The latest: Slain Russian War Reporter to Be Buried in Moscow

10.10.2006
Slain Russian War Reporter to Be Buried in Moscow
Murdered Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya is to be buried in Moscow amid growing concern about what her contract-style killing means for the state of media freedom in Russia.

10.10.2006
Summit of Ex-Soviet Republics Postponed Amid Russia-Georgia Discord
A summit of a frayed grouping for former Soviet republics has been postponed by more than a month at the initiative of heavyweights Russia and Kazakhstan, an official of the Commonwealth of Independent States said Tuesday.

10.10.2006
Putin to Visit Scene of His Work as KGB Spy to Tend Relations With Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin returns Tuesday to the German city where he once spied for the KGB to hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel about Iran and Russia’s expanding ties with Europe’s biggest economy.

10.10.2006
Russian Mafia Supplied Truckloads of Meth to Europe
Russian drugs control services have uncovered an international gang that shipped tons of raw amphetamines to Europe.

10.10.2006
Gorbachev Vows to Conduct Independent Investigation Into Politkovskaya’s Murder
The former Soviet Union President, Mikhail Gorbachev, has vowed to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of a famous journalist at the weekend.

10.10.2006
Police Detains Suspects in Russia’s Top Banker Murder Case — Papers
Police have detained the first two suspects in the high-profile murder of the first deputy chairman of the Central bank, Andrey Kozlov, several newspapers have said. The reports however have been denied by police officials.

10.10.2006
Gorbachev the Gandhi
For the sake of fairness, it is right, it is responsible, that even in the West people should know the suffering and repression for which Gorbachev was still responsible within the USSR. In spite of his veneer of softness, inside he was still the direct heir to all the previous Soviet rulers, and, in fact, pretty unyielding.

10.10.2006
Explosion Kills 3 Children in Central Russia
An explosion of an unidentified device has killed three children in a village in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic.

10.10.2006
130 Belarus Protestants on Hunger Strike Over Prayer House Seisure
A total of 132 believers of the New Life Protestant church are taking part in a hunger strike that began in Minsk in the course of a stand-off against authorities.

10.10.2006
Russians Fear Radioactive Pollution After North Korea Nuclear Test
People rushed to buy radiation meters in Russia’s Far Eastern Vladivostok after North Korea performed an underground nuclear test.

10.10.2006
Putin Promotes Russia’s Olympic Bid at Meeting With IOC Chief
Russian President Vladimir Putin pushed for Sochi to host the 2014 Winter Olympics during a meeting Monday with Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee.

10.10.2006
Russia Claims N. Korea’s Nuclear Test Stronger Than Reported
Russia’s defense minister said Monday that North Korea’s nuclear test was equivalent to 5,000 tons to 15,000 tons of TNT.