The latest: EU Argues Over Criticizing Russia on Georgia

17.10.2006
EU Argues Over Criticizing Russia on Georgia
The European Union argued on Tuesday over how strongly to criticize Russia’s treatment of neighboring Georgia, three days before a sensitive summit with President Vladimir Putin in Finland.

17.10.2006
Kremlin Human Rights Adviser Quits Over Putin’s Comment on Reporter’s Murder
A leading Russian human rights campaigner said on Tuesday he could no longer work as a Kremlin adviser because he disagreed with President Vladimir Putin’s views on murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

17.10.2006
Russia Received No Warning from N.Korea Before Nuclear Test — PM
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has declined to confirm reports that North Korea notified Russia of its nuclear test.

17.10.2006
Georgian Man Dies in Moscow Airport Awaiting Deportation
A Georgian citizen about to be deported from Russia for violations of the migration legislation, died at the Moscow airport Domodedovo.

17.10.2006
Russian Police Uncover Criminal Group That Laundered $7 Billion
Russian police and financial intelligence service have uncovered a criminal community that laundered about $7 billion in 2004 and 2005.

17.10.2006
U.S. Rice Urges Russia, Asian Countries to Assist in Isolating North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has launched an uncertain diplomatic drive to persuade Asian allies and Russia to intensify North Korea’s isolation by enforcing UN curbs on trade in dangerous goods.

17.10.2006
Russian Police Arrest Suspected Killers of Top CB Manager Kozlov
A Moscow court approved the arrest of three people suspected of involvement in the murder of deputy head of Russia’s central bank Andrei Kozlov.

17.10.2006
Russia, U.S. Scientists Discover New Superheavy Element
American and Russian scientists have announced they have discovered a superheavy element, known as 118, albeit one that has only existed in three different atoms lasting a fraction of a second over months of experiments.

17.10.2006
FBI Raids Florida Offices of Russian Gas Company Itera
Russian natural gas firm Itera International Energy Corporation Florida offices were among the objects searched by FBI Monday in an investigation of whether Rep. Curt Weldon improperly helped the his daughter and a close friend to win lobbying and consulting contracts.

17.10.2006
Ukraine Seeks to Declare Soviet-Era Famine Genocide
Ukrainian officials and scientists have again called on the country’s parliament to declare a Soviet-era famine that killed up to 10 million people as genocide.

17.10.2006
Russian Man Sets World Record in Fasting, Spends 50 Days on Water
A Russian man has claimed to have set a new world record for fasting — he spent 50 days without food in a plastic cube on the banks of the Neva River outside of St. Petersburg.