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15, May

19:07 The West Rains on Russia’s Parade (0)
19:10 A Walk on Moscow’sWild Side (0)
19:15 A Football Fan’s Survival Guide (0)
19:18 Trappings of Sovereignty (0)
19:20 Over 120,000 Moscow Families to Receive New Apartments (0)
19:22 Free City Tours Now Available (0)
19:24 British Traces in Russia (0)
19:26 Nooks for English Books (0)
19:28 In Brief - Public Safety System Proposed for City Spaces (0)
19:30 Cold Showers (0)
19:32 Moscow Planetarium Declared Bankrupt (0)
19:34 Crime Briefs - Eight Sentenced for Bomb Attack at Moscow Market (0)
19:36 Abkhazia Claims Two More Drones (0)
19:38 Museum Director on Trial for Blasphemy (0)
19:39 Iran Says West Behind Consulate Bomb Plot (0)
19:41 In Brief - Russia, Europe to Build Manned Moon Spacecraft (0)
19:43 U.S. Appoints New Russian Ambassador (0)
19:45 Russian Aid Arrives to Quake-Hit China (0)
19:46 British Soccer Fans get No-Frills Entry (0)
20:58 Moscow Night of Museums (0)

20, May

13:41 UN nuclear watchdog starts inspection of plant in south Russia (0)
14:09 President Medvedev calls for independent courts to end corruption (0)
14:11 Russia to build up naval presence in world's oceans in 2008 (0)
14:31 Latvia to host Baltic summit in early June (0)
14:41 Azerbaijan lays pipeline across Caspian seabed for Russia (0)
14:43 Russia's inner Cabinet to hold first meeting May 26 (0)
14:54 Hezbollah triumphant - but what is to become of Lebanon? (0)
15:01 Russia's N.Ossetia wants unification with Georgia's S.Ossetia (0)
15:06 Police search Moscow office of British oil major BP (0)
15:11 Cyberspace wars: throwing stones in a glass house (0)
15:36 Russia to build up naval presence in world's oceans in 2008 - 2 (0)
15:39 Russia in bottom 10 in Global Peace Index (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:56 Russia, Brazil consider visa-free travel (0)
17:08 Georgia promises not to attack Abkhazia (0)
18:01 Russia condemns WWII veteran's trial in Estonia (0)
18:02 Russia warns against transfer of UN Kosovo mission's powers to EU (0)
18:04 Georgian envoy calls for dialogue with Russia to end disputes (0)
18:12 Gazprom says $1 bln deal to buy Kovykta gas field delayed (0)
18:13 Main news of May 20 (0)

21, May

05:53 Serbia announces final results of May 11 parliamentary polls (0)
06:10 RUXX investment index set to open 3.28% down (0)
06:17 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 1.8% (0)
06:39 Over 14 kg of heroin seized in Russia's Urals (0)
07:33 Russia's Web search firm Yandex valued at $5bn for IPO - paper (0)
07:37 Russian defense minister meets Mongolian counterpart (0)
07:40 Moscow set for first all-English Champions League final (0)
08:56 SuperJet-100: forty minutes of hope (0)
08:57 Russian steelmaker Severstal's Q1 net profit down 4% to $439 mln (0)
09:22 Rival Lebanese forces strike deal to end political crisis (0)
09:34 Israel proposes naval blockade of Iran (0)
09:48 Indian bus falls into deep gorge in Himalayas, 16 dead (0)
09:51 U.S. lawmakers pass bill allowing anti-trust suits against OPEC (0)
09:52 Azerbaijan's oil output up 14.1% in January-April (0)
10:00 Second International Summer School for Young Theater Artists in Russia (0)
10:29 Saudi Arabia cancels tender awarded to Russia to build rail line (0)
10:37 Coach overturns in southern Russia, one dead (0)
10:48 Ukraine demands closure of Russian base in Crimea in 2017 (0)
11:00 Medvedev to hold one-on-one talks with Sarkozy at G8 (0)
11:14 Foreign investment in Russia down 30% to $17 bln in Q1 (0)
11:21 Gazprom Neft, Moscow's MNGK file application to set up JV (0)
11:36 Russian Railways set for $25 bln IPO - source (0)
11:59 Israel in peace talks with Syria (0)
12:00 EU envoys agree to start talks on new pact with Russia (0)
12:07 Russian strategic bombers patrol Arctic, Atlantic oceans (0)
12:37 International group arrested for poaching in Russia's Far East (0)
12:41 Russian, French foreign ministers discuss Georgian rebel regions (0)
12:42 Kazakhstan lowers oil output forecast for 2008 by 3.4% (0)
13:07 Ukraine withdraws from PSA with Vanco International (0)
13:24 Soyuz bumpy re-entry caused by technical glitch (0)
13:26 Inflation in Russia hits 7.2% since Jan. 2008 (0)
14:43 Oil prices up to $130 and keep growing (0)
14:44 Iran says talks with U.S. on Iraq suspended due to violence (0)
14:45 Conflicting reports coming from Georgia-Abkhazia conflict zone (0)
14:56 Russia set to carry out prison census next fall (0)
15:05 Russian oil and gas companies interested in Mediterranean area (0)
15:30 Ukraine faces EU sunflower oil ban (0)
15:33 Georgian president criticizes Russia over breakaway regions (0)
15:49 Zenit rocket orbits U.S. communications satellite (0)
15:52 Middle East: full speed to nowhere (0)
15:53 Civil war averted in Lebanon (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:15 New WTO member Ukraine wants trade talks with Russia (0)
16:52 Court to consider appeal against closure of Katyn massacre case (0)
16:58 Khanty-Mansiisk delegation to attend St. Petersburg forum (0)
17:03 Moscow praises deal between rival Lebanese forces (0)
17:11 Russia and Latvia could sign simplified visa deal in 2008 (0)
17:24 Moscow delegation seeks to recruit Armenian workers (0)
17:35 Czech Cabinet approves deployment of U.S. missile shield (0)
17:55 Moscow says Ukraine's Black Sea Fleet decree erodes trust (0)
17:57 Poll says presidential party wins Georgia vote, opposition denies (0)
18:01 Georgia demands withdrawal of 'illegal' Russian troops from Abkhazia (0)
18:05 Main news of May 21 (0)

22, May

05:14 Saakashvili's party leads in Georgian parliamentary polls (0)
05:26 Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia (0)
06:06 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 11.5% (0)
06:07 RUXX investment index set to open 1.38% up (0)
06:23 Man Utd break Chelsea hearts in Moscow Champions League final (0)
06:42 Medvedev to discuss space center, arms deals during Kazakh visit (0)
07:20 Venezuela's Chavez blames U.S. for high oil prices (0)
07:33 New giant oil deposit discovered in Brazil (0)
08:13 Chelsea fans in Abramovich's Ice Kingdom taste early defeat (0)
08:59 Belgian farmer damages NATO pipeline (0)
09:17 Russian international reserves up $4 bln in week (0)
09:29 Man Utd break Chelsea hearts in Moscow (0)
09:31 Russia's Internet portal Mail.ru set for IPO - paper (0)
09:41 China-Russia bilateral trade hits $48 bln in 2007 (0)
09:44 Chinese quake death toll reaches over 51,000 (0)
10:10 Russia says Palestinians need investment to build economy (0)
10:34 Russia's Supreme Court extends custody of former senator (0)
11:07 School principal murdered in front of pupils in N.Caucasus (0)
11:11 India eyes U.S. F-18s for its Russian-built aircraft carrier (0)
11:15 Russian carmaker IzhAvto could join AvtoVAZ-Renault-Nissan group (0)
11:35 Moscow welcomes start of Syria-Israel peace talks (0)
12:08 North Korea nuclear issue to be discussed in Moscow next week (0)
12:18 Ukraine's president seeks secure energy transit policy (0)
12:34 Belarus and Iran 'understand each other' - Lukashenko (0)
12:42 Russian insurers expect $107 mln claim after satellite failure (0)
12:56 Russia, China close to deal on ESPO oil pipeline branch (0)
13:41 Petrochemicals firm Sibur posts 42% rise in Q1 net profit (0)
13:59 One killed, 16 wounded in Israel-Gaza border clashes (0)
14:01 Russia ready for more talks on U.S. missile shield in Europe (0)
14:05 Christie's to hold record sale of Orthodox icons in London (0)
14:33 Russia threatens tit-for-tat ban for Ukraine justice official (0)
14:34 Serbia recalls envoy from Czech Republic over Kosovo recognition (0)
15:27 Spain, Egypt to investigate 19th century shipwreck (0)
15:29 Rights groups urge Russian president to free political prisoners (0)
15:41 What will Israel and Syria sacrifice for peace? (0)
15:49 Kazakhstan set for long-term cooperation deal with Russia (0)
16:00 Russia to rotate peacekeepers in Georgia on May 25-30 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:31 Russia's top court rules Israeli's extradition to Colombia lawful (0)
17:19 Pakistan and India come together over energy (0)
17:21 Moscow court gives chimp thief 7.5 years in prison (0)
17:21 Russian communists protest over new Indiana Jones movie (0)
17:37 Vandals cut off piece of Stonehenge (0)
17:47 Moldovan lawmakers approve new national security principles (0)
18:01 Bulgarian soccer club chief missing in Sofia (0)
18:03 Belarus to assume presidency of CIS premiers' council (0)
18:04 Main news of May 22 (0)
18:06 Drill for Oil or Save Bears? (0)
18:09 Sports Brief - Grant's Wife Blasts English Media (0)
18:10 Kovalchuk’s OT Goal Makes Russia World Champs (0)
18:12 Penguins Shrug Off Comparisons (0)
18:15 Penalty Scare (0)
18:17 Manchester Wins Moscow Thriller (0)
18:20 DVD Review - Paranoid Park (0)
18:22 DVD Review - Gone Baby Gone (0)
19:52 Charity-Funded Boarding School Breaks New Ground (0)
19:55 This week in russian history... May 16-22 (0)
19:58 A Joyride on the Wild Side of Moscow (0)
20:02 Late Spring in Kuskovo (0)
20:05 Moscow in a Weekend (0)
20:31 Organized Fun (0)
20:34 Mermaid’s Ancient Song (0)
20:36 Fireworks Showdown (0)
20:38 What Did Footie Fans Think of Moscow? (0)
20:40 Train Trip To Moscow’s Manors (0)
20:42 In Brief - Official Warns Moscow Will Run Out Gravesites Later This Year (0)
20:43 Luzhkov Wants Road Funding (0)
20:49 Arbat to Trade Kitsch for Books (0)
20:51 Crime Briefs - Forensic Expert on Trial for Stealing Eyes (0)
20:53 UK Police Help Out Russians (0)
20:54 Russia ‘Had Laser Cannons Before U.S.’ (0)
20:56 Scientist’s Death Remains a Mystery (0)
20:57 In Brief - Medvedev Departs for Kazakhstan, China on Maiden Foreign Visit (0)
20:58 Four Dead in Yekaterinburg Blast (0)
21:00 Georgia Polls Show Ruling Party Ahead (0)

23, May

05:15 Vladimir Putin’s best photographs (0)
05:50 Russia's Sukhoi prepared to cooperate with China (0)
05:53 One miner dead, six missing in east Ukraine blast (0)
06:15 Militants attack border guards base in southern Russia (0)
06:32 Russian monetary base up $1.7 bln in week to $179.6 bln (0)
06:35 Georgia's ruling party set to win after 90% of votes counted (0)
06:39 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 9.4% (0)
07:09 Update: Four miners dead, seven missing in east Ukraine blast (0)
07:33 U.S House approves 2009 defense bill (0)
07:52 Seven tons of oil spilled in ship collision in north Russia (0)
09:07 Russia, China to set up regional disaster management center (0)
09:15 Medvedev arrives in China on two-day official visit (0)
09:22 Russia to orbit three military satellites (0)
09:46 Severstal to buy 61.5% stake in iron ore deposit in West Africa (0)
10:01 Dollar up 2.49 kopeks, euro down 13.06 kopeks - Central Bank (0)
10:01 India test fires nuclear-capable missile (0)
10:43 Five dead, two injured in clashes in Gaza (0)
11:08 Russia's parliament ratifies long-term SCO treaty (0)
11:21 Computer hackers infiltrate Chechen government website (0)
11:35 Russian banks' foreign debt up $12.8 bln in Jan.-Apr. (0)
11:38 A response to America's Excalibur (0)
11:44 Russian tractor plants to showcase new machinery at Moscow show (0)
11:49 AvtoVAZ employee mistakenly killed by sniper (0)
11:53 Russian nuclear power websites attacked amid accident rumors (0)
12:04 Uzbekistan gets license to produce Russia's Baltika beer (0)
12:24 Russia, China denounce U.S. plans for global missile defense (0)
12:39 Russia, China call for peaceful solution to N.Korea nuke problem (0)
12:43 Belarusian leader says future of CIS depends on Russia (0)
12:49 Earthquakes are best predicted from space (0)
12:56 State Duma demands halt to WWII veteran's trial in Estonia (0)
13:06 Ukraine's exporters could lose $2 bln from currency revaluation (0)
13:42 The CIS and Baltic press on Russia (0)
13:53 United Nations to grant $8 mln for quake relief in China (0)
14:11 Estonian nationalist removes Soviet statues with crane (0)
14:39 Russia, Ukraine ready for strategic gas supply contract talks (0)
14:53 Fire at weapons depot near St. Petersburg put out (0)
15:04 Medvedev's eastern challenge (0)
15:10 EU could approve start of cooperation talks with Russia on Monday (0)
15:37 Iran says it has China's backing on nuclear proposals (0)
15:43 Gazprom to develop four new sites in Vietnam (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:27 Kirov Region to showcase timber industry at St. Petersburg forum (0)
16:27 A health check for Europe's agriculture (0)
16:55 Russia, China against deployment of weapons in space (0)
17:11 RIA Novosti to raise money in U.S. for sick Russian children (0)
17:16 Putin says Ukraine must repay debt to receive gas directly (0)
17:20 Russia to rotate peacekeepers in Abkhazia by June 2 (0)
17:36 Bus crashes into truck in Iran, killing 27 (0)
17:37 Polish PM says no U.S. missile shield unless it improves security (0)
17:51 Rokot carrier with 3 military satellites blasts off from Plesetsk (0)
17:53 Georgia's united opposition threatens to boycott future parliament (0)
17:59 Fire at weapons depot near St. Petersburg put out - 2 (0)
18:05 Sharks face extinction in world's oceans (0)
18:12 Main news of May 23 (0)

24, May

05:23 Russia-China ties to be key factor in world affairs - Medvedev (0)
05:39 France, Latvia sign strategic partnership deal (0)
06:02 Death toll from China's earthquake climbs to over 60,000 - PM (0)
06:41 Medvedev meets Chinese Congress chairman, lays wreath at monument (0)
07:05 Rosatom rejects rumors of Lithuania radioactive leak (0)
07:14 Bus crashes into truck in Ukraine, 11 dead (0)
07:24 Russia to send 9 planes with emergency aid to quake-hit China (0)
07:46 Troops clash with militants in Ingushetia, south Russia (0)
08:18 Russian helicopter with rescuers leaves for quake-hit China (0)
08:37 Russia's Medvedev addresses students in China (0)
09:03 Medvedev says Russia will learn from Beijing Olympics (0)
09:51 Russia's Medvedev wants greater energy ties through SCO (0)
10:51 Troops clash with militants in Ingushetia, south Russia - 2 (0)
11:33 Medvedev pledges to build strategic partnership with China (0)
11:43 Russia, China see nuclear power as a priority in economic ties (0)
13:01 Pyrobolt failure caused Soyuz bumpy re-entry - Roscosmos (0)
13:33 Ukraine against prolonging Russia's Black Sea Fleet presence (0)
13:53 Russia's decision to ban Ukraine politicians illogical - ministry (0)
14:01 Main news of May 24 (0)

25, May

08:10 Russia's Bilan wins 2008 Eurovision Song Contest (0)
09:37 Sixth Russian plane carrying humanitarian aid departs for China (0)
10:39 Iran vows to continue cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog (0)
10:49 Two dead in light plane crash outside Moscow (0)
11:13 Kiev residents vote in mayoral elections (0)
12:15 Lebanese parliament to elect president (0)
12:49 One killed, five injured in suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan (0)
13:46 Senior police officer killed in Daghestan in North Caucasus (0)
14:49 Russia's Medvedev approves Security Council composition (0)
14:57 Lebanon's parliament elects Suleiman as president (0)
15:09 Main news of May 25 (0)

26, May

04:45 Five killed in drink driving smash in Urals (0)
05:22 Daghestan's finance official escapes assassination attempt (0)
05:29 Russia's Dima Bilan wins 2008 Eurovision Song Contest (0)
05:40 RUXX investment index set to open 0.51% down (0)
05:47 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 2.4% (0)
06:05 U.S. Phoenix probe lands on Mars (0)
06:36 Russia's inner Cabinet holds first meeting (0)
06:39 Rescuers continue search for missing miners in Ukraine blast (0)
06:58 Baltika brewery expands into Siberia, opens $200 mln plant (0)
07:21 G8 ministers urge 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions (0)
07:29 Bianca (0)
07:36 Russia hopes Lebanon election will help end crisis in country (0)
07:54 New tremor threatens 200,000 homes in China (0)
08:18 Russia's FSB accuses official with revealing state secrets (0)
08:28 Over 25,000 affected by power cuts in Russia's North Caucasus (0)
08:33 Russia hopes Lebanon election will help end crisis in country-2 (0)
09:25 'Armenia's Stonehenge' opens as tourist site (0)
09:50 Election officials say Kiev mayor likely to win re-election (0)
10:07 Dollar down 5.24 kopeks, euro up 4.25 kopeks - Central Bank (0)
10:11 Russia's Central Bank ups reserve requirements to stem inflation (0)
10:42 Russia says regional security blocs can help in Afghan drug war (0)
10:59 Russia's Medvedev calls for better relations with Georgia (0)
11:00 North Korea nuclear issue to be discussed in Moscow (0)
11:12 Death toll from China's earthquake tops 65,000 (0)
11:20 Archaeologists find medieval feeding bottles in northwest Russia (0)
11:22 Sakhalin border guards detain two crab poaching vessels (0)
11:38 Opposition holds protests as Georgia celebrates Independence Day (0)
11:45 Russian 'killer of aircraft carriers' starts drills in Pacific (0)
11:49 FIFA suspends Iraqi soccer association (0)
12:09 Green activists want halt to Rosneft-led Kamchatka project (0)
12:26 Psychiatric patient directs traffic in Montenegro (0)
12:28 Speaker says Russia likely to contest ownership of Sevastopol (0)
13:06 IAEA to deliver new report on Tehran's nuclear program - TV (0)
13:13 Georgia says UN report shows Russia guilty of aggression (0)
13:28 German Social-Democratic Party to field presidential candidate (0)
13:28 Russian government approves tax cuts for oil firms from 2009 (0)
13:37 Georgian opposition protesters end rally (0)
13:52 S&P raises Rosneft's rating to BBB-, outlook stable (0)
14:12 Cargo jet crashes north Ukraine, killing pilot (0)
14:20 Russia's Union of Journalists pledges to investigate corruption (0)
14:39 Russia delivers nuclear fuel for India's Kudankulam plant (0)
14:40 Another visit to Mars. It's the Americans again (0)
15:12 Egyptian president asks parliament to extend emergency law (0)
15:37 Serious division of the Arctic begins (0)
15:51 Russian government approves tax cuts for oil firms from 2009 - 2 (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:01 Georgian election officials from opposition boycott CEC meeting (0)
16:19 Russian cargo plane crashes in Urals, killing all 9 crewmembers (0)
16:23 Russia, Denmark to sign visa facilitation, readmission agreements (0)
17:18 Russian forestry officials to sue media for libel (0)
17:58 Russian cargo plane crashes in Urals, killing all 9 crewmembers - 2 (0)
18:03 Main news of May 26 (0)

27, May

05:28 Military real estate auctions to start in Moscow (0)
05:30 Russia starts rotation of peacekeepers in Abkhazia (0)
05:44 Last of nine bodies found from Urals cargo plane crash (0)
06:01 Iran denounces new IAEA report on nuclear program (0)
06:02 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR decline 4% (0)
06:39 Russian shareholders want to oust TNK-BP's American CEO - paper (0)
06:56 Russian companies to take part in Damascus industrial fair (0)
07:05 VIP horse race in Moscow (0)
07:53 Georgian ministry summons Russian envoy over drone dispute (0)
08:16 Russia's GDP up 8.4% in April, 8.3% in January-April (0)
08:40 Colombia wants to buy weaponry from Russia - paper (0)
08:43 Defense Ministry sells two Moscow properties (0)
08:49 Mongolian PM reaffirms interest in Russian-built nuclear plant (0)
08:57 Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits northwest Iran (0)
09:20 Georgia celebrates Independence Day (0)
09:32 China earthquake death toll exceeds 67,000 (0)
09:35 Russian minesweeper joins anti-terror drill on Black Sea (0)
10:07 Dollar up 0.3 kopeks, euro down 1.18 kopeks - Central Bank (0)
10:19 Russia seeks compensation over Noga account dispute (0)
11:01 Moscow concerned by Ukrainian plans to cut Russian TV channels (0)
11:35 Georgia demands compensation from Russia for drone incident (0)
11:43 Russian-Chinese military relations at a low point (0)
11:48 Russian cargo plane crashes in Urals (0)
11:57 More Russian nuclear technology in China (0)
12:16 Medvedev orders government to curb inflation in 2008 (0)
12:20 Russia's Navy urges international fight against pirates (0)
12:28 Georgian opposition to form alternative parliamentary committees (0)
12:54 Russia to withdraw radar offer if U.S. missile shield goes ahead (0)
13:01 Russian NGOs call for national program to fight xenophobia (0)
13:10 Russia and Europe to build new manned spacecraft (0)
13:18 Court rejects Kasparov's slander charges vs. Kremlin youth group (0)
13:27 Russian oil firm Rosneft to start Black Sea exploration drilling (0)
13:48 Putin accepts resignation of state border services chief (0)
14:54 EU to forge new strategic partnership with Russia (0)
14:56 S&P upgrades outlook for LUKoil to positive (0)
15:07 Hyundai plant stone to be laid during St. Petersburg forum (0)
15:16 Russia says UN's Georgia spy plane probe unreliable (0)
15:24 Russia's top court upholds appeal by NGO head (0)
15:27 Russian Communists file lawsuit over parliamentary elections (0)
15:38 Energy giant Gazprom generates 20% of budget revenue - Medvedev (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:24 Ukraine reaffirms wish to join NATO, says no threat to Russia (0)
16:48 Russia, Denmark sign visa facilitation, readmission agreements (0)
16:58 Moscow court rejects rehabilitation plea for Polish POWs (0)
17:13 Bodyguard files $350,000 claim against ex-Yukos official (0)
17:19 Sukhoi looking to double Superjet contracts in 2008 (0)
17:24 Military bombs explode at armed forces base in Poland (0)
17:30 Saakashvili urges Russia to overcome deadlock (0)
17:50 Iran's defense minister pessimistic over Israeli-Syrian talks (0)
17:56 Defense issues not priority for Russia-Colombia talks in Moscow (0)
18:01 Russia's first air taxi launches operations in Sochi (0)
18:06 Russia's Sistema and China's CPMIEC sign cooperation agreement (0)
18:08 CEO says Gazprom set to become world's top company (0)
18:13 Main news of May 27 (0)

28, May

05:38 Analysts say TNK-BP dispute could end in sale to Gazprom (0)
05:53 Russia's Lavrov to attend Arctic conference in Greenland (0)
06:47 Apartment blast kills two in Russia's Far East (0)
07:09 Iran's former nuclear negotiator elected parliamentary speaker (0)
07:25 Amnesty highlights racism in Russia, Chechnya rights violations (0)
07:54 Tycoon Prokhorov buys Moscow military properties - paper (0)
08:28 Strasbourg court bans Russian extradition of Israeli to Colombia (0)
09:03 Russian govt. rules not to extend prohibitive grain export duty (0)
09:24 Russian carmaker AvtoVAZ to put off share placement until 2009 (0)
09:27 Egyptian state of emergency commonplace (0)
09:46 Russian diplomat says Black Sea Fleet poses no threat to Ukraine (0)
10:04 Tretyakov Gallery today: comprehensive or eclectic? (0)
10:29 Strasbourg court bans Russian extradition of Israeli to Colombia - 2 (0)
10:39 Amnesty calls on Russia to improve human rights (0)
10:43 Electric power trader Mosenergosbyt sold at auction for $478 mln (0)
10:54 Russia to start Yak-130 trainer deliveries to Algeria in 2009 (0)
10:55 Russia's 2008 budget revenue to reach almost $382 bln (0)
11:54 Fitch changes St. Petersburg outlook to positive, affirms BBB (0)
11:58 Russian Superjet 100 continues flight tests (0)
12:15 AirUnion assets transferred to Rostekhnologii (0)
12:18 Two Russian peacekeepers injured in Abkhazia's conflict zone (0)
12:29 Ukraine says Russian WTO membership is in Kiev's interests (0)
12:32 Czechs continue hunger strike against U.S. missile shield (0)
12:33 Germany's oldest man dies at 107 (0)
12:33 Chinese government puts earthquake death toll at over 68,000 (0)
12:37 Chelyabinsk expects investment growth after St. Petersburg forum (0)
12:49 Russia's inflation hits 7.5% from January 1 to May 26 - Rosstat (0)
12:56 Snowstorms batter Mongolia killing 21 with 100 missing (0)
13:09 Russia to sue Swiss Noga for $1.6 mln over French asset seizure (0)
13:28 3Rs: a formula for a cleaner planet (0)
13:34 Israeli prime minister urged to step down over bribery claims (0)
13:43 Federal budget spending in 2008 to grow $5 bln-finance minister (0)
13:49 Russia suspects foreign involvement in Georgian provocation (0)
14:12 Russian Superjet 100 continues flight tests - 2 (0)
14:58 U.S. citizen Zeltser to face trial on drug charges (0)
15:19 Iran's nuclear ambiguity (0)
15:26 India says future arms purchases to include technology transfer (0)
15:28 Georgia could declare Russian peacekeepers occupiers (0)
15:45 Russian president urges protection of national borders (0)
15:51 Russia ready to offer Algeria MiG 35 fighters (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:00 Russia to start training Indian pilots for aircraft carrier (0)
16:09 Astronauts repair main toilet at space station (0)
16:26 Norilsk Nickel says talks on merger with Metalloinvest frozen (0)
16:46 Vietnamese post office clerk sentenced to death for theft (0)
16:49 Israeli prime minister urged to step down over bribery claims-2 (0)
16:50 Georgia requests UN Security Council session to discuss drone (0)
17:17 Five Russians get jail terms for 2006 missile system smuggling (0)
17:58 Interros, Gallagher reach asset swap agreement (0)
18:05 Russia asks Abkhazia to join UN session on drone (0)
18:08 Main news of May 28 (0)

29, May

04:34 Russia’s border guard service celebrates 90 years (0)
05:12 Armenian foreign minister to pay first visit to Moscow (0)
05:50 Russia doubts new agreement with EU by yearend - govt. source (0)
05:53 RUXX investment index set to open 0.67% up (0)
06:12 Putin to discuss Russia-EU relations at Paris talks (0)
06:18 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 4% (0)
06:21 Russian international reserves up $7.3 bln in week (0)
07:20 Russia's Central Bank to switch to floating ruble rate (0)
07:26 Russia, S. Korea, U.S. envoys to meet for N. Korea nuke talks (0)
07:47 Russia's VTB Bank to raise $1bln syndicated loan in June (0)
07:56 Russia's MiG aircraft maker to join UAC by yearend - official (0)
08:01 Euphoria gives way to cold reality as Lebanon looks to the future (0)
08:28 Russian police detain 20 suspects in drug trafficking gang (0)
09:06 South Ossetia accuses Georgia of state terrorism (0)
09:16 One less monarchy in the world: Nepal becomes a republic (0)
09:27 Russia's KD Avia orders 25 Airbus A319 planes worth $1.7 bln (0)
09:29 Gazprom, Kogaz plan working group for gas supplies to S. Korea (0)
09:37 Russia, EU to discuss energy supplies at St. Petersburg forum (0)
09:44 China quake death toll exceeds 68,500 (0)
10:20 Russia helps to upgrade NATO's MiGs (0)
10:28 Moscow urges Somalia against provoking pirates holding Russians (0)
10:45 Bogota to press Russia for extradition despite EU court ruling (0)
10:49 Prosecutors report 341 military suicides in 2007 (0)
11:05 Russia scraps another batch of Topol systems under START-1 treaty (0)
11:43 Russian top prosecutors say Dovgy case materials secret (0)
11:49 Russia to spend $25 bln on science research in 2008-2010 - Putin (0)
12:04 Spanish separated twins sue millions over hospital mix-up (0)
12:51 Medvedev’s crackdown on corruption in courts (0)
13:00 Russian navy chief to visit weapons test site in Kyrgyzstan (0)
13:13 Georgia to take drone dispute with Russia to OSCE (0)
13:22 TNK executive faces $950 mln back tax charges - source (0)
13:34 Russia's Aricom to build premium cast iron plant (0)
14:16 One dead, four injured in refinery blast near St. Petersburg (0)
14:18 Iran to post Web response to Dutch anti-Islam film Fitna (0)
14:33 Russian prison service denies synagogue attacker Koptsev suicide (0)
14:38 FIFA lifts suspension of Iraqi soccer association (0)
14:39 Net foreign capital inflow into banking system $4 bln in 4M08 (0)
14:54 Two troops killed, 3 injured in gun attack on car in S.Russia (0)
15:04 Liquidation of RAO UES is not the end (0)
15:12 Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul attack that killed 3 (0)
15:51 Russia, Ukraine leaders to meet at Petersburg forum in June (0)
16:00 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:18 Ex-TNK executive faces $950 mln back tax charges - source - 2 (0)
16:43 Estonia to lift tax on cattle methane emissions (0)
17:07 South Russia court sentences businessman for Microsoft piracy (0)
17:19 Kazakhstan ratifies oil transit treaty with Azerbaijan (0)
17:48 Ruhrgas chief highlights importance of St. Petersburg forum (0)
17:58 UN Security Council to discuss Georgian drone dispute on May 30 (0)
18:05 France to push for swift launch of Russia-EU partnership talks (0)
18:07 Strasbourg court orders Russia to pay compensation for abductions (0)
18:11 Main news of May 29 (0)
23:00 Remembering the Fathers (0)
23:02 In Brief - Safe Toys in Kuzminki (0)
23:04 Aerial Roads (0)
23:06 Pilots Sacrificed Lives to Save Town (0)
23:09 Crime Briefs - Five Russians Sentenced in Missile Smuggling Case (0)
23:11 Arson Cases Baffle Police (0)
23:13 In Brief - Putin to Discuss Russia-EU Relations at Paris Talks (0)
23:15 Medvedev Pushes China Partnership (0)
23:24 Zelenograd to Scale Down Housing Construction (0)
23:25 Russia Moves to Protect Historical Sites (0)
23:26 Country Home Market Expands (0)
23:29 Briefs – Retail Investment in Europe dips to €3.9 bln in 1Q08 (0)
23:33 Russia Eases the Pain of Getting a Mortgage (0)
23:34 Moscow to Spend over $1 Billion on Road Construction in 2008 (0)
23:36 Finland’s YIT to Invest €500-600 Million in Russian Real Estate (0)
23:37 City Hall Cleans Up Defrauded Home Buyers Lists (0)
23:38 New MKAD Interchange to Be Built in Eastern Moscow (0)
23:40 “Little Guy” Still Plagued by High Costs, other Problems (0)
23:41 Bus Terminal, Metro Stations and Railway Access Set for East Districts (0)
23:44 Moscow Cleans Up Its Suburbs (0)

30, May

05:08 Venezuela to deploy two new Russian Su-30 fighter jets (0)
05:40 Tropical storm Alma hits Nicaragua, 35,000 evacuated (0)
06:24 RUXX investment index set to open 2.33% up (0)
06:37 Russian monetary base up $867 mln in week to $179.8 bln (0)
06:45 EU envoys to visit Georgian rebel region to discuss conflict (0)
06:53 Banks' correspondent accounts with CBR rise 15.2% (0)
07:22 Canadian NHL rising star Bourdon killed in motorbike crash (0)
07:32 Moscow ranks third for Kabul (0)
08:27 Japan cancels plans to send aid to China in military planes (0)
08:35 Death toll from Ukrainian mine blast rises to six (0)
09:11 'Peaceful' space putting on Khaki (0)
09:16 Mongolia to hold day of mourning for 46 snowstorm victims (0)
09:33 Dollar up 7.25 kopeks, euro down 10.77 kopeks - Central Bank (0)
09:39 Navy chief says Russia could have 100 warships in Ukraine (0)
09:51 Ex-World Bank chief throws cold water on Russia's growth plans (0)
10:52 Lavrov says UN talks on Georgian drone futile without Abkhazia (0)
10:58 Russia says foreign investment in Russia reaches $220 bln (0)
11:06 Russian TNK-BP shareholders demand CEO steps down (0)
11:17 Kyrgyzstan interested in Russia's naval presence-chief of staff (0)
11:34 Russian President Medvedev to visit Germany June 5 - Kremlin (0)
12:29 No timeframe set for talks on N. Korea's denuclearization (0)
12:31 British peers discuss EU-Russia report (0)
12:33 Natural gas output up 1.4% year-on-year in Russia in Jan-Apr (0)
12:42 Russian villagers jailed over 2006 racist mob attacks (0)
12:47 Georgian opposition members attacked in Tbilisi (0)
13:03 Ukrainian security services arrest Chernobyl scrap metal thieves (0)
13:07 Algerian scandal: swapping MiGs for MiGs (0)
13:13 Russian oil output down 0.3% in Jan-Apr 08 (0)
13:15 Russia launches production of new MiG-29M/M2 fighter (0)
13:27 Moscow Region to host International Russian language summer school in July (0)
13:50 Ukrainian president says inflation big threat to country (0)
14:11 Russian academicians want Berezovsky expelled (0)
14:20 St. Petersburg forum to define Russia’s role in world economy (0)
14:30 Russian sailors arrested in Spanish drug trafficking operation (0)
14:57 London to host Russian poetry and arts festival in June (0)
14:57 Czech president says missile shield not Russia's business (0)
15:06 Lawyer of U.S.-funded NGO chief attacked in Moscow (0)
15:14 Cutting the Arctic pie (0)
15:17 Russia's Aeroflot unlikely to buy Alitalia (0)
15:23 S.Ossetia bombings aimed at aggravating conflict zone tensions (0)
15:42 Over 170 aftershocks hit quake-stricken China (0)
15:58 Over two-year delays on Boeing-787 deliveries for Aeroflot (0)
16:00 Russia suspends Turkish agricultural imports from June 7 (0)
16:02 What the Russian papers say (0)
16:22 Russian academicians split over Berezovsky expulsion (0)
16:52 Lebanese PM designate begins consultations on new Cabinet (0)
16:56 Georgia says suspends drone flights over breakaway Abkhazia (0)
17:02 Russian consulate car set on fire in Athens arson attack (0)
17:06 Eight Palestinians injured by Israeli troops in Gaza (0)
17:06 Amended Glonass program to be approved this year (0)
17:26 Russia's sexual minorities plan unsanctioned gay parade June 1 (0)
17:35 BP backs TNK-BP CEO as Russian shareholders demand resignation - 2 (0)
17:44 Forbes unveils 20 'Hottest Young Royals' list (0)
18:04 Main news of May 30 (0)

31, May

07:45 N. Korea test fires short-range anti-ship missiles in Yellow Sea (0)
08:56 Russian railroad troops enter Abkhazia to help rebuild roads (0)
09:37 TNK-BP CEO refuses to resign over dispute with Russian shareholders (0)
10:12 Russia completes rotation of peacekeepers in Abkhazia (0)
10:57 Russia's Ground Forces to hold over 140 exercises in H2 2008 (0)
12:05 Georgia accuses Russia of plans to invade Abkhazia (0)
13:04 Russia says no reasons to suspect Iran's nuclear aspirations (0)
14:02 Russia opposes NATO expansion in principle - PM Putin (0)
14:49 Putin says president will remain key political figure in Russia (0)
15:17 Main news of May 31 (0)