
Lukashenko excludes possibility for Byelorussia to become part of Russian Federation
Byelorussian President Alexander Lukashenko excludes possibility for Byelorussia to become a part of the Russian Federation.

Byelorussian President Alexander Lukashenko excludes possibility for Byelorussia to become a part of the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian President Victor Yuschenko has signed the appeal to Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada), containing the demand to cancel "not constitutional decision" about the Government resignation.

Official Kazakhstan-Russian meeting at top level has started in residence of Kazakhstan president Nursultan Nazarbaev. It started with tete-a-tete meeting of Russian and Kazakhstan presidents.

Bulgaria rejected request of Russian "Gazprom" for review of treaty with Bulgarian state company "Bulgargas" on gas transit through territory of the country.

Elected president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbaev officially assumed office of the state head.

Because of Russian gas supplies cut off and Christmas frosts temperature in houses of Moldavian capital drops.

Police of Estonia denies charges in espionage on territory of Russia and regards them as mistake or provocation.

Ukraine government resignation not constitutional, considers Ukraine President Yushchenko. On Tuesday Ukrainian parliament voted for the government resignation. "This decision is not constitutional", said he on arriving to Astana airport in Kazakhstan.

Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada) has made the decision about Yekhanurov’s government resignation. On Tuesday the deputies has passed corresponding decree.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yury Yekhanurov is surprised with volume of consumed gas in Ukraine.

Polar explorers has recommenced suspended in 1999 drilling of the borehole in the under-glacial lake "Vostok" in Antarctica, reported the press-service of Arctic and Antarctica Research Institute.

Negotiation process about prices on Azerbaijan electric power, selling to Russia, will continue in January.

Activists of Popular Front "Sevastopol-Crimea-Russia" gave Russian president Vladimir Putin recommendations on how to return Crimea to jurisdiction of Russian Federation.

Byelorussian President Alexander Lukashenko and deputy chairman of Gasprom Board of Directors Alexander Medvedev discussed the opportunities of increasing transit volume of Russian gas to Europe.

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov demanded to investigate the case of the boarding school fire in Dushanbe, which caused death of 13 children, and to report the results directly to him.

Russian Federal Agency of Tourism (Rustourism) doesn’t plan to appeal to Russian people and ask them to refrain from trips to Turkey.

President of Byelorussia Alexander Lukashenko has met with vice-president of "Gazprom", general director of "Gazexport" Alexander Medvedev in Minsk this Sunday.

Doctors treating Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will begin bringing him out of a coma on Monday.

Ex-chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder participated in settlement of Russian-Ukrainian gas conflict.

Co-operation between Russia and Tajikistan will become more intense in new year.

Armenia will spend more than $110 thousands on preventive measures against "bird flu" spread in republic.

13 children burnt alive and 2 were hospitalized with serious burns and poisoning as a result of fire in boarding school "Chorbog" for children-invalids in Tajikistan.

It is still chilly in apartments of majority of Kiev citizens.

State of health of Israeli premier-minister Ariel Sharon remains critical, informed doctors in charge of the case.

Assistance to survived intimates of burnt children`s home "Chorbog" in Dushanbe will be rendered by 201-th Russian military base in Tajikistan.