawmaker Suleiman Kerimov was rushed to Marseille's major burns center in critical condition after his Ferrari crashed and burst into flames in Nice on the French Riviera. Kerimov ranked No. 72 in Forbes magazine's annual survey of the world's richest people published in March.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 06:09 GMT
Tensions between Britain and Russia over the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the former KGB agent, burst into the open Sunday when a Cabinet minister condemned the "murky murders" clouding Vladimir Putin's regime.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 06:13 GMT
Maria Sharapova and Nikolay Davydenko have been voted Russia's best players for the second year in a row, the country's tennis federation announced at its annual award gala on Sunday.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 06:16 GMT
NAZRAN, November 27 (RIA Novosti) – A suspected militant has been killed in a special operation in the Republic of Ingushetia in Russia's North Caucasus, a spokesman for local law enforcement agencies said Monday.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 06:18 GMT
Anna Politkovskaya, whose killing former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko had been reportedly investigating before his death by poisoning last week, had said President Vladimir Putin was killing democracy, in an interview broadcast for the first time Friday.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 06:24 GMT
Police on Sunday killed an Arab who Russian security officials said commanded foreign mercenaries in Chechnya and was al-Qaida's top emissary in the troubled North Caucasus, regional security officials said.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 06:27 GMT
GROZNY, November 27 (RIA Novosti) – A police officer has been killed in a car accident involving three vehicles from the Chechen president's motorcade, but it is unclear whether Alu Alkhanov was at the scene, police said Monday.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 07:09 GMT
MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) – Credit institutions' balances on correspondent accounts with the Russian Central Bank totaled 339.5 billion rubles ($12.8 billion at the current exchange rates) at the beginning of the business day, down 1% (3.1 billion rubles/$117 million) from Friday, the CBR said Monday.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 07:16 GMT
A bodyguard of the Chechen president has died in a road accident in Ingushetia and four others were rushed to hospital in critical condition, press secretary of the president Saidmagomed Isarayev has said.
// Nov. 27, 2006 - 07:56 GMT