At least two Russian soldiers killed in Chechnya
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 08:00 GMT
Russians to remember murdered journalist Politkovskaya
Russian human rights groups will gather in central Moscow in memory of murdered investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who would have celebrated her 50th birthday on Saturday.
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 08:50 GMT
Over half of Poles are in favor of sanctions against Russia
Over 50% of Poles think that economic sanctions should be imposed on Russia following the conflict in South Ossetia, the Gfk Polonia research center said on Saturday.
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 10:18 GMT
Putin blasts Europe for following U.S. foreign policies
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned European countries against following U.S. foreign policy ahead of an EU emergency meeting on Monday on the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia.
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 10:56 GMT
Missing plane made emergency landing in East Siberia
Russia's Emergencies Ministry said on Saturday that a missing An-2 aircraft with four people on board had been forced to make an emergency landing and had not crashed.
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 11:11 GMT
Georgia quits Moscow 1994 ceasefire agreement
Georgia's reintegration minister said on Saturday that Tbilisi was formally pulling out of a 1994 UN-approved agreement signed in Moscow by Abkhazia and Georgia following a bloody conflict.
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 11:38 GMT
Russian, U.S. airlines involved in near miss over Caribbean
Russian and U.S. airliners were a minute away from a midair collision over the Atlantic Ocean when the Russian Boeing 747 descended avoiding a crash, a spokesman for the Russian air company said.
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 12:38 GMT
OSCE report points finger at Georgia for S. Ossetia crisis
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has accumulated evidence pointing to “numerous wrong decisions” made by Georgian leaders that led to a military crisis with Russia, Der Spiegel said on Saturday.
// Aug. 30, 2008 - 13:07 GMT