Deputy head of Bulgaria's State Agency for National Security dismissed. Bulgaria's Prime Minister supports State Agency for National Security head again. SANS' Gallery investigation case given to prosecution in Bulgaria. Bulgaria exposes Communist secret services collaborators among journalists. Yugoslav Communist

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - A decision to award Martti Ahtisaari the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize is likely to cause anger among those opposed to Kosovo's independence, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Friday. Former Finnish president Ahtisaari was

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Winter Olympic champion Alexei Prokurorov died on Friday after he was hit by a car in the Vladimir Region, 200 km (124 miles) to the east of Moscow, a local police spokesman said.

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Andrei Arshavin has said that the most important thing for the Russian national side during their World Cup qualifier in Germany on Saturday will be to remain calm. Russia face Germany in Dortmund a

Recasts lead, adds more comment in last three paras) MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - A decision to award Martti Ahtisaari the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize has triggered criticism in Russia over his role in the Kosovo settlement. Ahtisaari, Finland's

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - A Thai court will hold its next hearings in the trial of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, accused of conspiracy to sell arms to Colombian left-wing rebels, on November 4-8, a Russian lawyer said

BISHKEK, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that Russia had taken sufficient measures to shore up the domestic financial market against the backdrop of the ongoing global credit crisis. "I think the measures taken so

BISHKEK, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday that representatives of South Ossetia and Abkhazia should take part in Geneva talks on the regions' future status, scheduled for October 15. "It is essential for us

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Elena Dementieva and Vera Zvonareva both beat their quarterfinal opponents on Friday to reach the semifinals of the 2008 Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Seeded 3rd Dementieva, who won the Kremlin Cup in 2007,

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - A total of 307 deaths, not including the recent conflict with Georgia, were reported in the Russian armed forces in January-August, a Defense Ministry source said on Friday. None of the deaths were combat-related.

MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russian companies and banks are due to pay off a total of $35.8 billion from their foreign debt service obligations in the fourth quarter of 2008, the Central Bank said Friday. Of this amount,