Five wounded in bomb blast in North Caucasus
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 06:24 GMT
Russian businessman killed, another wounded in St. Petersburg
Police in Russia's second-largest city are searching for a suspect in an attack on two businessmen that left one dead, a St. Petersburg police source said on Friday.
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 06:54 GMT
Six killed in avalanche in Tajikistan
Six people were killed in an avalanche on a highway linking Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, with the country's northern regions, a spokesman for the Tajik emergencies committee said on Friday.
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 07:45 GMT
Letters to Obama, February 27
Here is a new selection of letters to U.S. President Barack Obama received by RIA Novosti from February 21 to February 27
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 07:53 GMT
Kosovo declares trust in Hague court after war crimes verdicts
Kosovo's president declared his “full trust” in the UN court in The Hague following the acquittal of one and conviction of five former top Serb politicians and army or police officers for war crimes in Kosovo.
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 08:08 GMT
Russian police strip Chichvarkin nanny of credit cards, cash
Investigators working on a case against a former co-owner of cell phone retailer Euroset, Yevgeny Chichvarkin, have seized credit cards and currency from his children's nanny, a Russian newspaper said on Friday.
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 08:23 GMT
Bolivia to start receiving Russian-made helicopters in April
Russia is to deliver two helicopters to Bolivia at the beginning of April, Bolivia's anti-drug tsar has said, with reports suggesting that they will be used in the fight against the illicit drug business.
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 09:15 GMT
Russia's Lavrov to participate in Gaza rebuilding conference
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Egypt on Monday for the international conference on the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.
// Feb. 27, 2009 - 09:37 GMT