Morning re-cap of main news, December 2
* Radiation has been discovered on a Finnair plane at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Russia's Transportation Ministry said
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 08:11 GMT
Twin girls from Russia win Junior Eurovision 2006 song contest
KURSK (central Russia), December 3 (RIA Novosti) – Twin girls from Russia won Saturday the 4th Junior Eurovision song contest in Bucharest.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 08:48 GMT
Russia, Japan agree on simplified visa regime
TOKYO, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and Japan have agreed to simplify visa formalities for some categories of citizens from both countries, a source in the Japanese Foreign Ministry said Sunday.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 09:17 GMT
Newly-formed Russian region holds first legislature elections
PERM, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – A newly-formed Russian region in the Urals is holding its first regional legislature elections Sunday.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 09:42 GMT
Six dead, two injured in road accident in western Siberia
OMSK, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – Six people have died and two persons have been injured in a head-on collision on a highway in the Omsk Region in Russia's western Siberia, the local law-enforcement bodies said Sunday.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 09:58 GMT
Arms cache found in Russia's south
MOSCOW, December 3 (RIA Novosti) – Police have found a cache full of arms and explosives in the Krasnodar Region in Russia's south, the regional law-enforcement agencies said Sunday.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 10:14 GMT
Slain Agent's Italian Contact Says Poisoned Over Shared Secrets
An Italian contact of poisoned former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko said he believed both were targeted with a radioactive substance because of secrets they shared.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 10:49 GMT
North Korea Offers Russia Uranium In Exchange For Support at Nuclear Talks - Report
North Korea has offered Russia exclusive rights to its natural uranium deposits in exchange for support at the stalled talks on Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 10:49 GMT
Litvinenko's Book Price Grows 30 Times
Sale of the 2002 book co-written by the former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko who died of suspected radioactive poisoning are selling on the Internet at up to 30 times their original price.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 10:49 GMT
Russian Twin Sisters Win Junior Eurovision 2006
Twin girls from Russia won Saturday the 4th Junior Eurovision song contest in Buchares. Masha and Nastya Tolmachyov were the youngest participants in the contest, which gathered children between the age of 8 and 15 from 15 countries.
// Dec. 03, 2006 - 10:50 GMT