The latest: Russia Airs NGO Spy Activity After UK Breaks “Gentlemen’s Agreement”

23.01.2006
Russia Airs NGO Spy Activity After UK Breaks “Gentlemen’s Agreement”
Russia’s domestic intelligence service decided to go public with information about Britain’s alleged espionage activity in the country after British intelligence officers failed to honor a gentlemen’s agreement, a spokesman has said.

23.01.2006
Russia’s Gazprom Blames Ukraine for European Gas Shortages
Russia’s gas monopoly Gazprom says Ukraine is using more Russian gas than agreed, which is hitting onward shipments to Europe.

23.01.2006
Georgian Gas Crisis May Hint at Moscow’s New Energy Strategy
Georgia’s contentious relations with Russia hit a new low in the wake of the Jan. 22 attacks on a pipeline supplying gas to Georgia. Without supplying evidence to support their claims, President Mikhail Saakashvili and other Georgian officials accused Russia of engineering the explosions as a means of triggering a political crisis in Georgia.

23.01.2006
Russia Has Lost Economic, Political Freedom — Former Putin Aide
Former liberal economic advisor to Vladimir Putin, Andrei Illarionov, believes that Russia has become economically and politically unfree.

23.01.2006
European Countries Need Cooperation With Russia — PACE President
Europe needs cooperation with Russia, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said on Monday.

23.01.2006
Moscow Court Rules to Seize Private Accounts of Khodorkovsky, Lebedev to Clear Yukos Taxes
A Moscow court has ruled that funds totaling about $600 million in Russian bank accounts held by Mikhail Khodorkovsky and business partner Platon Lebedev should be seized to clear back taxes owed by the Yukos oil company.

23.01.2006
Professional Contact Network Established in Russia
Web job agency Headhunter.Ru has opened a professional contact network in Russia. The new project called Webby.Ru is designed for a person to make his own network of professional contacts.

23.01.2006
Russia Resumes Gas Supplies to Georgia Via Azerbaijan
Gas started flowing to Georgia after an explosion shut off supplies from Russia which Georgian officials accused of deliberately triggering an energy crisis in its small ex-Soviet neighbor.

23.01.2006
Russia Calls on Iran to Appease West’s Nuclear Fears
Russia’s foreign minister has called on Iran to change its position on its nuclear development program in order to alleviate the international community’s concerns.

23.01.2006
Russian Cold Kills 7 More Over Weekend
Seven more people died of hypothermia in Moscow over the weekend, bringing the death toll to 135 since the end of October, a source in the city’s ambulance service has said.

23.01.2006
Jailed Yukos CEO Files Appeal Over Prison Regulations
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos head serving an eight-year prison sentence in Siberia, has appealed to the Supreme Court to deem unlawful prison rules restricting detainees’ access to their lawyers.

23.01.2006
Moscow Journalist Given Suspended Jail Sentence for Blackmail
The Tverskoi Court in Moscow has found a journalist guilty of blackmail and gave her a suspended seven-and-a-half-year sentence for five years.

23.01.2006
Thousands of Russians Left Without Heating in Middle of Cold Snap
The pipeline at a heating station in the Moscow region town of Podolsk has burst leaving 12,000 people without heating.

23.01.2006
Russian TV Shows Alleged British Spies, UK Foreign Office Concerned
Russian state television has broadcast video footage of what it claims are British diplomats spying in Moscow. The UK Foreign Office has denied the claims, but Russia’s intelligence services have accused British embassy officials of espionage.

23.01.2006
Al Jazeera Reporter Attacked in Moscow, Officials Deny Political Motive
A reporter working for Al Jazeera, the world’s leading Arabic satellite news channel, has been assaulted in Moscow. Officials deny there was any political motive for the incident.

23.01.2006
British Women Donate Wedding Dresses to Underprivileged Russians
A Russian charity worker is visiting Nottinghamshire to thank women who donated their wedding dresses for underprivileged people in Eastern Europe.

23.01.2006
Top Iran Security Official to Visit Moscow for Talks on Russian Offer
Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said he will visit Moscow to follow up consultations with Russian officials on a proposed plan by Russia that would help alleviate fears of Tehran’s nuclear program.

23.01.2006
Russia’s Davydenko Battles Into Australian Open Quarters Past Hrbaty
Fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko recovered from two sets down to beat Dominik Hrbaty 4-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3 on Monday and reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the second year running.