The latest: Police Chief, His 3 Children Shot Dead in Russia’s Ingushetia

09.06.2006
Police Chief, His 3 Children Shot Dead in Russia’s Ingushetia
Six people, three of them children, were killed in an attack on a car carrying the head of the OMON special police force in the Russian Caucasus republic of Ingushetia.

09.06.2006
Kalashnikov Rifle in Terrorist’s Hands Not My Fault — Russian Gun Designer
Mikhail Kalashnikov says he designed the assault rifle that bears his name to fend off the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Six decades later, however, he laments its transformation into the worldwide weapon of choice for terrorists and gangsters.

09.06.2006
Russia Backs Palestine’s Plan to Hold Sovereignty Referendum
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that he backed a proposal to hold a referendum on establishing a sovereign Palestinian state.

09.06.2006
Ukraine Expels Russian Journalist for Covering Anti-NATO Protests
Ukrainian authorities have deported a correspondent from the Russian newspaper “Komsomolskaya Pravda, RIA Novosti reported on Friday. The reporter was engaged in covering anti-NATO protests in the Crimea Region.

09.06.2006
Russian Twins Swap Places in Successful Jailbreak
A Russian man who was in pre-trial custody over charges of leading a criminal gang, has escaped from jail in Novosibirsk, leaving his twin brother in his stead.

09.06.2006
Russian Govt Backs Sochi Bid for 2014 Winter Olympics
The Russian government officially threw its support behind the 2014 Winter Olympic bid by the southern resort of Sochi. The International Olympic Committee meets June 21-23 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to decide which cities make the final cut in the competition for who will host the Games.

09.06.2006
Britain Postpones Joint Maneuvers With Ukraine Over Anti-NATO Protests in Crimea
Great Britain and Ukraine have decided to postpone the joint “Tight Knot” exercise as Ukrainian parliament has not permitted the presence of foreign troops in the national territory following massive anti-NATO protests in Ukraine’s Crimea.

09.06.2006
Russian HR Group Uncovers Secret Torture Cell Used by Pro-Moscow Chechen Police
One of Russia’s leading human rights groups has produced what it says is documentary evidence of a secret torture and murder cell in Grozny, the Chechen capital.

09.06.2006
Russia Orders Probe Into Construction Projects Threatening Moscow Metro Safety
Responding to concerns voiced by a Russian MP over possible consequences of the ongoing development of a shopping mall on a site above a metro station, Russia’s domestic security service, FSB, urged Moscow prosecutors to look closely into construction projects that may jeopardize safety of metro passengers.

09.06.2006
Russia Warns Israel Against Military Attack on Iran — Report
Russia sent messages to Israel through U.S. intermediaries recently, voicing opposition to a possible military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Moscow is concerned any military conflagration would eventually spill over the Russian-Iranian border into the Caucasus, Central Asia and even Chechnya, and be detrimental to Russian interests.

09.06.2006
Russia Hands Over War Crimes Suspect to Bosnia
Russia has handed over Dragan Zelenovic, a Bosnian Serb wanted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal for rape and torture, to Bosnia. The report followed a sharp attack on Russia on Wednesday by the prosecutor for the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Carla Del Ponte, who accused Moscow of dragging its feet over the Zelenovic case.

09.06.2006
Russia, China Warn of Space Arms Race
During the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, Russia and China warned that space-based weapons would pose as great of a threat as weapons of mass destruction, and called for global negotiations to stop their deployment.

09.06.2006
Belarus Prepares Black List of Unwanted Officials from EU, U.S.
Belarus has prepared a black list of foreign officials who will be denied entry to the country, the Belarusian foreign ministry said Thursday. Ministry spokesperson Andrei Popov said the move was a “symmetric response” following decisions by the European Union and the United States to ban Belarus state officials.

09.06.2006
Ukrainian Accused of Enslaving Russian Woman
A Ukrainian woman has been arrested in Orlando for allegedly harboring an illegal alien — a 24-year-old Russian woman she was accused of enslaving, beating and forcing into prostitution.