19:53
NO ANTHRAX EPIDEMIC FOR MOSCOW, REASSURES HEADDOCTOR
There is no chance for an anthrax epidemic in Moscow, says Nikolai Filatov, chief city sanitary expert. More details...

19:46
NORTH OSSETIA ESTABLISHES TERRORIST-FLIGHT INVESTIGATION COMMISSION
In Vladikavkaz, capital of the North Caucasian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania within the Russian Federation, a commission has been set up to investigate into why the law-enforcements failed to detain the terrorist who seized a children's out-patient clinic on Tuesday. More details...

17:03
HOW TO EARN TWO MILLION
There is a very simple way to earn 2 million: to seize a children’s hospital, take the personnel and visitors hostages, require ransom, receive it, and then leave. Does it seem impossible? Anything is possible in Russia. Especially when there is a large-scale conspiracy in which law-enforcement officers participate More details...

16:17
AFGHANISTAN OPERATION MAY AFFECT TAJIK-AFGHAN, RUSSIAN-GEORGIAN BORDER SITUATION
The current military operation in Afghanistan may affect the situation on the Tajik-Afghan and Russian-Georgian border, a RIA Novosti correspondent quoted Colonel-General Nikolai Reznichenko as saying at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday. Reznichenko is the first deputy head of the main HQ of the Federal Frontier Service /the FPS/. More details...

16:07
VICE-PREMIER OF THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ADVOCATES SOONEST POSSIBLE DETERMINATION OF MOSCOW'S STATUS
Valentina Matviyenko, vice-premier of the Russian government, deems it expedient to adopt a law determining the status of Russia's capital. Commenting on the tragic events near the metro station Tsaritsyno, where a group of militant rascals beaten Caucasian immigrants More details...

12:28
WEST SIBERIAN INTEGRATED IRON-AND-STEEL WORKS WINS THE GOLD PRIZE OF EUROPE FOR QUALITY
The West Siberian Integrated Iron-and-Steel Works in Novokuznetsk (the south of Siberia) has been awarded the International Prize of Europe for Quality. This year which marks the fifteenth anniversary of the prize, it was given the name of Gold Prize. More details...

10:40
DAYS OF SWITZERLAND IN ST. PETERSBURG
Days of Switzerland, which will last a whole month, opened in St. Petersburg on Thursday. More details...

21:52
SERGEY NIKOLAYEV: ULYANOVSK REGION CLARIFIED ITS SENATOR
The four-month story with the elections of the Ulyanovsk region Legislative Assembly representative in the Federation Council is over More details...

16:17
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT, DAGHESTANI STATE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF DAGHESTAN
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a scheduled meeting with Chairman of the Daghestani /a North Caucasus republic/ State Council Magomedali Magomedov in the Kremlin Wednesday. More details...

16:06
SOROS FOUNDATION AND BASHKIRIAN GOVERNMENT SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENT
The Bashkir government /the Volga federal district/ and "Open Society. Assistance Foundation" signed Wednesday a cooperation agreement in Ufa. The signatories to the document were President of the Russian branch of the Foundation Yekaterina Geniyeva and Bashkir prime minister Rafael Baidavletov. More details...

13:23
4TH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON SUBSTANDARD SHIPPING OPENS IN SAINT PETERSBURG
On Wednesday a cargo aircraft of the Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered to Ulan-Bator 1.5 million doses of foot-and-mouth vaccine for the vaccination of livestock and over 12 tons of milk powder for Mongolian stock-breeders as humanitarian aid. More details...

12:40
NIKOLAI MOSKOVCHENKO: MOSCOW GLOBALIZATION – THERE ARE MORE AZERBAIJANIANS IN MOSCOW THAN IN BAKU
Deputy of the Moscow City Duma Nikolai Moskovchenko comments on yesterday's disorders in Tsaritsino district of Moscow by answering the questions of our PRAVDA.Ru correspondent. More details...

21:04
NORTH CAUCASUS: POLICE BLOCK AREA FOR RUNAWAY KIDS' CLINIC TERRORIST
The police have blocked off an area where a dangerous terrorist is presumed to be hiding, the Federal Security Service board for North Ossetia reports over the telephone. The North Osset Interior Ministry supervises the search More details...

20:00
ELECTION SCANDAL IN THE REPUBLIC OF YAKUTIA
Russia’s Central Electoral Committee was supposed to make its decision regarding Yakutia republic President, Mikhail Nokolayev. Pursuant to the opinion of the Committee, the electoral committee of the republic of Yakutia violated the law, having registered Nikolayev More details...

15:04
NUCLEAR POWER STATION SECURITY TO TOP AGENDA AT URALS CONFERENCE
Presidential envoy to the Urals federal district Pyotr Latyshev announced at a Moscow press conference on Tuesday that Federation subject leaders from his district would meet in December to discuss how to develop and guarantee the security of local nuclear power stations. More details...

13:23
FIRST SIBERIAN AIRSHOW TO BE HELD IN KRASNOYARSK
The First Siberian Airshow SAKS-2001 is due to be held in Krasnoyarsk on December 1-4, 2001, according to the Krasnoyarsk territory administration press-centre. According to the press-centre, the plan to hold an airshow has been supported by the Transport Ministry, Russian Aerospace Agency, and other federal governmental offices. More details...

10:52
SPECIAL VISITING SESSION OF THE DAVOS FORUM WILL CONTINUE ITS WORK IN MOSCOW
On Tuesday, the special visiting session of the Davos forum, devoted to Russia, will continue its work in Moscow. The sittings of the forum entitled "A Meeting in Russia - 2001," are going on in the Mariott Grand Hotel. More details...

19:45
VLADIMIR PUTIN ASSIGNS TASKS TO HIS ENVOYS TO FEDERAL DISTRICTS
Vladimir Putin has tasked his envoys to the federal districts with focusing on the delimitation of powers between federal centre and districts More details...

17:26
UNIQUE SUGAR FACTORY IS ON TRIAL IN VORONEZH
The equipment of a new sugar production facility designed by Kantek, a centre for modern technology development in Obninsk near Moscow, is on trial in the city of Voronezh in the south of Russia More details...

15:52
MOSCOW TO BE THE FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH IN NOVEMBER
Moscow will host the Russian Championship of Cookery and Consumer Service from November 8th to 11th. It has been organised as part of an international exhibition of goods and services for the foodstuffs and leisure industry, which is to be held in the Russian capital at the same time. More details...

15:28
COMMITTEE FOR PREPARING APEC FORUM SET UP IN VLADIVOSTOK
The organisational committee for preparing and conducting an APEC international investment forum has been set up in Vladivostok, a major port and industrial centre in the Russian Far East. The forum is due to be held here next September. More details...

13:05
YEGOR STROYEV RE-ELECTED GOVERNOR OF ORYOL REGION
The speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house, Yegor Stroyev, was re-elected governor of the Oryol Region (Central Russia) on Sunday. According to preliminary figures, Stroyev received over 91 percent of votes. More details...

10:04
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE POLICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN KRASNOYARSK
A three-day International Conference, Police and Human Rights, has taken place in Krasnoyarsk (Eastern Siberia) with the participation of experts from the Council of Europe (CE). More details...

15:19
OREL: GUBERNATORIAL POLL OVERSTEPS VALIDITY THRESHOLD
A gubernatorial election in the Orel Region (the Central federal district of Russia) will be valid as a 25-percent threshold turnout was jumped by 1:00 p.m., Moscow time, with 30 percent. More details...

15:06
TWO KILLED BY GRENADE IN TYUMEN CLUB
Two people were killed and eleven wounded when an F-1 grenade exploded in a cultural club in the Novolokti village, Siberia's Tyumen region, at 11:30 p.m., local time, last Saturday. Investigation is underway, the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations reports.

14:38
RUN-AWAY CRIMINAL DETAINED
Temurlan Aliyev, an inveterate criminal who escaped last Saturday from a detention cell in Buinaksk (Russia's republic of Daghestan bordering on Chechnya), was detained Sunday at 4:00 a.m., Moscow time, in the Chikei village, Buinaksk district, reports the local police department. More details...

14:26
KARACHAI-CIRCASSIA: RUSSIA'S INTERIOR MINISTRY FINISHES EXERCISE
A command and staff exercise of the federal Interior Ministry was underway in Karachai-Circassia, a North Caucasian autonomous republic, throughout last week, to finish today. More details...

11:14
DELEGATION OF CHINESE HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE COMMENCED ITS VISIT TO RUSSIAN FAR EAST
The official governmental delegation of the Chinese Heilongjiang province will stay in Khabarovsk (a regional centre of the Russian Far East) from October 27 till October 30. The aforementioned province is located on the Amur and Ussuri rivers along the Russo-Chinese border. More details...

09:47
LENINGRAD REGIONAL PROJECTS PUT ON PRIORITY LIST FOR EBRD CREDITS
Responding to a request from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the federal government has put together a short list of priority projects it would like the organization to help fund, and three of the four are located in the Leningrad region. More details...

16:51
ROSOBORONEXPORT AND MOSCOW GOVERNMENT SIGN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION
Andrei Belyaninov, general director of the Rosoboronexport State Company, and Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov signed a general agreement on cooperation between the company and the Moscow government today. More details...