not directly related to the Prime Minister. It was about the facts of failure to implement decisions of the National Defence and Security Council by the ministers in general".

It is interesting that without any particular reason the Moscow-based daily Izvestia has published an article reviewing activity of intelligence agencies of Estonia. The paper says Estonians have been trying to create a secret service network in Russia and the

The report of the vice-Mayor was acknowledged one of the best.VLADIVOSTOK, October 6, vladivostoktimes.com The VIII APR Summit of Mayors was held in Dalian (China). The delegation from Vladivostok is headed by the vice-Mayor Alexander ZUBRITSKIY, the press-service of the

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Despite heavy rain hundreds of people gathered in Moscow on Tuesday to commemorate investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya gunned down near her home in the Russian capital in 2006. A model of a planned monument

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - A public opinion poll held in Ukraine has said that 50% of the country approves of Russia's recent recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The poll was carried out by the Russian Public Opinion

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday following a meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart in Moscow that weapons sold to the Latin American state were only to improve its defense capability. "Military-technical cooperation between Russia and

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's MICEX and RTS stock exchanges resumed trading as of 1:00 p.m. Moscow time (09:00 GMT) Tuesday, with shares showing moderate growth. Trading on Russia's two main stock exchanges was suspended before 10:00 a.m.

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian government has increased its quota for foreign workers this year by 90%, to 3.4 million people, the cabinet said on its website on Tuesday. Earlier this month, the government announced plans to

ORENBURG, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - The fatal recent collapse of part of a school in Russia's Urals was caused by irregularities in construction and maintenance work, regional authorities said on Tuesday. Five children were killed on October 1 in

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will address an international forum on global politics and security in France to propose the creation of a new European security system, the Kremlin website said on Tuesday. The first

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's two remaining representatives in the UEFA Cup found out the identities of their group stage opponents on Tuesday afternoon. The draw, which took place in Nyon, Switzerland, placed Spartak Moscow in the same

ST. PETERSBURG, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin presented his judo tutorial video, 'Learning Judo with Vladimir Putin,' in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. The instructional video is a supplement to a judo manual, co-authored by Putin,

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Customs officers in Russia's Far East have detained on suspicion of poaching a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel carrying more than 40 metric tons of crab, a border guards spokesman said Tuesday. The captain of the

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - A criminal case against two men charged with involvement in one of Russia's bloodiest terrorist attacks has been referred for trial, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Tuesday. A militant group led by Chechen

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - World oil prices could plunge to $50 per barrel amid the ongoing global financial crisis but are likely to stabilize at $80-90 per barrel, a senior Russian government official said on Tuesday. "The options

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - The IOC's Coordination Commission has agreed to allow changes to the transport infrastructure for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics as proposed by Russia's prime minister, the Games executive director said on Tuesday. "Vladimir Putin

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) -- The Baikal Pulp and Paper Plant, which recently introduced a new water treatment system, has not solved all of its problems, and has even created new ones, the natural resources minister said on Tuesday.

ORENBURG, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - The education minister in the Orenburg Region in Russia's Urals resigned on Tuesday over the fatal collapse of part of a school earlier this month, local authorities said. Five children were killed on October

MOSCOW, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - An probe into the death of a Russian general has confirmed that he committed suicide, a spokesman for investigators from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Tuesday. Col.-Gen. Viktor Vlasov, the acting head