The latest: Ukraine’s Yushchenko Sides With Former Allies to Forge Coalition

06.04.2006
Ukraine’s Yushchenko Sides With Former Allies to Forge Coalition
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko’s party said on Thursday it would form a coalition with other “Orange Revolution” liberal parties, ruling out a deal with the pro-Moscow party that came first in March 26 polls.

06.04.2006
Top U.S. Official Denies Russia-Based NGOs’ Washington Links
A senior official in Washington rejected claims Thursday that non-governmental organizations in Russia were working for the United States.

06.04.2006
Russian Who Prevented Nuclear Sub Explosion Nominated for Nobel Prize
Russian Nikolai Batarev has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for preventing an explosion which could have started a nuclear war in 1961.

06.04.2006
No Trial by Jury for Military in Chechnya — Russian Court
Russia’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday that cases involving serious crimes committed by the military in the troubled Chechen republic would be heard without jurors.

06.04.2006
Russian Police Arrest Man Who Promised Resurrection of Beslan Children
A cult leader who promised to resurrect the victims of the Beslan school massacre has been arrested on fraud charges in Moscow. Grigory Grabovoi, who says he can heal, save people’s lives and cure AIDS with his mind, convinced several Beslan mothers at a seance in Moscow last year that their children would return.

06.04.2006
Russia Involved in Secret CIA Flights — Amnesty International
Amnesty International said in its new report that Russia together with many other countries in Europe, Africa and Asia was involved in secret CIA flights transporting prisoners of war and terror suspects.

06.04.2006
Russian Police Detain 10 Heroin Dealers Aged 5 to 13
Policemen and members of the Drug Trafficking Control Service in the Russian republic of Bashkiria have detained 10 children for selling heroin. The youngest was only five years old.

06.04.2006
U.S. Has “Illusion of Omnipotence” - Gorbachev
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said the United States has an illusion of omnipotence — a “victory complex” - that’s more dangerous than Russia’s inferiority complex.

06.04.2006
New Yukos Top Manager Charged with Money Laundering, Embezzlement
Charges have been brought against the Yukos oil and gas company’s new vice president Vasily Aleksanyan, days after he was vested with authority by the company president Stephen Theede. The man, appointed to restore the embattled company, is accused of money laundering and embezzlement.

06.04.2006
EU Welcomes Defeated Belarus Candidate to Strasbourg
The European Union has pledged to maintain pressure on Belarus to open up to democracy, as it welcomed a defeated opposition candidate to Strasbourg.

06.04.2006
Russia Assures U.S. No Warning Given to Saddam on Plans to Attack Iraq
Russia has given the United States written assurance that it did not provide Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein with information on U.S. plans to invade Iraq in 2003, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Congress.

06.04.2006
Tanker With Oil, Diesel Explodes in Russia’s Western Enclave
A ship loaded with oil and diesel, docked in the western Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, caught fire after an explosion on Wednesday evening. Two people were hospitalized with medium to serious burns.