Strasbourg court orders Russia to compensate Evangelical pastor
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ordered Russian authorities to pay 6,000 euros ($8,220) in compensation to an Evangelical pastor who was banned from holding services.
Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghan
Three NATO troops and an Afghan soldier have been killed in two separate clashes with insurgents in Afghanistan, the alliance said.
Soviet Soldiers costs Estonia over 4mn euro
The total expenditures for reburial of Soviet Soldiers and repaying damage caused by April riots in Tallinn and Ida-Viru district are expected to be about 73mn kroon (about $4.6mn euro), Eesti Paevaleht newspaper reports. The money will be taken from the governmental reserve.
Strategic Missile Forces to conduct over 100 exercises this summer
The Strategic Missile Forces will conduct more than 100 exercises this summer and fall, the SMF press service said Friday.
Moscow Region police destroy 40 tons of cannabis
Police in the Ramenskoye district, southeast of Moscow, have discovered and burned 40 tons of cannabis growing wild in fields, a local police spokesman said Friday.
Moscow students will take drug tests
Russia`s chief sanitary doctor upheld Friday the Moscow mayor`s initiative to make students take drug tests.
Spanish police tackle sex traffickers targeting Russian women
Spanish police have cracked down on a sex trafficking gang that tricked Russian women with job offers and then forced them into prostitution, a police spokesman in Spain`s southern province of Almeria said Thursday.
Murder of religious leader in Daghestan can destabilize the situation
An explosion in Makhachkala, the capital of Daghestan, that killed a local deputy mufti was aimed at destabilizing the situation in the republic, Mufti Magomed Albogachiyev said Friday.
Blast in Russia left Finland without gas for 6 hours
Delivery of the Russian gas to Finland was suspended for six hours because of an explosion at a main gas pipeline in Vsevolozhsky District, Leningrad Region.
All derailed phosphorus cars in West Ukraine righted
All 15 yellow phosphorous tanker cars that overturned in Western Ukraine last Monday have been hoisted back onto the tracks, the emergencies ministry said Tuesday.
Belarusian PM may visit Moscow July 30 over gas debt
Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky may visit Moscow July 30 to discuss paying for natural gas deliveries.
UN to help developing Chechen agriculture
The United Nations will assist Chechnya in developing its agriculture, a REGNUM correspondent was told today at the press office of the Chechen president and the government.
President Putin signs law on Trans-Baikal Territory
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Monday a law establishing the Trans-Baikal Territory as the country`s new constituent region, the Kremlin`s press service said.
Azerbaijan and Russia agree on mutual broadcasting of their TV-channels
Azerbaijan and Russia have initialed an agreement of mutual broadcasting of Azerbaijani and Russian TV-channels. The announcement was made today by Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasily Istratov yesterday.
Russian and French combat aircraft to leave Dushanbe
Russian and French military aircraft will be redeployed from the Dushanbe International Airport to a nearby airbase after it is completed, a state-run air carrier said Friday.
Turkish expats vote early as they fly in for holidays
Hundreds of thousands of Turks living abroad have been voting early as they arrive at Turkish airports or borders, anxious to play their part in an election they see as key to Turkey`s future direction.
Russia ready for talks on CFE Treaty in autumn
Russia is ready to start talks on an amended Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty this autumn, and will continue to honor its provisions until the deadline set by a presidential decree, a Russian diplomat said Friday.
Putin signs law to spend Yukos funds on 2007 social programs
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill to spend debt and back-tax payments to the budget by bankrupt oil company Yukos on 2007 social programs, the Kremlin said Friday.
Vodka: Russia`s national drink may be Russian no more
The Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC), registered in the United States, is hoping to acquire a majority stake in Russia`s Parliament Group before the year is out. Other global players may follow its lead.
Litvinenko suspect refuses third country trial
A man suspected by Britain of involvement in the murder of exiled former spy Alexander Litvinenko refused to stand trial over the affair in a third country in an interview published Saturday.
Russia ordered to pay 3,000 euro compensation for torture claim
The European Court of Human Rights has partially upheld an appeal by a retired Russian security officer held in a Urals prison on treason charges, ordering Russia to pay 3,000 euros compensation.
Ukrainian emergency and healthcare ministers arrive to the site of phosphorus railway accident
Today, on July 19, Ukrainian Emergency Minister Nestor Shufrich and Healthcare Minister Yuri Gaydayev arrived to the site of the crash of the train carrying phosphorus in Lvov Region.
Moldovan wines could again appear in Russia
Moldovan wines, whose exports to Russia were suspended a year ago, could begin arriving at Russian markets by September, Russia`s chief sanitary official said Thursday.
U.S. consul denies that American diplomats were involved in a car smuggling
The United States consul general in Vladivostok in eastern Russia dismissed Thursday a local media report that American diplomats were involved in a car smuggling operation in the region from the U.S. and Japan.
Two terror attacks in Ingushetia: 7 people wounded
Gunmen assaulted a vehicle carrying troops, injuring one person, in the town of Karabulak in Ingushetia at about 02:15 p.m. Moscow time yesterday.