MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Marianna Belenkaya) – Saddam Hussein has been put to death. The execution of a head of state, even if a toppled one, is an unusual event and is bound to provoke a strong reaction.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 06:51 GMT
* A Belarusian Energy Ministry delegation arrived in Moscow for talks on the gas price for 2007. A spokesman for Russia's Gazprom gas giant said an agreement would hopefully be reached by January 1
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 08:07 GMT
MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – Saddam Hussein's execution may aggravate the military-political situation in Iraq and heighten ethnic tensions in the country, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 08:35 GMT
BISHKEK, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Kyrgyz parliament has passed a new Constitution expanding presidential powers, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 09:18 GMT
MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] does not expect progress at gas talks with Belarus until a high-level Belarusian official comes to Moscow, a spokesman for the Russian energy giant said Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 10:37 GMT
MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian ultra-nationalist LDPR party has protested Saddam Hussein's execution, staging a rally outside the Iraqi Embassy in central Moscow, law enforcement agencies said Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 11:58 GMT
MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkmenistan's Acting President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov are upbeat on prospects for bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin press service said Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 13:04 GMT
MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – With the deadline fast approaching, Belarus's chief negotiator for talks with Gazprom [RTS: GAZP] has not arrived in Moscow yet, a spokesman for Russia's natural gas giant said Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 15:03 GMT
VORONEZH, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – Construction of a new nuclear power plant with a total capacity of 2,136 mW will start in central Russia next year, local authorities said Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 15:55 GMT
MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian president has signed a law setting up four gambling zones in the country, the Kremlin press service said Saturday.
// Dec. 30, 2006 - 16:01 GMT