The latest: Russia Rejects Draft Resolution on Iran as Ineffective

27.10.2006
Russia Rejects Draft Resolution on Iran as Ineffective
Russia has rejected a draft UN resolution put forward by European powers targeting Iran’s nuclear program, saying the proposed measures did not advance objectives agreed on earlier by major world powers.

27.10.2006
5 Killed in Filling Station Blast in Georgia
Five people have been killed and two wounded when an explosion hit a petrol station in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi.

27.10.2006
Russian Combat Engineers to Leave Lebanon in December
Russian combat engineers working in Lebanon to repair infrastructure devastated during a month of fighting this summer between Hizbollah and the Israeli military, will leave the country in a month and a half, the defense minister has said.

27.10.2006
Russia Says Deporting Uzbek Despite Court Order Lawful
Russia’s FSB security service defended deporting an Uzbek man to his Central Asian homeland despite an order by the European Court of Human Rights to stop his deportation.

27.10.2006
Russia’s DM Doubts UN Peacekeepers Can Disarm Hezbollah
Russia’s defense minister said Friday he was skeptical about UN peacekeepers’ ability to force members of the Lebanon-based Islamist movement Hezbollah to lay down their arms.

27.10.2006
Russia Has 2 Million Alcoholics — Health Ministry
Russia’s Health and Social Development Ministry said today that about 40,000 people die annually from alcohol poisoning in the country.

27.10.2006
Russian Bear Attacks Swedish Filmmaker
Swedish wildlife filmmaker Erik Fernstrom was in Russia shooting a film when he was attacked by a bear. The incident occurred during the production this summer of a film called “The true face of the bear”.

27.10.2006
Richest Russian Official Made $7.9 Million in 2005 — Report
Russian Natural Resources Minister Yuri Trutnev earned the ruble equivalent of $7.9 million last year, the most of any cabinet member. Economy Minister German Gref earned the least, about $45,000, a Russian daily reported Friday.

27.10.2006
World’s Costliest Truffle Dishes in Britain Served to Order of Russian Tycoons Berezovsky, Abramovich
At the height of the truffle season British restaurants are serving carpaccios, risotto and even ice-cream with truffles. London based Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky and Chelsea SC owner Roman Abramovich are said to be very fond of them, according to British media reports.

27.10.2006
U.S., Russia Differ With European Nations on Iran Sanctions
Russia on Thursday expressed misgivings about a European draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran, which the United States supports but wants to strengthen.

27.10.2006
Slovak President Calls for Russia’s EU Entry to Counter U.S. Influence
President of Slovakia Ivan Gasparovic has called for Russia’ s entry into the European Union. “The EU will fulfill its task and confirm its purpose only when all European states join it, certainly including Russia,” he stressed.

27.10.2006
Russian Cargo Ship Overcomes Problem, Docks to ISS
A Russian cargo ship docked successfully with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday after overcoming a problem that had prevented the craft from hooking up firmly with the orbiting outpost, space officials at the Mission Control said.

27.10.2006
Russian Journalists Devote Newspaper Issue to Slain Reporter Politkovskaya
Colleagues of Anna Politkovskaya, supported by the independent Russian Union of Journalists and hundreds of domestic and foreign media outlets, published a newspaper Thursday devoted to the slain journalist who focused on uncovering torture, abductions and other abuses against civilians in Chechnya.

27.10.2006
Russian Soyuz Spacecraft to Bring Hungarian Tourist to ISS
Russian spacecraft to bring the next space tourist to the international space station (ISS) in March. Charles Simonyi, a native of Hungary would be the fifth space tourist to pay an estimated $US20 million ($A26.23 million) to $US25 million ($A32.8 million) for the privilege.

27.10.2006
India Buys 330 Russian Tanks
India has signed a fresh contract with Russia to buy 330 T-90S main battle tanks (MBTs) in complete sets of components for local assembly.