The latest: 2 Russian Officers, 1 Militant Killed in Dagestan Sweep

10.04.2006
2 Russian Officers, 1 Militant Killed in Dagestan Sweep
Two policemen have been killed during a security raid to destroy a gang of bandits in the capital of Dagestan, a North Caucusus republic bordering Chechnya, local officials reported. 1 rebel was reportedly killed in a shootout.

10.04.2006
Briton Expelled From Russia After Attempt to Visit Chechnya
A British citizen, invited to Russia by the local UN headquarters, has been expelled from Russia after an attempt to visit the breakaway republic of Chechnya.

10.04.2006
Convicted French Sex Abuser Arrested in Moscow, Seeks Asylum in Russia
A senior European psychiatrist arrested in Moscow by Interpol on sexual abuse charges has asked for political asylum in Russia, his defense attorney said Friday.

10.04.2006
First Goat Kids With Human Genes Born in Belarus
The first two kids have been born into an experimental herd of goats with a transplanted human gene in Belarus, the head of a Russian-Belarussian transgenic research project said on Monday.

10.04.2006
US Court Freezes Accounts of Russian Newspapers
A court in the United States has frozen the local bank accounts of two Russian newspapers over their alleged failure to pay their lawyer.

10.04.2006
Belarus President Lukashenko Banned From Entering EU
President Alexander Lukashenko and 30 more top officials of Belarus have been banned from entering the European Union at a meeting of foreign ministers of the union’s 25 member states.

10.04.2006
Ukrainian Journalist in Hospital After Violent Street Attack
A newspaper editor has been severely beaten in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in what police said was either an act of hooliganism or an attack provoked by his professional activity as a journalist.

10.04.2006
Suspect in African Student Murder Case Arrested in Russia
A man suspected of killing a Senegalese student has been arrested in St. Petersburg, local police officials reported.

10.04.2006
Russian Scientist to Sue Dan Brown Over Da Vinci Code Plagiarism
After the high court in London cleared Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code, of stealing the central theme for his international bestseller from an earlier book, the American writer is facing new legal proceedings — in Russia. A scientist from St. Petersburg claims it was he who invented the phrase that Brown used to name his book.

10.04.2006
Multi-Million Collection of Russian Paintings Revealed as Fakes by London Experts
Hundreds of expensive paintings purchased by Russia`s new millionaires have been exposed as cleverly doctored works by minor European artists.

10.04.2006
Russians Missing Out on TV News
Several years ago it might have seemed that what Russia was really missing was a nationwide news network in the likeness of CNN or BBC News 24, broadcasting news bulletins 24 hours a day. Plans to establish a round-the-clock news service nurtured by some broadcasters fell through.

10.04.2006
Russia’s Former Prime Minister Kasyanov to Head New Opposition Party
Former Russian PM Mikhail Kasyanov was chosen Saturday to head a new free-market political party with his eye on the 2008 presidential elections.