21:17
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR COMPLIMENTS RUSSIAN POLICYMAKERS ON JUDGMENT IN THE WAKE OF SET.11 ATTACKS
In the wake of the tragic events of September 11 in the United States, Russia "has demonstrated responsibility not only for what happens inside the country, but also for the situation worldwide," Andrei Illarionov, economics advisor to the Russian President, said on Monday More details...

20:43
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: SADDAM HUSSEIN IS SCARIER THAN BIN LADEN
Iraq's army is preparing to repulse an attack from the US and Great Britain. The statements from George W. Bush about Iraq’s connection to the acts of terror of September 11 and the spread of the anthrax virus could not help being noticed in Baghdad More details...

20:34
DAVOS FORUM IN MOSCOW RAISES RUSSIA'S INTERNATIONAL STATUS, SAYS RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN
Events like a visiting session of the Davos World Economic Forum in Russia raise the country's international status, believe Russian parliament More details...

18:38
RUSSIAN MPS: PUTIN-TRAJKOVSKI TALKS TO SPEED UP BALKAN NORMALIZATION
Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Macedonian counterpart Boris Trajkovski are set to act as "a serious catalyst for the normalization of the situation in Macedonia and the entire Balkans," Russian lawmakers believe More details...

16:57
VLADIMIR PUTIN FIRMLY SUPPORTS MACEDONIA'S LEGITIMATE GOVERNMENT IN ITS FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE COUNTRY'S SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY
Russia's president Vladimir Putin firmly supports Macedonia's legitimate government in its fight to preserve the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity More details...

16:08
REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY: SEARCH FOR KARABAKH PROBLEM RESOLUTION ON RIGHT TRACK
First Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Vyacheslav Trubnikov believes that the search for the solution of the Karabakh problem "is on the right track." He spoke to journalists in the capital of Portugal, where he arrived to participate in consultations of the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group for Nagorny Karabakh More details...

14:37
PRESIDENT OF MACEDONIA: ANTI-TERROR COALITION SHOULD COMBAT TERRORISTS IN CHECHNYA AND MACEDONIA AS WELL
President of Macedonia Boris Trajkowski believes that the activity of the anti-terror coalition, created after the tragic events in the USA on September 11, should be aimed "not only against terrorists in Afghanistan but also in Chechnya, Macedonia and other countries, because terrorism remains terrorism everywhere." More details...

13:44
VLADIMIR PUTIN DEMANDS WORK OVER COURT REFORM COMPLETED
Vladimir Putin has demanded from the government and the presidential administration to complete elaboration of the court reform soon. 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...

17:01
UNIFIED CENTRIST PARTY IS BEING SET UP TO CONSOLIDATE SOCIETY
The unified party being set up on the basis of Unity, Fatherland and All Russia is going to be a real party of power, Sergei Shoigu, Russia's federal Emergencies Minister and leader of the Unity party, said as addressing the 2-nd congress of the Unity-Fatherland union. More details...

16:39
ALL RUSSIA MOVEMENT ADMITTED TO UNITY-FATHERLAND UNION
The All Russia movement has been admitted to the Unity-Fatherland union, a decision unanimously adopted by 384 delegates taking part in the second congress of the two organizations, currently underway in Moscow. More details...

16:17
32-ND COMMUNIST CONGRESS WORKS OUT SHORT-TERM STRATEGY
Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the Union of Communist Parties, SKP, and head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, or KPRF, told journalists in the interval of the Moscow congress that the Congress of communist parties is aiming to work out a strategy of the communist party for the nearest future. More details...

15:20
GOAL OF ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRIST PARTY IS SUPPORT FOR RUSSIAN PRESIDENT'S POLICY
The decision to establish a centrist party is aimed at giving the most effective support for the Russian president's policy, the Unity Party said in an address to its members and supporters. The address was adopted Saturday at Unity's 3rd congress. More details...

15:10
“UNITY” CONGRESS SUPPORTS THE CREATION OF A UNITED PARTY WITH “FATHERLAND” AND “ALL RUSSIA"
Delegates of the third Unity congress, which took place in Moscow, have taken the decision to create a united political party based on the Unity party and the Fatherland and All Russia movements. The delegates decided to organize the second stage of the unifying congress at the beginning of December, when the united centrist party is to be created. More details...

14:45
EMERGENCIES MINISTER SEES NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT INQUIRY INTO HIS MINISTRY CARRIED OUT BY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE
On Saturday Sergei Shoigu, Russian federal Emergencies Minister, told journalists after the 3rd congress of the Unity party that he saw "nothing special" about the inquiry into his ministry the prosecutor's office has recently carried out. More details...

14:03
UNITY CONGRESS VOTES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNIFIED CENTRIST PARTY
Delegates to the 3rd congress of the Unity Party, under way in Moscow, have unanimously voted for the establishment of a unified political party that will comprise also the Fatherland and All Russia movements. More details...

14:02
NEW CENTRIST PARTY'S GOAL IS UNIFICATION OF SOCIETY - UNITY LEADER
Since its establishment, the Unity Party has sought to establish stability in the country, Unity leader Sergei Shoigu told the party's 3rd congress. Now, he said, "this task has been accomplished." More details...

13:50
PRESIDENT PUTIN SUBMITTED TREATY ON GOOD-NEIGHBOURLY RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND CHINA TO STATE DUMA FOR RATIFICATION
Vladimir Putin submitted the Treaty on Good-Neighbourly Relations, Friendship and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China signed in Moscow on 16 July 2001 to the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) for ratification, a representative of the Kremlin's press service told RIA Novosti. More details...

13:41
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFIED CENTRIST PARTY WILL CHANGE RUSSIA FOR THE BETTER
The establishment of a unified centrist party will help change the whole of Russia for the better, the leader of the Unity Party and Minister for Emergency Situations, Sergei Shoigu, said in his report to the party's congress, which opened in Moscow on Saturday. More details...

13:37
THIRD CONGRESS OF YEDINSTVO PARTY COMMENCED IN MOSCOW
The 3rd congress of the Yedinstvo (Unity) party has been launched in Moscow. Approximately a thousand delegates of the party forum will be deciding on the participation of the Unity Party in establishing a united centrist party based on the Yedinstvo (Unity) party, the Otechestvo (Fatherland) and the Vsya Rossiya (All Russia) movements. More details...

13:19
PRESIDENT PUTIN MET WITH POWER MINISTERS
On Saturday, Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Kremlin attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, Kremlin's Chief of Staff Alexander Voloshin, Secretary of RF Security Council Vladimir Rushailo, Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, Director of Federal Security Service (FSS) Nikolai Patrushev and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov. More details...

13:17
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A SINGLE CENTRIST PARTY TO BE DISCUSSED IN MOSCOW
Russia's Unity Party will hold its 3rd congress and the Unity-Fatherland Union will hold its 2nd congress in Moscow on Saturday. Both congresses will discuss preparations for the unification of Unity and the Fatherland and All Russia movements into a single centrist party. More details...

12:59
PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE DENIES REPORTS ON OPENING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST SERGEI SHOIGU
RF Prosecutor General's Office has categorically denied reports on opening criminal proceedings against Sergei Shoigu. More details...

10:54
UN TO CO-OPERATE WITH RUSSIAN YUKOS OIL COMPANY
A limited partnership agreement between the Russian YUKOS oil company and the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has been recently signed in New York. More details...

20:37
SPEAKER OF THE RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT'S UPPER HOUSE FINDS SWITZERLAND'S EXPERIENCE IN HOLDING REFERENDUMS INTERESTING
Switzerland's experience and state structure are interesting and will be studied to build a "normal federal state" in Russia, the speaker of the Federation Council (upper house of Russian parliament), Yegor Stroyev, said upon his meeting with the President of Switzerland's National Council, Peter Hess. More details...

20:34
RUSSIAN SPEAKER AGAINST NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHECHEN TERRORISTS AND SEPARATISTS
Yegor Stroyev, the Chairman of the Federation Council (the upper house of the Russian parliament), bluntly opposes the negotiations with Chechen terrorists and separatists with blood on their hands More details...

20:28
RUSSIAN, PORTUGUESE PRESIDENTS POINT TO OSCE MAJOR ROLE IN WORLD RELATIONS
Following the ceremony of signing bilateral documents this Friday, the presidents of Russia and Portugal noted the importance of the OSCE in the system of international institutions More details...

20:27
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT REAFFIRMS NECESSITY TO COMBAT TERRORISM ON EVERY FRONT
Vladimir Putin has stated that combating terrorism requires joint efforts of all international community and should be conducted on every front More details...

20:26
RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN ARE PARTNERS - AFGHAN AMBASSADOR
Russia and Afghanistan "are partners and our relations are of a strategic nature," the ambassador of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, Abdul Wahab Asefi, has told a press conference in Moscow More details...

20:18
SERGEY BORISOV: THE PENTAGON REALIZES THAT THE TALIBAN IS A HARD NUT TO CRACK
Americans claim they are not placing poison in the humanitarian aid to the Afghan people. Several Pentagon officials had to release such claims. More details...