22:47
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN OPINES THAT A TERRORIST ACT CAUSED THE TU-154 CATASTROPHE
On Thursday in his interview to RIA Novosti Konstantin Kosachov, first deputy leader of the "Fatherland-All Russia" faction in the Russian State Duma, stated that, in his opinion, a terrorist act caused the accident with the TU-154 aircraft. More details...

18:31
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT ON LEGAL STANDARDS IN EUROPE
The common goal of European justice is "strict and full adherence to legal standards fixed in the European Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Main Freedoms," Russian President Vladimir Putin said More details...

17:50
RUSSIA PROPOSES TO SIMPLIFY EXTRADITION PROCEDURE AND INTRODUCE COMMON WARRANT FOR TERRORISM CASES
Russia proposes to simplify the extradition procedure and introduce a common warrant for terrorism cases, said Yury Chaika, Russian Ministry of Justice at the 24th Conference of European Justice Ministers, currently held in Moscow More details...

17:37
RUSSIAN PM: RUSSIA READY FOR CONCESSIONS TO UKRAINE TO ACHIEVE COMMON POLITICAL GOALS
Russia is ready for any concessions to Ukraine if common political goals are at stake, Russian prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov said upon his arrival in Kiev Thursday More details...

16:54
RETRIBUTION IS COMING SOON
The first world verbal war is going on. It is really a big issue: will there be a military operation against Afghanistan or not? So far, the politicians are only threatening the Taliban and nothing more More details...

16:49
RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REPORTS TO PRESIDENT PUTIN ON COOPERATION WITH COUNTRIES OF ANTI-TERRORIST COALITION
President Putin of Russia had a working meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Thursday More details...

15:41
IMPRISONED FOREIGNERS SHOULD SERVE SENTENCES IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES, SAYS RUSSIAN MINISTER
Russia is in favor of the extradition of imprisoned foreigners for serving their sentences in the countries they belong to. This opinion was expressed by Russian Justice Minister Yuri Chaika. He was speaking at the 24th conference of European Justice Ministers in Moscow. More details...

15:31
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
Vladimir Putin on Thursday held a working meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov. More details...

11:52
VLADIMIR PUTIN: STRUGGLE AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM HAS BECOME A TOP PRIORITY OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY
It is important that European justice authorities should cooperate in the struggle against crimes committed by international terrorists, which has become the top priority of the world community, read Russian President Vladimir Putin's address to participants in the 24th Conference of European Justice Ministers. More details...

20:03
VLADIMIR PUTIN: RUSSIA'S STAND ON NATO EXPANSION REMAINS UNCHANGED
Russia's stand on NATO's expansion remains unchanged, said the Russian head of state at a news conference in Brussels after his meeting with the NATO leadership More details...

19:15
MATVIENKO: RUSSIA AND USA SHOULD RE-EVALUATE THEIR RELATIONSHIP
During a meeting on Wednesday with US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Valentina Matvienko said that Russia and the USA should change their world-view and re-evaluate their relationship in the light of the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York and Washington More details...

18:59
US AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER RUSSIAN-IRANIAN MILITARY TIES
US Ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow has announced that Washington is concerned about the military ties between Russia and Iran, even in spite of the fact that Iran has come about against the Taliban regime and Osama bin Laden More details...

18:56
PUTIN, BLAIR TO DISCUSS ANTI-TERROR CRUSADE
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Tony Blair, British Prime Minister, will confer tomorrow on joint efforts against international terrorism and other latter-date dangers, Igor Ivanov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said to newsmen More details...

17:00
VLADIMIR PUTIN BACKS AN IDEA OF WORKING OUT RUSSIA-NATO PARTNERSHIP STRATEGY
Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated a necessity for working out a "mutually acceptable" strategy of Russia-NATO cooperation More details...

16:50
VLADIMIR PUTIN SPOKE IN FAVOUR OF RUSSIA'S AND THE EUROPEAN UNION'S JOINT STEPS IN COMBATING POVERTY
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday spoke in favour of joint steps by Russia and united Europe in combating poverty and against expansion of conflicts, including those in the Middle East, in the context of the efforts for eradicating terrorism More details...

15:51
RUSSIA TO DEPLOY MOBILE MISSILE ATTACK WARNING STATIONS
Soon Russia will deploy mobile missile attack warning stations (MAWS), said colonel general Anatoly Perminov, Space Forces Commander. More details...

15:41
RUSSIA, EU AGREE TO HOLD MONTHLY POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS
Russia and the European Union agreed, at the Russia-EU summit, to hold monthly political consultations, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said Wednesday at a Brussels press conference. The consultations will highlight international and defence policy issues.

15:29
SINGLE POLITICAL PARTY TO BE FORMED ON BASIS OF UNITY AND FATHERLAND
At the end of November, a single centrist political party will be formed on the basis of the Unity and the Fatherland, said Alexander Bespalov, chairman of the executive committee of the union of the two organisations, at a Moscow news conference on Wednesday. More details...

14:55
PRIMAKOV COMMENTS ON RUSSIA'S OUTLOOK TO JOIN NATO
Russia is ready for serious changes in relationships with NATO, said former Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov in a conversation with journalists. More details...

21:34
VLADIMIR PUTIN REAFFIRMS PREPAREDNESS OF THE FEDERAL CENTER TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYBODY IN CHECHNYA WHO WISHES PEACE
On Tuesday Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed the readiness of the Federal center to cooperate in Chechnya with everybody who wished peace More details...

21:28
VLADIMIR PUTIN DECLARES RUSSIA'S READINESS "QUALITATIVELY" TO CHANGE RELATIONS WITH NATO
Vladimir Putin has declared Russia's readiness "qualitatively to change" relations with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. The Russian head of state said that Moscow is prepared to broaden relations with the North Atlantic Alliance and the emerging European security systems for creating "a single European security space". More details...

17:39
PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY MEMBER STATES TO CONSULT IN MOSCOW
Consultations of plenipotentiaries of the Collective Security Treaty (CST) member-states, chaired by the Secretary General of the Council of Collective Security of the CST Valery Nikolaenko, were held on Tuesday, the Collective Security Council Secretariat press service reported More details...

17:20
GERMAN CHANCELLOR AND KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS SITUATION IN CENTRAL ASIA
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev who is staying in Germany on a three-day official visit are to discuss the situation in the Central Asia in connection with the planned US strikes on Afghanistan along with issues of bilateral political and economic cooperation during their Tuesday meeting More details...

17:03
STATE DUMA DEPUTY: US MAKING STRATEGIC MISTAKE
The United States is making a strategic mistake by announcing itself to be the only fighter against international terrorism. This opinion was expressed in an interview given to news agencies by deputy chairman of the State Duma's international committee Konstantin Kosachev More details...

16:21
YASTRZHEMBSKY: RUSSIAN AND US SECRET SERVICE COOPERATION HAS NEVER BEEN SO PRODUCTIVE
Presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky announced on Tuesday that cooperation between Russia and America's secret services had never been so productive More details...

16:16
CIS SECRET SERVICES HEADS FOR ALL STATES' JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM
Combat against terrorism must be resolute, made up of not solely power methods, but also of coordinated, long-term global measures undertaken by all states and sanctioned by the UN Security Council, reads the statement of the 11th session of the CIS Heads of Security and Secret Services adopted Tuesday More details...

16:11
SERGEI YASTRZHEMBSKY: CHECHEN MILITANTS ARE TRAINED IN BIN LADEN'S CAMPS
Chechen rebels have been and are being trained in the camps of international terrorist number one Osama bin Laden More details...

16:00
YASTRZHEMBSKY: MAIN AIM BEHIND PRESIDENTIAL APPEAL TO MILITANTS ACHIEVED
While appearing at a press conference at the Izvestiya media centre on Tuesday, presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky said that the main aim of the president's appeal to Chechen militants to lay down their arms had been achieved. More details...

15:55
RUSSIA SUPPORTS IDEA OF CHECHEN ROUND-TABLE
Presidential aide Sergei Yastrzhembsky has confirmed that Russia supports an initiative put forward by Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Alvaro Gil Robles to hold a round-table in Strasbourg to discuss humanitarian problems with representatives of various Chechen clans. More details...

15:40
YURI LUZHKOV THANKED BY THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his gratitude to Moscow major Yuri Luzhkov. The major has deserved the warm words thanks to his “great contribution to the city’s development”. More details...