20:05
AL QAEDA IN SOUTH AMERICA
The FBI and CIA suspect Al Qaeda of having links with areas in South America where there is a high incidence of Islamic population. More details...

19:39
RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV TO MAKE LIGHTENING VISIT TO WASHINGTON TOMORROW
Russia's Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov will pay a brief one-day routine visit to Washington on October 31, US ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow said Tuesday More details...

17:12
LEADER OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMUNIST FACTION GENNADY ZYUGANOV MEETS DELEGATION OF MEXICAN LABOUR PARTY
Gennady Zyuganov, the leader of the Russian Communist Party and the communist faction in the State Duma /the lower parliamentary house/ met a delegation of the Mexican Labour Party headed by Alberto Anaya, the deputy of the Mexican Parliament and the chairman of the Mexican Labour Party, on Tuesday More details...

16:42
VLADIMIR PUTIN TO MEET WITH FRG CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER IN MOSCOW
On November 2 Russian President Vladimir Putin will have a working meeting in Moscow with Gerhard Schroeder, Federal Chancellor of Germany, the presidential press service said on Tuesday More details...

16:30
LONDON AND MADRID IN SECRET TALKS ON GIBRALTAR
The question of Gibraltar has been a thorn in the side of Anglo-Spanish relations for the last 300 years. Now there is a new will to solve the question by 2004. More details...

11:37
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO MEET HIS LIBYAN COUNTERPART
On Tuesday Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov will meet Abdel Rakhman Shalkam, the Libyan General People's Committee Secretary for foreign relations and international cooperation /foreign minister/, who is making a working visit to Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Press and Information Department reports. More details...

11:16
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY TO VISIT RUSSIA ON 31 OCTOBER
The British Foreign Secretary, The Right Hon Jack Straw MP, will pay a working visit to Moscow on 31 October. During his visit, he will meet Foreign Minister Ivanov to discuss the ongoing international effort against terrorism. He will also give a speech to a small group of leading Russian political figures and opinion formers

09:54
RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER MIKHAIL KASYANOV WILL PAY A VISIT TO SPAIN
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov will visit Spain in the near future, said on Monday Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov after his negotiations with Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique. According to Igor Ivanov, "we are deeply satisfied" with the level of our relations with Spain and "look into the future with great optimism." More details...

09:37
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND US SECRETARY OF STATE TO HOLD TALKS ON PREPARATION OF PUTIN-BUSH SUMMIT
On Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov will arrive in Washington where he will hold talks on Thursday with US Secretary of State Colin Powell on the questions of preparation of the upcoming meeting between presidents of the USA and Russia George Bush and Vladimir Putin. Spokesman for the US Department of State Richard Boucher said this at a Monday briefing in Washington. More details...

16:30
COLLATERAL DAMAGE V
DD vs CC? Denial and Deception versus Civilian Casualties. The war in Afghanistan proceeds with claim and counter-claim dancing a sickeningly predictable duet as the circus rolls on and the civilian casualty list rises steadily. More details...

16:01
PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT MEETS ST. PETERSBURG GOVERNOR
The recent events in the world confirmed the need for political cooperation between Russia and Portugal. It is necessary to lay down strong foundations in the sphere of economic cooperation, Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio told St. Petersburg Governor Vladimir Yakovlev Monday More details...

14:44
RUSSIAN AND MACEDONIAN PRESIDENTS MEET
In his opening remarks at the meeting with Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his support for the efforts of the Macedonian leadership and the international community to normalise the situation in Macedonia and the Balkans as a whole. Mr. Trajkovski is in Moscow with a working visit. More details...

14:26
RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO MEET UN UNDERSECRETARY-GENERAL
Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov is to meet Monday UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian affairs - humanitarian aid coordinator Kenzo Oshima, the main aim of whose visit is discussion of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan after the beginning of the US military operation. More details...

14:03
PRESIDENT OF PORTUGAL VISITS ST-PETERSBURG UNIVERSITY
President of Portugal Jorge Sampaio met students and teachers of the St.-Petersburg University on Monday. Jorge Sampaio is in Russia on a five-day official visit. More details...

12:45
GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER EXPECTED IN MOSCOW FRIDAY EVENING
Germany's federal chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is expected in Moscow on Friday evening, the German embassy reported. According to the source, the German leader will stay in the Russian capital for a few hours and return to his country already on the same night. More details...

16:40
COLLATERAL DAMAGE IV
Another night of heavy bombing over Afghanistan has seen three more United nations food warehouses hit, despite clear markings which are visible from the air at night. More details...

16:30
ANTI-COMMUNIST ASSASSINATIONS IN COLUMBIA
The Columbian Communist Party is being persecuted through assassinations despite the ceasefire signed between the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) and the US-backed government. More details...

15:26
RUSSIAN DUMA SPEAKER TO VISIT HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA
A Russian Duma delegation led by Speaker Gennady Seleznev is flying tomorrow to Hungary to hold talks with Economics Minister Gyorgy Matolcsy, co-chairman of the Russian-Hungarian intergovernmental commission for trade and economic cooperation. More details...

13:26
PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT AND SPOUSE IN ST. PETERSBURG ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO RUSSIA
President Jorge Sampaio of Portugal and Maria Jose Ritte, his spouse, arrived in St. Petersburg, 13:04, Moscow time, on an official visit to Russia. Mayor Vladimir Yakovlev, and top officers of the Leningrad Military District, the Leningrad naval base and of municipal law-enforcement bodies met them at the Pulkovo airport. More details...

12:40
RUSSIA TO NEGOTIATE WITH EGYPT, LAS
Russia's Andrei Vdovin, ambassador at large and the foreign minister's special envoy, who arrived in Cairo Saturday from Amman, is to hold today talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's political adviser Osama Al-Baz, other Egyptian government officials and League of Arab States (LAS) secretary- general Amr Moussa. More details...

10:57
PRESIDENT BORIS TRAJKOVSKI OF MACEDONIA ARRIVES IN MOSCOW SUNDAY
President Boris Trajkovski of Macedonia is to arrive in Moscow on a short routine visit Sunday evening. More details...

10:38
CHINESE PARLIAMENT RATIFIES RUSSIAN-CHINESE TREATY ON GOOD-NEIGHBOULINESS, FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION
The Standing Committee of the All-China Assembly of People's Representatives considered and ratified the Russian-Chinese Treaty on Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports. More details...

17:58
MOSCOW ENSURING ENHANCED SECURITY OF FOREIGN EMBASSIES
Police details have been reinforced and metal obstructions have been put in front of the US embassy in Moscow. Traffic police do not let cars having other than diplomatic numbers in the territory adjacent to the embassy. More details...

17:39
US HELICOPTERS FAIL TO RESCUE TALIBAN OPPOSITION LEADER
The Taliban have executed the commander of the opposition forces in Afghanistan, Abdul Haq, despite the efforts of US helicopters to rescue him. More details...

16:47
VLADIMIR PUTIN: PRESENT RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA REACHED HIGH LEVEL OF INTERACTION
As opening a Kremlin meeting with Hu Jintao, vice-chairman of the People's Republic of China, Russian President Vladimir Putin said "relations between Russia and China have reached a very high level of interaction in every sphere." According to the Russian President, bilateral relations were successfully developing in the political and economic spheres, in the area of coordination of the two countries' international efforts, as well as in the military-technological cooperation area. More details...

16:42
COLLATERAL DAMAGE III
Cluster bombs dropped by US military aircraft over civilian areas have caused their first victims, according to the UNO spokesperson in Islamabad, confirmed by the Pentagon. More details...

15:17
PORTUGAL'S PRESIDENT JORGE SAMPAIO: CLOSER RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE PROVIDE FAVOURABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH SIDES
The recent trend for closer relations between Russia and Europe provides favourable opportunities for both sides. Such an opinion was expressed Saturday by Portugal's President Jorge Sampaio during his meeting with students and professors of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). According to Jorge Sampaio, this issue was in the focus of his meeting with Vladimir Putin. More details...

10:42
PRESIDENT PUTIN TO RECEIVE CHINA'S VICE PRESIDENT HU JINTAO
Russian President Vladimir Putin will receive China's Vice President Hu Jintao on Saturday. More details...

17:30
PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT IN RUSSIA
President Jorge Sampaio of Portugal is on a 5-day trip to the Russian Federation to sign bilateral economic and diplomatic agreements and to continue the process of friendship initiated between the two countries in 1994. More details...

13:37
RUSSIAN CONSULATE GENERAL WILL BE OPENED DUBAI
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov has signed instructions on opening a Consulate General of Russia in the city of Dubai /the United Arab Emirates/. More details...