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26.07.2006
Putin Discusses Middle East Crisis With Iranian President Ahmadinejad
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussed the Israeli offensive in Lebanon and Iran’s nuclear program with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

26.07.2006
Rome Conference Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Middle East- Russian FM
UN, EU, US, Russian and key Arab leaders on the conference on the Middle East conflict in Rome have stepped up calls for an immediate halt to violence in the Middle East.

26.07.2006
Russian Nuclear Submarine Springs Radioactive Water Leak
A nuclear submarine of Russia’s Northern Fleet has leaked a small amount of radioactive water during scheduled removal of the propulsion system, an aide to the Russian Navy Commander Igor Dygalo said.

26.07.2006
Russia Rejects U.S. Call to Reconsider USD 1 Bln Military Contracts With Venezuela
Russia’s defense minister rebuffed Wednesday the U.S. call to reconsider the $1 billion contract on supplies of military planes and helicopters to Venezuela.

26.07.2006
Hare Survives Car Hit, Travels 100 km Inside Radiator
A hare that was hit by a car has remained alive and traveled some 100 km trapped inside the radiator.

26.07.2006
Russian Prosecutors Bring New Charges Against Chechen Rebel Figure Zakayev
The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has launched a new criminal case against Chechen separatist envoy Akhmed Zakayev on charges of instigating ethnic enmity.

26.07.2006
Russian Church Asks Spain to Pardon Jailed Cocaine Smugglers
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, has asked Spanish King Juan Carlos I to pardon seven Russians and two Estonian sailors, who have been serving ten-year sentences in a Spanish prison since June 1999 on charges of cocaine smuggling.

26.07.2006
Moscow McDonald’s Bomber Sentenced to 22 Years
The Moscow City Court has sentenced Aslanbek Khasanov, the organizer of the bombing near a Moscow MacDonald’s restaurant in October 2002, to 22 years in jail.

26.07.2006
19 Killed, 166 Injured in Ethnic Hatred Attacks in Russia in 6 Months
Russian human rights groups have reported 19 murders and 166 attacks as ethnically motivated hate crimes in Russia since the beginning of the year.

26.07.2006
Israeli Ambassador to Moscow Dismisses Use of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon as “Hezbollah Propaganda”
Israel has not been using banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, the state’s ambassador to Moscow has said, dismissing the recent reports as “Hezbollah propaganda.”

26.07.2006
U.S. Hopes Russia Reconsiders Arms Deal with Venezuela — Spokesman
The United States has said it hopes Russia will reconsider a planned sale of military aircraft to Venezuela, saying it posed a possible threat to stability in the region.

26.07.2006
Russian Opera Diva Netrebko Granted Austrian Citizenship
The government has granted Russian diva Anna Netrebko Austrian citizenship, citing “her special merits” as one of the world’s most sought-after opera stars.

26.07.2006
Home-Made Bomb Explodes in Moscow Nationalistic Paper Office
An improvised explosive device has gone off in the editorial office of a nationalistic pro-monarchist newspaper in downtown Moscow.

26.07.2006
Russia Corrects ISS Orbit Preparing for Shuttle Docking
Russia has corrected the orbit of the International Space Station by 1,350 meters (4,400 feet) as part of preparations for the docking of the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis.