21:19
BUSH HAS PHONE TALKS WITH ARMENIA, AZERI PRESIDENTS
President George W. Bush had telephone conferences today with Presidents Geidar Aliev of Azerbaijan and Robert Kocharyan of Armenia, reports Ari Fleischer, White House press spokesman More details...

17:11
YURY RAZGULAYEV: IT IS HARD TO GET AN EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF KYRGYZIA
The secondary schools of the republic of Kyrgyzia are currently experiencing a very serious crisis. There is a lack of everything: class rooms, visual aids, text books, and teachers More details...

16:06
UKRAINE DESTROYED ITS LAST SS-24 SILO
Ukrain destroyed its last silo for the SS-24 inter-continental ballistic missiles on Monday More details...

14:41
A DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL ACT OF THE RUSSIA-BELARUS UNION STATE WILL BE DRAWN UP BY NOVEMBER 5-7
A draft constitutional act of the Russia-Belarus Union state is to be drawn up by November 5-7. This information was reported Tuesday at the session of the commission for security, defence and the fight against crime of the Union's Parliamentary Assembly. More details...

14:20
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: GEORGIA ACCUSES RUSSIA OF THE MURDER OF 1700 CIVILIANS
In Abkhazia, the Gelaev band has been completely annihilated, while the fate of Gelaev himself is unknown. The conflict in Abkhazia flares up with new power. Georgian Parliament Chairman Zurab Zhvania practically accused Russian peacekeepers located in the conflict zone of the murder of 1700 civilians. More details...

13:09
RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS IN TAJIKISTAN SUPPRESS ATTEMPTED SMUGGLING OF HEROIN FROM AFGHANISTAN
Russian border guards in Tajikistan have suppressed an attempted smuggling of heroin from Afghanistan. More details...

10:33
UKRAINE TO LIQUIDATE THE LAST SS-24 ICBM
Ukraine is going to liquidate on Tuesday the last out of 46 SS-24 ICBM silos which it inherited from the Soviet Union. The press service of the Ukrainian defence ministry reported that the liquidation of the silo will take place near the town of Pervomaisk, Nikolayev region, where the 43rd army of the Strategic Missile Force was deployed in the Soviet times. More details...

10:04
EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPS COOPERATION WITH AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA AND GEORGIA
On Tuesday Luxemburg will host sessions of the cooperation councils of the European Union with Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The sessions have been timed to the session of the EU Foreign Ministers' Council which opened on October 29. More details...

09:57
HEAD OF THE US CENTRAL COMMAND TOMMY FRANKS WILL CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS IN TASHKENT
The head of the US Central Command, General Tommy Franks, who carries out general guidance of the US military operation against Afghanistan, on Tuesday will arrive in Tashkent to conduct negotiations with the Defence and Foreign Ministers of Uzbekistan. More details...

18:33
YURY RAZGULAYEV: CROWD IN KYRGYZIA REPUBLIC’S AIR SPACE
A very surprising situation is now taking place in the airspace of the republic of Kyrgyzia. The military actions in Afghanistan made many airlines of the world look for roundabout routes for the flights of their planes More details...

13:12
AMERICAN GENERAL TO DISCUSS IN TASHKENT ISSUES OF MILITARY COOPERATION BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND THE USA
Issues of military cooperation between Uzbekistan and the United States and also problems of regional security will be discussed in Tashkent by General Tommy Franks, Commander-in-Chief, US Central Command, who arrived on Monday in the Uzbek capital. More details...

10:01
RUSSIAN BORDERGUARDS IN TAJIKISTAN REPORT POWERFUL EXPLOSIONS NEAR TALIBAN STRONG POINTS
On Sunday, Russian border guards, serving on the Tajik border, stated a series of powerful explosions on Afghan territory near the strong points of the Taliban movement. More details...

16:45
ABKHAZ LEGATION DENIES AIRRAIDS
The Abkhaz representation in Russia denies reports by certain media outlets of Sukhumi-stationed aircraft - six helicopters and three SU-25 war planes - bombing the vicinity of the Marukh mountain pass, Abkhazia's Gulripsha district. More details...

11:39
UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER TO PAY A ROUTINE VISIT TO U.S.
Head of the Ukrainian government Anatoly Kinakh is leaving for the USA Sunday for a four-day routine visit. More details...

16:27
GEORGIA DOES NOT INTEND TO "GO FLAT OUT" ON WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES IN BATUMI AND AKHALKALAKI
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Zurab Zhvania told journalists in Moscow Saturday that the Georgian side "did not intend to go flat out and set restrictive deadlines for withdrawal of the two remaining Russian bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki". He said it was necessary to find a mutually "acceptable solution" in the spirit of Russian-Georgian relations. More details...

16:27
GEORGIA DOES NOT INTEND TO "GO FLAT OUT" ON WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN MILITARY BASES IN BATUMI AND AKHALKALAKI
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Zurab Zhvania told journalists in Moscow Saturday that the Georgian side "did not intend to go flat out and set restrictive deadlines for withdrawal of the two remaining Russian bases in Batumi and Akhalkalaki". He said it was necessary to find a mutually "acceptable solution" in the spirit of Russian-Georgian relations. More details...

16:10
ABKHAZ POPULATION SIMPLY DOES NOT LET OUT RUSSIAN PEACE-KEEPERS TO RUSSIA
An extraordinary situation takes place in Abkhazia. Local population has blocked the branch line over which second echelon of Russian peace-keepers must depart from Russian military bases for Russia. Local people say they will not leave rails and will not allow Russian troops withdrawal from Abkhazia. More details...

16:02
TOPICS OF FORTHCOMING NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY VIKTOR KAZANTSEV AND ASLAN MASKHADOV'S REPRESENTATIVE
The presidential envoy to the Southern Federal District, Viktor Kazantsev, and Aslan Maskhadov's representative Akhmed Zakayev will discuss a very limited range of issues at their negotiations, Deputy Secretary of Russia's Security Council Valentin Sobolev has said. More details...

13:00
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: WHY IS KARIMOV ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH THE USA, AND WITH WHAT IT IS FRAUGHT FOR RUSSIA?
Uzbekistan has supported carrying out the anti-terrorist operation against Afghanistan and has rendered its territory to the USA for the duration of the operation. However, the Americans seem to have settled in here for a long time. More details...

12:06
TERRORIST SENTENCED TO LIFE-TIME IMPRISONMENT FOR EXPLOSION IN MAKHACHKALA, ESCAPED
Terrorist Timurlan Aliyev escaped in the early hours of Saturday from the centre of temporary detention in the town of Buinaksk in Dagestan (Northern Caucusus,) sources in the republic's Interior Ministry reported. More details...

11:02
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES TURKMENISTAN LEADER ON THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a message to Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov, congratulating him on the 10th anniversary of his country's independence. More details...

20:37
CIS TO CREATE UNITED DATA BANK ON TAX VIOLATIONS
Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Tajikistan are going to work out a draft concept of a united data bank on facts of violations of tax and financial laws by economic entities in their territories More details...

20:35
AIRPORT IN UZBEKISTAN'S TERMEZ TO BE TRANSIT POINT FOR UN HUMANITARIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN
The airport in the town of Termez next to the border with Afghanistan will be used exclusively as a transit area on the way of United Nations humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, a UN representative in Uzbekistan told RIA Novosti in a telephone conversation More details...

13:41
NEW US AMBASSADOR TO TAJIKISTAN DISCUSSED COMBATING TERRORISM WITH TAJIK PRESIDENT
Newly appointed US ambassador to Tajikistan Franklin Huddle has discussed combat against international terrorism with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov. More details...

13:03
GEORGIAN SPEAKER: MOSCOW AND TBILISI MIGHT CHANGE TONE OF BILATERAL RELATIONS
Russia and Georgia may change the tone of their bilateral relations, such an opinion was shared with the press by Zurab Zhvaniya, the speaker of the Georgian parliament, after a Friday meeting with Gennady Seleznev, the speaker of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. More details...

11:31
KIEV CORRESPONDENT OF FAKTY NEWSPAPER KILLED IN UKRAINE
A correspondent of Kiev Fakty newspaper was killed in the capital of Ukraine. More details...

21:35
KAZAKHSTAN CALLS TO PUT OFF ASIAN CONFIDENCE-BUILDING SUMMIT
Scheduled for November 8 into 10 in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan, a summit of 16 countries on the Conference for Cooperation and Confidence-Building in Asia ought to be postponed, holds the host country More details...

20:22
ANDREY LUBENSKY: UKRAINIAN MAIL TAKES SECURITY MEASURES
In connection with the large amount of information received from the United States of America about the anthrax mail incidents, the Ukrainian mail company Ukrpochta created a schedule of actions for extreme situations More details...

18:46
YURY RAZGULYAEV: CENTRAL ASIA IS PREPARING FOR POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACKS
A delegation of specialists from the Ministry for Emergency Situations came back to the republic of Kyrgyzia from Dushanbe – the capital of the republic of Tajikistan. The delegates participated in the session of the emergency ministers of the Central Asian countries More details...

12:41
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN AND TAJIK COUNTERPART DISCUSS TAJIK AFGHAN SITUATION
Vice-speaker of the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) Vladimir Lukin and Speaker of the Tajik parliament's lower house Saidullo Khairullayev discussed the situation in the Tajik region and Afghanistan on Thursday. More details...