VLADIKAVKAZ, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - A former mayor of the capital of Russian republic of North Ossetia, was assassinated on Wednesday, a police source said. According to preliminary information, Kazbek Pagiyev, who was the mayor of Vladikavkaz for five

Adds details in para. 2, Interior Ministry statement in paras. 5-6) VLADIKAVKAZ, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - A former mayor of the capital of Russian republic of North Ossetia, was assassinated on Wednesday, a police source said. According to preliminary

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's gold and foreign currency reserves decreased from $450.8 billion to $438.2 billion in the week of December 19-26, the Russian Central Bank said on Wednesday.

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russians expressed their New Year's wishes as finding a new job, staying healthy, and happiness among their family members and close friends, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The survey, which was carried

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Spain has extradited to Russia a suspected Chechen militant who was arrested in the country in 2006, a spokeswoman for the Russian General Prosecutor's Office said on Wednesday. "On December 31, at the request

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry accused on Wednesday the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the European Union of inaction on Georgia's gas cutoff for its breakaway Republic of South Ossetia. As a

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia' s president and prime minister on Wednesday evening discussed the situation regarding last-ditch gas talks between Gazprom and Ukraine as Kiev rejected a new offer of $250 per cu m in 2009. Vladimir

Recasts throughout, adds Putin, Medvedev reactions in paras 11-17, Yushchenko recall of delegation para 2, information in paras 20- 21) KIEV, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's Naftogaz said in a letter addressed to energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday it

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's narrowly-defined monetary base stood at 4,283 billion rubles ($145.8 billion) as of December 29, up 57.3 billion rubles ($1.9 billion) in the week from December 22, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) said

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - An imprisoned former executive of bankrupt oil company Yukos will meet New Year with her month-old daughter in a prison hospital, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Svetlana Bakhmina, 39, former deputy head of the

NOVOSIBIRSK, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - The FSB branch in the Novosibirsk Region of West Siberia has suspended an investigation into the case of a former political activist suspected of terrorist activities, his lawyer said Wednesday. The investigation into the

Adds info on Aleksanyan's whereabouts, health in paras 5, 6) MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's penitentiary authorities confirmed on Wednesday the release of terminally ill ex-Yukos official Vasily Aleksanyan on a 50 million ruble ($1.8 billion) bail. "As

MOSCOW, December 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russian consumer prices grew 0.7% in December and 13.3% in 2008 as a whole, Russia's top statistics body said on Wednesday. The State Statistics Service said inflation measured 1.1% in December 2007 and 11.9%