Morning re-cap of main news, November 28
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said following a CIS summit in Belarus:
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 05:27 GMT
1 dead, 5 missing in steel plant fire in Urals
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – At least one worker has been killed and five are still missing in a fire at one of Russia's largest steel and iron works in the city of Magnitogorsk in the Urals, a local emergencies spokesman said Wednesday.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 06:18 GMT
Former Russian PM Suffers Mysterious Illness
Yegor Gaidar, a former Russian prime minister has said that he had suffered a sudden, serious illness last week on a visit to Ireland.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 06:36 GMT
Russian Energy Giants Gazprom, Rosneft Sign Cooperation Agreement
On Tuesday, Nov. 28, Russian state-controlled natural gas monopoly Gazprom and state-controlled oil giant Rosneft signed a wide-ranging cooperation deal that calls for new joint ventures to bid for hydrocarbon production licenses and other forms of coordination.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 06:40 GMT
British PM Promises Full Investigation Into Ex-FSB Agent Litvinenko's Death
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised that "no diplomatic or political barrier" would be allowed to hamper an investigation into the death of a former Russian security officer killed by radiation poisoning.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 06:41 GMT
Sukhoi holding's newest jets to take to the skies in 2007
MOSCOW, November 29 (RIA Novosti) – Sukhoi, Russia's state-owned aircraft manufacturing holding, said Wednesday its newest military and civilian aircraft will take to the skies in 2007.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 07:20 GMT
Ukraine Recognizes 1930s Famine as Soviet Genocide
Ukraine's parliament adopted a law recognizing a 1932–1933 famine that killed up to 10 million people as a Soviet "genocide" against the Ukrainian people.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 07:35 GMT
Georgia's Saakashvili Says Meeting With Putin "Useful"
Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Wednesday his meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin on the fringes of a Commonwealth of Independent States summit in Minsk had been "useful".
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 07:35 GMT
British PM Promises Full Investigation Into Ex-FSB Agent Litvinenko's Death
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised that "no diplomatic or political barrier" would be allowed to hamper an investigation into the death of a former Russian security officer killed by radiation poisoning.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 07:35 GMT
Former Russian PM Suffers Mysterious Illness
Yegor Gaidar, a former Russian prime minister has said that he had suffered a sudden, serious illness last week on a visit to Ireland.
// Nov. 29, 2006 - 07:35 GMT