The latest: Iran Positive on Moscow Plan to Enrich Uranium in Russia

25.01.2006
Iran Positive on Moscow Plan to Enrich Uranium in Russia
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator has said that Tehran views Moscow’s offer to have Iran’s uranium enriched in Russia as a positive development but no agreement has been reached between the countries.

25.01.2006
Putin Says British “Spy” Row Won’t Spoil Relations
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Russian Security Service and Foreign Ministry they could expel British diplomats, who were reportedly acting as spies in Moscow.

25.01.2006
Russian Truck Driver Eats 8 Pages of Evidence in France
A Russian truck driver shocked French police inspectors when he ate eight sheets of paper that proved he had violated driving regulations.

25.01.2006
About 40 Russian Spies Operating in UK — Paper
London is seriously worried by Russian espionage activity — in 2005, the British Home Office estimated the number of Russian spies in the UK at 40 agents, an American weekly reports.

25.01.2006
Russia to Mine “Ideal Fuel” on the Moon by 2020
Russia is planning to mine a rare fuel on the moon by 2020 with a permanent base and a heavy-cargo transport link, a Russian space official says.

25.01.2006
European Council Reprimands Russia for Rights Violations in Checnya
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has delivered a stinging rebuke to Russia for its record on human rights abuse in Chechnya.

25.01.2006
Russia’s Energy Minister Asks Ukraine to Restrict Gas Usage, Leave Some for Europe
Russian Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko called on Ukraine Wednesday to take “adequate and strict measures” to cut gas usage down to the contractual amounts agreed with Russian gas monopoly Gazprom .

25.01.2006
Davydenko Loses to Top Seed Federer in Australian Open Quarters
The iron grip Roger Federer has held over the Australian Open tennis championship came within a handful of points of being prized loose by Russia’s Nikolay Davydenko, but the top seed survived in four sets.

25.01.2006
Georgian Government Cuts Short Talk of Quitting CIS
Georgia’s government has taken a decision not to quit the Commonwealth of the Independent States (CIS).

25.01.2006
Russian Law on NGOs Fails to Meet European Council Criteria — PACE
At a meeting in Strasbourg PACE has declared that the new Russian law on NGOs does not meet the European Council criteria.

25.01.2006
President Putin Suggests Building Global Nuclear Center in Russia
Rusia is ready to build an international center that would offer nuclear fuel cycle services under the control of the IAEA, President Vladimir Putin says.

25.01.2006
Russian MPs to Investigate Spy Allegations Against British Diplomats
Russia’s lower house of parliament is set to investigate allegations against four British diplomats involved in espionage and the funneling of funds to non-governmental organizations.

25.01.2006
Russia Should Have Returned Fleet Lighthouses in 1997 — Ukraine Official
Lighthouses of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet should have been given back to Ukraine in 1997, Ukraine’s temporary charge d’affaires in Russia said on Wednesday.

25.01.2006
Cameroonian Student Attacked in St. Petersburg
A student from Cameroon has been attacked by unidentified men in St. Petersburg. He was rushed to hospital Tuesday with a number of head injuries.

25.01.2006
Launch of Russian Clipper Space Shuttle Scheduled for 2013
A new reusable spacecraft designed in Russia will start delivering crews and supplies to the world’s sole civilian orbital station in 2015, the head of Russia’s leading space corporation says.

25.01.2006
Hackers Steal Database of Russia’s Biggest On-Line Dating Service
A database containing on-line correspondence of at least two million users of Russia’s biggest dating service Mamba.ru has been stolen by hackers and gone on sale, local media reported.

25.01.2006
Newborn Baby Found in Plastic Bag in Russia’s Freezing Far East
A newborn child was left in the streets of a town in Russia’s Far East in temperatures of minus 30 degrees Celsius. Luckily, a passer-by noticed the plastic bag with the baby inside and saved its life.

25.01.2006
Russian Army Conscripts Faced Brutal Bullying Over Holidays
Russian army conscripts were reportedly badly beaten in the city of Chelyabinsk, in the Russian Urals over the New Year holidays. The incident has only come to light now, and one of the draftees is said to still be in a grave condition.

25.01.2006
At Least 80 Freeze to Death in Ukraine
Reports say 80 people have died in Ukraine as a result of extreme cold after temperatures plunged last week. At least 600 have been hospitalized.

25.01.2006
Khodorkovsky Caught With “Banned Documents”, Put in Solitary Confinement
Ex-Yukos oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, currently serving an eight-year jail sentence in Siberia for fraud and tax evasion, was placed in solitary confinement for five days after he was found with “banned documents” - two papers from the Justice Ministry on prisoners’ rights.

25.01.2006
Nuclear Row Must Be Solved in IAEA — Russia, Iran
Russia’s national security chief and Iran’s top nuclear negotiator have said that Tehran’s nuclear standoff must be resolved by diplomatic efforts in the U.N. atomic watchdog agency.