The latest: Russia Hopes for Positive Iranian Response After Vienna Talks

02.06.2006
Russia Hopes for Positive Iranian Response After Vienna Talks — Lavrov
Russia hopes Iran will respond positively to the “serious proposals” of six world powers to resume negotiations and to suspend the discussion of its nuclear issue in the UN Security Council if Tehran stops uranium enrichment.

02.06.2006
Anti-Oligarch Campaigning Russian Prosecutor General Resigns
Russian Prosecutor General Vladimir Ustinov, who oversaw the case against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky has resigned

02.06.2006
Stark Naked Cyclist Shocks Russian Drivers
A stark naked cyclist has shocked drivers on the highway that leads from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

02.06.2006
Georgia Receives $3.5m from World Bank to Fight Bird Flu
The World Bank has allocated a $3.5 million loan and a $3.5 million grant for measures to combat bird flu in Georgia.

02.06.2006
Russian Official Jailed for Forcing Subordinates to Study Scientology
A former Russian MP, a local education chief, has been jailed for embezzlement and abuse of authority — he made his subordinates study scientology and used budget money to pay for their studies.

02.06.2006
Soldier Killed in Russian Army Hazing Incident
A soldier of the Interior Ministry troops in southern Russia has died after allegedly being beaten by a private.

02.06.2006
100,000 Russian Orphans Adopted This Year
Around 100,000 orphans were adopted in Russia this year, the head of the Russian Education and Science Ministry’s department, Sergei Apatenko said.

02.06.2006
UK Policeman Suspected of Selling Secret Information to Exiled Russian Oligarchs
Allegations that a British security company with wealthy Russian clients, opponents of President Putin, paid a police officer in the extradition unit for sensitive information are being investigated by Scotland Yard.

02.06.2006
Pro-Kremlin Chechen President Says War Is Over
The Chechen conflict has been settled, the president of Chechnya, Alu Alkhanov, has said in an interview.

02.06.2006
Repeated Tests Confirm Ukrainian President Yushchenko Deliberately Poisoned with Dioxin
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yushchenko was the victim of a deliberate poisoning with the toxic chemical dioxin, the country’s state prosecutor said Thursday, citing official test results more than a year after the politician was disfigured by a mystery illness.

02.06.2006
Russia Outlaws Two Islamic Groups
The Russian Supreme Court has outlawed the Islamic Jihad and Jund-al-Sham groups as terrorist organizations.

02.06.2006
Human Rights Group Urges Russia to Prosecute Gay Rally Attackers
A U.S-based human rights group on Friday called on the Russian authorities to launch a full investigation and prosecute those responsible for the violent attacks by nationalist protesters on participants in a gay rally last month.

02.06.2006
Russia to Establish Naval Base in Syrian Port of Tartus — Paper
Russia has begun works in the Syrian port of Tartus seeking to built a full-scale naval base for the ships of the Black Sea Fleet, currently based in Ukraine’s Sevastopol. However, the Russian Defense Ministry has refuted the report.

02.06.2006
Russian, U.S. Astronauts Make Repairs to ISS
Russian commander Pavel Vinogradov and U.S. flight engineer Jeff Williams retreated safely inside the international space station early Friday after extending their spacewalk so that they could replace a video camera on a construction platform at the orbiting outpost.

02.06.2006
Three Killed, Seven Injured in Helicopter Crash in Russia’s South Siberia
Three people have died and seven have been injured in a crash of an Mi-8 helicopter belonging to Russian Ministry of the Interior troops in the city of Kemerovo.

02.06.2006
Moscow Authorities Approve Krishna Temple
The city government in Moscow has agreed to allot land for the construction of a Krishna temple, ending a longstanding controversy over whether Hindus should have a place of worship in the Russian capital.

02.06.2006
WMD Commission Urges U.S., Russia to Slash Strategic Arsenals by Half
An international commission on weapons of mass destruction has called on Washington and Moscow to open negotiations on slashing their strategic arsenals by at least half.

02.06.2006
State Does More Than Husband in Promoting Childbirth — Russian President’s Wife
Lyudmila Putin, the Russian president’s wife, said the state plays a bigger role than a woman’s husband in encouraging her to have children.