22:24
PETERSBURG STEPS UP GUARD OF LIFE SUPPORTING FACILITIES
Like Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, has stepped up guard of its vitally important objects in the wake of the US-led military operation in Afghanistan. More details...

21:31
BRITISH AIRCRAFT DO NOT TAKE PART IN THE SECOND WAVE OF AIR STRIKES AGAINST AFGHANISTAN
On Monday the RIA Novosti correspondent was informed by the UK Defense ministry that British air force aircraft did not participate in the second wave of air strikes against Afghanistan. More details...

21:17
RUSSIAN ENGINEER AWARDED POSTHUMOUSLY FOR RESCUING 70 NEW YORKERS
- The authorities of the Kemerovo Region, in southern Siberia, have posthumously awarded to Yevgeny Knyazev, a Kemerovo native, a medal "For Special Contribution to the Development of Kuzbas" Third Class, for his rescue effort in New York, in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on that city. More details...

12:51
EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES IN MOSCOW
Additional measures of security, public order and preventing possible terrorist acts are to be taken in Moscow in connection with the US military operation in Afghanistan, the Moscow government told RIA Novosti. More details...

20:13
CONSUMER SERVICE ENTERPRISES START FUNCTIONING IN CHECHNYA
Two dress-making enterprises were launched in Grozny Saturday on a turn-key basis in addition to an assortment of cafes, hairdressing salons, photographers' studios, watchmakers' and other shops, and other consumer service enterprises functioning in the republic's capital, reported Alla Vlazneva, press secretary with the Chechen government. More details...

18:54
FOUR SERVICEMEN OF RUSSIAN INTERIOR TROOPS WOUNDED DURING MILITANT ATTACK IN CHECHNYA
Four servicemen of Russian interior troops were wounded during yesterday's militant attack in Chechnya. More details...

17:07
28 OIL-REFINING APPARATUSES AND 18 PIECES OF SMALL ARMS SEIZED IN CHECHNYA OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS
Over the past 24 hours, officers from Chechnya's provisional interior departments conducted 20 raids across the republic, seizing 28 oil-refining apparatuses and 18 pieces of small arms. In all, 25,500 people and more than 15,200 transport vehicles were checked and 517 administrative infringements disclosed. More details...

13:58
ST. PETERSBURG'S MARIINSKY THEATRE OPENS 219TH SEASON
The State Academic Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg is opening its 219th season Saturday. According to spokeswoman for the theatre Natalia Matukhno, the first performance of the new theatre season will be Giuseppi Verdi's opera Otello. More details...

13:20
ANDREI CHERKASOV: IN THE TOWN SUROVKINO, EVEN COSSACKS SYMPATHIZE WITH OLD BELIEVERS
The Old Believers’ community of the town ofSurovkino has addressed the businessmen, leaders of plants and economies, and farmers, asking to help them to revive their church. More details...

12:15
ANNA KOLCHAK: BOLSHAYA DMITROVKA STREET ONLY FOR COUNCIL OF FEDERATION
The district assembly of the Tverskaya town council of the Moscow Central Administrative District addressed the Moscow City Duma ,protesting against Vice Mayor Valeri Shantsev’s decision regarding the closing of Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street for traffic. More details...

15:24
CELEBRATIONS TO MARK 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF MURMANSK CANCELED DUE TO KURSK LIFTING
Celebrations to mark the 85th anniversary of Murmansk that were scheduled for Thursday were canceled in connection with the lifting operation of submarine Kursk. More details...

14:11
FIRES SPREAD OVER ABOUT 53,000 HECTARES OF TAIGA IN KHABAROVSK TERRITORY (FAR EAST)
As many as 38 hotbeds of forest fires with a total area of 52,999 hectares of forest have been registered in the Khabarovsk Territory (the Russian Far East). More details...

13:40
MIKHAIL KASYANOV: FOREST FIRES ON KHABAROVSK TERRITORY POSE NO DANGER TO POPULATED AREAS
The situation with forest fires in the Khabarovsk territory is "difficult, but it is nevertheless under control," said Russian Premier Mikhail Kasyanov on Thursday. More details...

13:33
RUSSIAN PREMIER: CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL LINK FROM MAINLAND TO SAKHALIN NECESSARY
Russian Premier Mikhail Kasyanov believes that the construction of a rail link from the Khabarovsk region to the island of Sakhalin (Russia's Far East) is necessary. He made this statement on Thursday opening a Cabinet session the agenda of which, in particular, includes the discussion of the Railways Minister's report on the possibility of constructing such a bridge. More details...

13:23
REPRESENTATIVES OF CANADIAN BUSINESS SATISFIED WITH TRIP TO SAKHALIN
A delegation of Canadian businessmen have concluded a 3-day trip to Sakhalin. Head of the mission Giles Couturier, councillor for trade of the Canadian embassy in Russia, said at Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk airport on Thursday that their stay in Sakhalin was resultful and gave rise to hope. More details...

13:12
RUSSIAN MARITIME TERRITORY SIGNS MEMORANDUM WITH NORTH KOREA
The administration of Russia's Maritime Territory (Far East) signed a memorandum on business cooperation in Vladivostok on Thursday with the North Korean people's committee of the Rason trade zone. More details...

12:26
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY FROM SAKHALIN TO MAINLAND
The Russian government will discuss on Thursday the issue of constructing railway from the mainland to the Russian Far Eastern island of Sakhalin via the Nevelskogo Strait. More details...

12:07
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO RE-EXAMINE KALININGRAD REGION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Thursday the Russian government will for the third time re-examine the draft federal program "Kaliningrad Region Development till 2010." The Kaliningrad region is a Russian enclave on the Baltic coast. More details...

11:47
KASYANOV COMMENTS ON CONSTRUCTION OF RAILROAD BETWEEN SAKHALIN ISLAND AND MAINLAND
Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov commented on the planned construction of a railroad between the Sakhalin Island and the mainland and called it the first large-scale project with a significant economic and national importance in Russia. More details...

09:57
KAMCHATKA ASKS GOVERNMENT FOR HELP
Konstantin Pulikovsky, presidential envoy in the Far East Federal District of Russia, sent an address to the Russian government asking to allocate at least 1bn rubles (about $34m) for preparing housing and communal facilities of the Kamchatka region for the upcoming winter. More details...

09:56
IRANIAN DEFENCE MINISTER TO ARRIVE IN PETERSBURG IN THE CONTEXT OF OFFICIAL VISIT TO RUSSIA
Iranian Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani on Thursday arrives in St. Petersburg in the context of his official visit to Russia. More details...

13:35
BUSINESSMAN ANATOLI BYKOV TO BE TRIED FOR A MURDER HE HAS NOT COMMITTED
The Tushino district court of Moscow fixed the date of the trial of Anatoli Bykov, the businessman from the city of Krasnoyarsk possessing 28 percent of KrAZ company’s shares. The trial will be carried out on October 22. More details...

11:54
EXPLOSION DEATH TOLL REACHES 4 IN OMSK REGION
The number of casualties caused by a blast at the boiler-house of the weaving factory in Kalachinsk reached four. According to information provided by the Russian Emergencies Ministry, one person was taken to a hospital in serious condition. More details...

17:04
ANDREI CHERKASOV: OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY IN THE SOUTHERN ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT ALMOST HIRED A CRIMINAL AUTHORITY
An official investigation currently being carried out at the office of the presidential envoy in the southern administrative district, which is headed by Viktor Kazantsev More details...

14:30
130 FURNITURE COMPANIES FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES COME TO MOSCOW TO ART FURNITURE SHOW
One hundred and thirty furniture manufacturers from different countries came to Moscow to participate in the international furniture show called Art Furniture. More details...

12:46
KHABAROVSK TERRITORY ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY FIRE SITUATION
Uncontrollable forest fires blazing throughout Russia's Far Eastern Khabarovsk territory have prompted local authorities to announce an emergency situation in three of the territory's districts. In the meantime, the amount of smoke hovering above Khabarovsk, the administrative center of the territory, has reached double the permissible norm, reported the press service of the Russian emergencies ministry on Tuesday. More details...

11:26
MOSCOW TO HOLD ROADSHOW FOR NEW LOANS IN EUROPE
The Moscow government will hold a roadshow before making a new loan worth 300 million euros on October 3-11, Mikhail Kalinishki, director general of the Moscow financial agency, announced in an interview with RBC today. More details...

17:53
MOST POINTS OF RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT'S PLAN FOR YAKUTIA'S RESTORATION FULFILLED
Of the 37 points of the plan for the rehabilitation of areas in Yakutia (republic in Siberia), which were hit by floods last May, 34 have been carried out More details...

16:15
PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA: IT IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE JOBS TO ALL RESIDENTS OF YAKUTIA'S DISTRICTS HIT BY SPRING FLOOD
All those who have remained in the areas of Yakutia that were hit by the flood should be provided with jobs, said President Putin of Russia during the Moscow-Lensk TV link in the Kremlin on Monday More details...

15:35
PRESIDENT PUTIN: YAKUT TOWN OF LENSK IS PRACTICALLY RESTORED
The bulk of buildings and installations damaged by the spring flood in Yakutia have been restored, or rather rebuilt anew, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, summing up the results of a Moscow-Lensk telelink. More details...