Polish opposition leader calls for resignation of Internal Security Agency head. Wife of Belarus human rights activist Valentin Stefanovich called to KGB. Security Service of Ukraine asks assistance of Georgia to compromise investigation commission head - Russian newspaper. Brussels urges

Regional parliamentarians have about 50 items on the agenda.VLADIVOSTOK, November 18, vladivostoktimes.com The November session of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory opened, parliamentarians have about 50 items on the agenda, as the press-service of the Legislative Assembly reported

The State Duma, the lower house of Russian Parliament, today in the second reading approved the bills extending longer terms for the President and Parliament, from current four years to six and five years respectively.

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - A 16-year-old teenager, who was driving his father's car, smashed into and killed three pedestrians in the Chelyabinsk Region in Russia's Urals, local police said on Thursday. The teenager, who has no driver's license,

MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian officer was killed in an explosion in central Chechnya's Urus-Martan district, a local police spokesman said on Thursday. The blast occurred on Wednesday as troops conducted a search of a forest. The

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched a new 104,000-dwt oil tanker ordered by Russia's Primorsk Shipping Corporation (PRISCO), the PRISCO press office said on Wednesday.

Boldly going where no summer blockbuster has gone before

The capacity of ports will be significantly increased.

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's links with Cyprus will continue to grow in all areas, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday after signing a declaration on bilateral cooperation with his Greek Cypriot counterpart. "Our countries have long enjoyed

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Around 80-100% of the Russian Armed Forces will be equipped with modern weapons and military hardware by 2018-2020, the Russian General Staff chief said on Wednesday. "In the next 3-5 years we plan to

SEVERODVINSK, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - A new nuclear-powered attack submarine will be delivered to the Russian Navy in 2010, a Russian shipyard said on Wednesday. Severodvinsk is the first Project 855 Yasen (Graney) series of the Severodvinsk class nuclear

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - The speaker of Russia's upper house of parliament met with his North Korean counterpart in Moscow on Wednesday, and accepted an invitation to visit North Korea. The date of the visit has yet to

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is ready to deploy Iskander missile systems to its Kaliningrad Region at any time, the chief of the General Staff said Wednesday. "As soon as the final decision is made by our supreme

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Zenit St. Petersburg were penalized on Wednesday for an offensive banner unfurled by its fans at their game on Sunday and will play their next home game in front of an empty stadium. The

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has called on the United Nations to revise the international system of arms exports in view of the August conflict with Georgia, Russia's envoy to the UN said on Wednesday. Russia has accused

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister rejected on Wednesday media allegations that President Dmitry Medvedev's upcoming November tour of Latin American countries is aimed against the United States. Medvedev will take part in the November 22-23 APEC

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - The three men charged with involvement in the October 2006 murder of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya have pleaded not guilty, a defense lawyer said on Wednesday. "The defendants said they have nothing to

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Former U.S. world champion Evander Holyfield is sure of snatching the WBA heavyweight title belt from Russia's Nikolai Valuev and has his sights on unifying the heavyweight division titles. The 46-year-old four-time world champion