The latest: Russia’s Putin Condemns North Korea’s Nuclear Test

09.10.2006
Russia’s Putin Condemns North Korea’s Nuclear Test
President Vladimir Putin has condemned the North Korean nuclear weapons test, as Russia demanded North Korea rein in its nuclear program.

09.10.2006
Million Dollars Offered for Information About Russian Journalist’s Murderer
A Russian newspaper has offered a reward of nearly one million dollars for information on the murder of its award-winning investigative reporter, as the Kremlin remained silent despite worldwide outrage over the killing.

09.10.2006
Putin, Bush Discuss North Korea’s Nuclear Test by Phone
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart discussed North Korea’s nuclear test by phone Monday. “The presidents share the opinion that the North Korean act damages the non-proliferation regime and in this connection note the need for coordinated actions in order to resolve the problem,” the Kremlin press service said.

09.10.2006
Georgia Refuses to Accept Planes With Deported Citizens From Russia
Georgia President Mikhail Saakashvili ordered the airport in the capital not to allow Russian cargo planes carrying Georgian deportees to land, maintaining his defiant stand against Russia, but he also sent the first signal of willingness to negotiate following the latest outbreak of tensions.

09.10.2006
Russian Expert Calls North Korea Nuclear Test Defensive Move
A Russian expert has said that the nuclear weapon test conducted by North Korea was a defensive move aimed at preventing the country from repeating the fate of Yugoslavia or Iraq.

09.10.2006
Russia Urges North Korea to Return to Non-proliferation Regime
Moscow has demanded that North Korea return to the non-proliferation regime following an apparently successful North Korean nuclear test earlier in the day, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday.

09.10.2006
Chelsea Owner Abramovich Dating Russian Beauty, Daughter of Arms Baron — Paper
Roman Abramovich, billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, has been enjoying a close friendship with a beautiful socialite 16 years his junior, a British newspaper claims.

09.10.2006
Russia Confirms North Korea Holds Nuclear Test
A top Russian military officer confirmed Monday that the device tested by North Korea was a nuclear weapon.

09.10.2006
Russian Police Detain Turkish Citizen With Self-made Bomb
A Turkish citizen carrying a self-made bomb was arrested Saturday in the Moscow Region, a police source has said.

09.10.2006
Russian Journalists Skeptical of Probe Into Anna Politkovskaya’s Killing
Leading Russian journalists, international journalism watchdogs and Western governments condemned the killing of Anna Politkovskaya and demanded a thorough probe into the attack though many doubt that those behind the killing will ever be brought to justice.

09.10.2006
Russia Presses EU for Acceptable Solution on Serbia
Russia has told the EU Kosovo solution cannot be imposed on Serbia and it would not support such a solution neither within the Contact Group nor in the UN Security Council.

09.10.2006
Japanese Have Negative Image of Russia After Fisherman Shooting — Poll
The already negative image of Russia among the Japanese public turned worse in the wake of the fatal shooting of a Japanese fisherman by the Russian coast guard in disputed northern waters, according to a newspaper poll published Sunday.

09.10.2006
A Sobering Effect of Politkovskaya’s Killing
The killing of Anna Politkovskaya, one of the few journalists who refused to keep their mouths shut and continued to criticize the Putin regime, has had a sobering effect on Russia.

09.10.2006
Lithuania Expels Russian Diplomat for Spying
Lithuania expelled a high-ranking Russian diplomat on Sunday for suspected spying, the independent Baltic News Service (BNS) reported, quoting unnamed sources.

09.10.2006
Germans Urge Merkel to Press Russia on Rights, Demand Journalist Murder Probe
Reacting to the assassination of a veteran journalist in Moscow, German politicians on Sunday called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss Russia’s human rights situation in a forceful way when she meets President Vladimir Putin in Dresden on Tuesday.