The latest: Iran Will Not Move All Uranium Enrichment to Russia

29.05.2006
Iran Will Not Move All Uranium Enrichment to Russia
Iran said on Monday it had no intention of moving all of its uranium enrichment work to Russia in order to allay the international community’s fears that it could use nuclear fuel technology to make atomic bombs.

29.05.2006
Council of Europe’s Demands on Russia Have Political Subtext — Russian FM
Russia’s foreign minister said Monday that the Council of Europe’s many demands on Russia had a political subtext.

29.05.2006
Promotional Golf Shot from ISS Not Allowed
Space station commander Pavel Vinogradov will not smack a golf ball into orbit outside the International Space Station during a planned spacewalk this week, officials have said.

29.05.2006
Coelho Afraid to Alight From Train in Russia
Well-known Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, who is on his two-week rail trip across Russia, has decided not to get out of the train at the stations to meet with readers after an unpleasant incident in the Russian city of Ulan-Ude (capital of southeast Siberian region of Buryatia).

29.05.2006
1,220 Adopted Russian Children Dead Since 1991
Moscow children’s rights expert has said 1,220 Russian children adopted by Russians had died since 1991, including 12 killed by their foster-parents.

29.05.2006
Russian Scientists Harness Star Power in New Battery
Russian scientists have invented a battery that can capture energy not only from the sun, but also from the stars, the head of a research center at the Dubna Nuclear Institute near Moscow, said.

29.05.2006
Chechen PM Could Double-Cross Kremlin
With a Group of Eight summit scheduled for July in St. Petersburg, Washington is paying renewed attention to Russia. Tatania Lokshina, chairwoman of the Moscow-based Demos think tank, speaks about the situation in Chechnya.

29.05.2006
Nuclear Waste Plant Chief Dismissed for Major Pollution Reinstated
Vitaly Sadovnikov, director of the Mayak nuclear waste processing plant, returns to his former post only three months after being dismissed for a breach of safety rules that led to the dumping of radioactive waste in rivers.

29.05.2006
Russian TV Reporter Found Dead Near Moscow
A journalist from a major Russian television network was found dead in a rented apartment outside Moscow, police officials said Monday.

29.05.2006
European Politicians Condemn Gay Parade Violence in Moscow
European politicians have expressed concern about violence during the protest by sexual minorities held in Moscow on May 27. The German Bundestag has already passed a resolution calling upon the Russian authorities to respect human rights.

29.05.2006
Belarus Authorities Launch Court Case to Close Leading Human Rights Group
Belarus’ Justice Ministry said Thursday it had asked a court to close down the country’s leading human rights group, the Belarus Helsinki Committee.

29.05.2006
Ukrainians Protest Arrival of NATO Warship
The arrival of a U.S. Navy ship with military hardware and marines has sparked protests in Feodosia, Crimea.

29.05.2006
Moscow Gay Activists Assaulted by Homophobes
Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov could not have been more open and honest when he explained why he had banned a gay pride parade in the Russian capital. Such events “may be acceptable for some, in some sense, progressive countries in the West, but not for Russia”.