Mountains and valleys, portraits of Akhmad Kadyrov and checkpoints positioned at intervals along major roads, the Leo Tolstoy Museum and ancient castle towers â“ a typical rural landscape in present-day Chechnya. </p>
// Jun. 07, 2008 - 04:58 GMT
Six vehicles caught fire in Moscow on Saturday, a police source said, in what is believed to be the work of the infamous 'car arsonist' who has burnt over 25 cars since the start of the month in the Russian capital.
// Jun. 07, 2008 - 05:33 GMT
Around 100 opposition supporters have gathered in central Tbilisi to protest the first session of the new Georgian parliament following elections in the Caucasus state on May 21.
// Jun. 07, 2008 - 05:42 GMT
Over 7 kg of heroin has been seized from a Tajik national in Moscow, a police spokeswoman said on Saturday.
// Jun. 07, 2008 - 05:44 GMT
Energy ministers from the G8 countries, plus officials from China, South Korea and India, are holding a two-day meeting in the Japanese city of Aomori amid unprecedented hikes in oil prices.
// Jun. 07, 2008 - 06:27 GMT
U.S. President George Bush on Saturday prolonged for at least one year sanctions imposed in June 2006 on a number of Belarusian officials, including President Alexander Lukashenko.
// Jun. 07, 2008 - 07:06 GMT