The latest: UN Near Compromise on N.Korea Sanctions As Russia, U.S. Agree on Georgia

13.10.2006
UN Near Compromise on N.Korea Sanctions As Russia, U.S. Agree on Georgia
The U.N. Security Council moved closer Thursday night to agreement on a resolution that would impose an arms embargo and broad financial sanctions on North Korea in response to its claimed nuclear test, according to senior U.S. and European diplomats.

13.10.2006
Russian Court Orders Shutdown of Chechen Rights Group
A court in a central Russian city ordered closure of a Chechen rights group that has regularly exposed abuses against civilians in violence-torn Chechnya.

13.10.2006
Russian Deputy FM Heads to North Korea to Discuss Nuclear Tests
A Russian deputy foreign minister has set off for North Korea to discuss its recent nuclear test with the country’s leadership, the ministry’s official spokesman said Friday.

13.10.2006
Maria Sharapova Pulls Out of Kremlin Cup Because of Foot Injury
U.S. Open champion Maria Sharapova pulled out of the Kremlin Cup on Friday because of a strained right foot.

13.10.2006
Russia Puts U.S. Citizen on International Wanted List For Embezzling $40mln
Russia has declared an international search for U.S. citizen Leonid Rozhetskin who is accused of stealing about 40m dollars from the IPOC [International Growth Fund] company, the press service of Moscow prosecutor’s office said.

13.10.2006
Russia Marks Anniversary of Rebel Raid on Southern City
This day, last year, armed assailants launched an assault on Nalchik, the capital of the southern Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. The raid targeted as many as 20 of the city’s main army, police, and security structures. By the end, close to 140 people were officially dead, including 35 security officers and more than 90 militants.

13.10.2006
Court Denies Moral Damages Award to Tajik Worker Wounded by Policeman
A court in Moscow rejected a claim filed by a Tajik migrant who had been injured by a Moscow policeman in the city metro two years ago. Earlier, the policeman was found guilty of a murder attempt and sentenced to 9 years in prison.

13.10.2006
Georgia’s Separatists to Ask Russia for Recognition
One of Georgia’s two Moscow-backed separatist regions has said it will appeal to Russia’s parliament to recognize its independence.

13.10.2006
Pro-Moscow Chechen Strongman Under Scrutiny After Journalist’s Murder
When Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov turned 30 earlier this month, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya said his birthday gift should be a criminal trial. Two days later, she was gunned down in her Moscow apartment building.

13.10.2006
Russia Urges UN to Vote on Georgia, Breakaway Abkhazia Province
Russia formally introduced a draft resolution in the Security Council urging Georgia to withdraw troops perceived as threatening the breakaway province of Abkhazia and said it hoped for a vote Friday.

13.10.2006
Russia, China Oppose N. Korea Sanctions
Russia and China on Thursday opposed tough sanctions the U.S. wants to impose against North Korea this week for its claimed nuclear test, saying they want time to work out a more moderate response to Pyongyang’s nuclear brinkmanship.