Tymoshenko criticizes Yanukovych's gas consortium plans

Yulia Tymoshenko whose government was dismissed by Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday has criticized President Viktor Yanukovych's plans to create a gas transportation consortium.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 01:55 GMT


Riga legislature bans Waffen SS demonstration

The Latvian capital's legislature, the Riga Duma, banned a demonstration by Waffen SS veterans and their supporters.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 02:58 GMT


Ukraine after presidential elections

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 03:22 GMT


Yanukovych's gas consortium plans come under criticism from Tymoshenko

Yulia Tymoshenko whose government was dismissed by Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday has criticized President Viktor Yanukovych's plans to create a gas transportation consortium.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 03:22 GMT


United States to resume pork supplies to Russian market

The United States and Russia have agreed that American pork supplies to the Russian market will be resumed.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 04:26 GMT


Video recording appears in LUKoil executive car accident case

A video recording has appeared in the case of a car accident involving the chauffeur-driven Mercedes of a vice president of Russia's largest independent oil company, LUKoil, that resulted in two deaths.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 05:12 GMT


Medvedev awards Russian athletes for Vancouver Olympics

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree awarding state decorations to Russian athletes for their achievements at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Kremlin press service said on Saturday.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 06:44 GMT


U.S. administration to block Armenian genocide bill

The U.S. government will “work very hard” to block a controversial resolution condemning as genocide the mass killings of Armenians by Turks during World War I, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 07:49 GMT


Video shows notorious gang leader before death

Police has grabbed hold of a video footage showing a notorious gang leader in Russia's North Caucasus known as Alexander Tikhomirov or Said Buryatsky just minutes before he was killed in a FSB sweep, a law enforcement source said on Saturday.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 08:54 GMT


Gang leader killed in N.Caucasus involved in 2009 train blast - FSB

Said Buryatsky, a notorious gang leader in Russia's North Caucasus, killed in a special operation on Tuesday, was involved in the derailment of a Moscow-St. Petersburg train in November 2009, the head of the Federal Security Service said on Saturday.

// Mar. 06, 2010 - 14:14 GMT