18:18
CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE OSCE MINSK GROUP ON NAGORNY KARABAKH CONFLICT PUT FORWARD NEW PROPOSALS TO SETTLE IT
Co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk group on Nagorny Karabakh conflict put forward new proposals to settle it. According to the statement made on Saturday by Russian deputy foreign minister Vyacheslav Trubnikov who arrived in Baku, those proposals "did not differ drastically from the previous ones" More details...

15:56
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY NOTES THE NECESSITY OF A "MORE ACTIVE APPLICATION" OF THE ABM TREATY
According to the report of the RIA Novosti correspondent, the statement of Aleksander Yakovenko, Russian deputy foreign minister, disseminated on Saturday indicated that new and dangerous challenges which the mankind faced already at the beginning of the 21st century demanded "even more active application of the ABM treaty which possessed huge potential for improvement and strengthening" More details...

14:21
VLADIMIR PUTIN CONFERS WITH TOP GOVERNMENT AND PRESIDENTIAL-ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation conferred with top Cabinet and presidential-administration officials here today More details...

13:18
RUMSFELD, RAKHMONOV TO DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AND AFGHAN SITUATION
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is to visit the capital of Tajikistan later in the day, a source inside the Tajik President's administration told RIA NOVOSTI More details...

12:45
BILL WHITE ANTI-GLOBALIST RESISTANCE BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT: AN EMERGING TREND THAT IS DEFINING A NEW PARADIGM IN REVOLUTIONARY STRUGGLE
“If I told you I thought the world was controlled by a handful of capitalists and corporate bosses, you would say I was a left-winger,” an anarchist black blocker told PRAVDA.Ru at a recent demonstration against the Afghanistan War. “But if I told you who I though the capitalists and corporate bosses were, you’d say I was far right,” the bandana-clad youth added with a wink. More details...

12:08
VLADIMIR PUTIN HIGHLY ASSESSED COOPERATION BETWEEN POWER STRUCTURES OF RUSSIA AND USA
Russian president Vladimir Putin highly assesses active cooperation between the power structures of Russia and the United States. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, Vladimir Putin thus voiced his opinion, opening the meeting with US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the Kremlin on Saturday More details...

11:57
RUSSIAN DEFENCE MINISTER: RUSSO-AMERICAN INTERACTION INTENSIFIES
Russo-American relations including those in the sphere of security, and bilateral contacts on various levels "have considerably expanded," Sergei Ivanov, the Russian Defence Minister, stated on Saturday opening the talks with his American counterpart Donald Rumsfeld More details...

10:43
PUTIN, SCHROEDER DON'T SHARE PESSIMISTIC VIEWPOINTS ON AFGHAN COUNTER-TERROR OPERATION
President Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder don't share pessimistic opinions of the counter-terrorist operation now being conducted on Afghan territory More details...

18:51
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S WIFE MEETS WITH DISABLED CHILDREN
On Thursday, the Russian president's wife, Lyudmila Putin, visited an exhibition arranged by the Krasnodar regional public organisation of incapacitated children and born invalids Inva-Studio. More details...

18:01
MOSCOW INTERESTED IN EARLY SETTLEMENT OF POLITICAL CRISIS IN GEORGIA - RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT DEPUTY
Russia is interested in an early settlement of the political crisis in Georgia, the deputy head of the pro-government Unity faction in the lower house of the Russian parliament has said in a RIA Novosti interview. More details...

17:42
DUMA-FOREIGN MINISTRY JOINT GROUP TO LOOK INTO EFFECTS OF AFGHANISTAN HOSTILITIES
Deputies of the State Duma (the lower chamber of Russian parliament) will make part of a working group, set up jointly with the Russian Foreign Ministry, for analysing effects of the hostilities waged by the United States and Great Britain in Afghanistan. Dmitri Rogozin, chairman of Duma's international committee, said this to journalists on Friday after its sitting was over. More details...

17:36
RUSSIAN DEPUTY SAYS GEORGIA CANNOT RESOLVE DOMESTIC CRISIS WITHOUT SETTLING RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
The political crisis in Georgia can hardly be resolved, if this country does not settle its relations with Russia, said Friday Vasily Iver, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma (Russian parliament's lower house) International Committee. More details...

17:34
RUSSIAN SENATOR BLAMES TBILISI FOR GEORGIAN CRISIS
The crisis facing Georgia is a consequence of inability of Georgian leaders to deal with vital problems in the country, Deputy Head of International Committee of the upper chamber of Russian Parliament Mikhail Margelov says. More details...

16:36
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE DUMA COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BELIEVES THAT SHEVARDNADZE'S POLICY "HAS BECOME BANKRUPT"
The latest events in Georgia have shown that the policy of President Eduard Shevardnadze, who made Russia responsible for the failures of the Georgian leadership, has become bankrupt - chairman of the international committee of the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday in an interview given to the RIA Novosti correspondent. More details...

16:07
STATE DUMA SPEAKER VIEWS RECENT EVENTS IN GEORGIA AS A DEEP POLITICAL CRISIS
Georgia is in a deep political crisis, State Duma (lower house of parliament) Speaker Gennady Seleznyov, currently on an official visit in Slovakia, told a news conference. More details...

13:25
RUSSIA HAS NO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS - DEFENCE MINISTRY
Russia has no biological weapons, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry's Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defence Troops, Lieutenant-General Viktor Kholstov, has said. More details...

12:30
GOLOVLEV’S CASE: COURT WILL CLEAR UP THE SITUATION
“Oops!” as our friends over the ocean say. State Duma deputy from Union of Right Forces faction, deprived of deputy immunity, brings an action against the State Duma. More details...

10:06
MOSCOW RULES OUT PARTICIPATION OF THE TALIBAN IN THE FUTURE POWER STRUCTURES IN AFGHANISTAN
The future leadership in Kabul must represent all ethnic groups living in Afghanistan," but "no participation of the Taliban in the power structures is possible," Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Ivanov told reporters on Thursday in Washington after completing his negotiations with US Secretary of State Colin Powell. More details...

21:05
RUMSFELD/OMAR WAR OF WORDS HIDE THE TRUTH?
USA claims success, Taleban claim “real war” has not started, United States accused of using terrorism as an excuse to extend influence to this oil-rich region. More details...

19:43
VLADIMIR PUTIN EMPHASISES CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ROLE IN DEVELOPING EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS
Russian president Vladimir Putin assigns an essential role to the Constitutional Court in developing the common European standards of human rights observance. More details...

19:07
DMITRI LITVINOVICH: STATE MONOPOLY ON VODKA RETURNS TO RUSSIA
The epoch of the primary accumulation of capital has long been left behind in Russia. Today’s businessmen are different from those of hot money hunters of the early 1990s. Present-day businessmen do care about their image. The state also tries to catch up with business and wants to show the West a beautiful glossy wrapping in the form of assurances of business being liberalized and corruption being fought. More details...

18:05
THE STATE DUMA VOTED: TO WITHDRAW IMMUNITY FROM DEPUTY VLADIMIR GOLOVLEV
The Russian Federation State Duma (the parliament) voted to withdraw the deputy immunity from the Union of Rightist Forces faction member, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee for budget and revenues, Vladimir Golovlev More details...

17:55
VLADIMIR PUTIN WARNS AGAINST DEFYING DECISIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND OTHER SUPREME BODIES
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned against defying the decisions of the Constitutional Court and the supreme bodies as a whole. More details...

17:00
RUSSIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHAIRMAN URGES TO UPHOLD HUMAN RIGHTS IN ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN
Chairman Marat Baglai of Russia's Constitutional Court believes that the problem of human rights protection should be particularly addressed now that the international fight against terrorism has been intensified. More details...

16:50
VLADIMIR PUTIN FOR IMPROVING LEGISLATIVE BASE OF ANTI-TERRORIST FIGHT
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken up for improving the legislative base of the anti-terrorist struggle. Modern terrorism "is not only a threat to peaceful human life. 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...

16:05
DUMA GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DEPUTY VLADIMIR GOLOVLYOV
Russia's State Duma has given the green light to the institution of criminal proceedings against deputy Vladimir Golovlyov of the Union of Right Forces faction. More details...

15:26
VLADIMIR PUTIN: RUSSIA HOPES FOR CONSTRUCTIVE COOPERATION WITH THE EUROPEAN HUMAN RIGHTS COURT
Vladimir Putin spoke in favour of constructive cooperation between the Russian judicial system and the European Human Rights Court. More details...

15:01
PRESIDENT PUTIN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SIGNIFICANT FOR FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
Russian President Vladimir Putin attaches great importance to the role of the Constitutional Court in the fight against terrorism. The Russian head of state said about it Thursday at a meeting with Constitutional Court chairmen from Europe the CIS. More details...

14:15
HEAD OF THE FEDERATION COUNCIL COMES OUT FOR CREATING A CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE VERTICAL
Chairman of the Federation Council Yegor Stroyev comes out for creating in Russia a constitutional justice vertical. He expressed this opinion on Thursday, when speaking at a session devoted to the 10th anniversary of the Russian Constitutional Court. More details...