Georgia lost up to 3,000 men in S. Ossetia conflict - source
About 3,000 Georgian soldiers and police were killed during its recent attempt to take control of South Ossetia, a Russian intelligence source said Monday.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 05:26 GMT
Wall Street bracing for Lehman bankruptcy
Wall Street has begun to prepare itself for the bankruptcy of one of its most storied institutions – Lehman Brothers.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 05:50 GMT
Russia's Pacific Fleet holds live firing drills in Far East
A naval task force from Russia's Pacific Fleet has started scheduled exercises involving live firing in the Sea of Japan, a fleet spokesman said on Monday.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 06:09 GMT
Black box data from Aeroflot crash to be analyzed in 3-4 weeks
The black boxes from the plane that crashed near the Urals city of Perm killing 88 people will be decoded in three or four weeks, Russian Transportation Minister Igor Levitin said Monday.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 06:10 GMT
Boeing-737-500 crash kills 88
A passenger plane Boeing-737–500 en route from Moscow crashed on a rail line in the outskirts of the Urals city of Perm early on Sunday killing all 88 people on board including seven children and 21 foreign nationals.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 06:18 GMT
Bomb blast injures four in Moscow market
Four people including a schoolboy and an elderly woman were injured in a bomb blast in a market in northern Moscow, believed to be part of a turf war between retailers, a police source said on Monday.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 06:48 GMT
Russian police seize 107 kg of heroin in East Siberia
Russian law enforcement officers have seized 107 kg (236 lbs) of heroin in the East Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, a spokeswoman for the local FSB department said Monday.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 07:52 GMT
Russia to showcase military hardware in South Africa
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Monday it will exhibit over 250 types of weaponry at a major arms exhibition in Cape Town this week.
// Sep. 15, 2008 - 08:27 GMT