Gunmen who were killed in a special police operation in the largest city in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, had planned terrorist attacks against top Ingush officials, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 08:40 GMT
The U.S. space agency NASA has set a new target date for the launch of space shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) due to technical reasons.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 09:19 GMT
The UN Security Council's resolution on extending a mandate of a UN observer mission in Georgia and Abkhazia will ensure stability in the region, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 09:57 GMT
Inflation in Russia could reach 14% in 2009 due to increased borrowing from its reserve funds to cover the budget deficit, the finance minister said on Saturday.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 10:39 GMT
Two rescue workers were killed on Saturday in an explosion at a coal mine in southwest Siberia, an official from the Kemerovo region administration said.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 11:24 GMT
Russia's top seed Vera Zvonareva overcame Israel's Shahar Peer on Saturday to reach the final of the Pattaya Open tennis tournament in Thailand.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 12:51 GMT
Russia considers Bolivia as a prospective partner in Latin America and Moscow hopes to expand bilateral ties with La Paz in the near future, a Kremlin source said on Saturday.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 13:34 GMT
The Russian Foreign Ministry criticized on Saturday an appeal by a group of U.S. lawmakers to expedite the extradition of an alleged Russian arms dealer from Thailand to the U.S. as an attempt to put pressure on a Thai court.
// Feb. 14, 2009 - 15:50 GMT