The latest: Senior Lawmaker Says Russia May Back Western Draft UN Resolution on Iran

31.10.2006
Senior Lawmaker Says Russia May Back Western Draft UN Resolution on Iran
A senior Russian lawmaker says Moscow will likely back the Western draft UN Security Council resolution on Iran over its disputed nuclear program.

31.10.2006
OPEC Chief Blasts British Report on Climate Change During Energy Conference in Moscow
A hard-hitting report on climate change published by the British government this week has no basis in science or economics, OPEC’s Secretary-General Mohammed Barkindo told an energy conference in Moscow on Tuesday.

31.10.2006
Tainted Alcohol Kills 17,000 Russians in 2006 — Parliament Chief
State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov has said that over the period from January to September 2006 a total of 17.000 people died in Russia from bootleg alcohol poisoning.

31.10.2006
Georgia’s Breakaway Province Reports Destruction of 4 Georgian ’Saboteurs’
Police forces in Georgia’s separatist region of South Ossetia killed four Georgian “saboteurs” on Tuesday, a senior South Ossetian official said, raising tension days before Ossetians vote in an independence referendum.

31.10.2006
“White Supremacist” David Duke May Be Denied Entry to Ukraine
A Ukrainian lawmaker has urged Kiev to deny entry into the country for David Duke, notorious U.S. public figure, who became known world over for his racial views and is often labelled a “white supremacist” by his critics.

31.10.2006
Woman Infected With HIV Wins Compensation Suit Against Blood Bank
A Russian court ordered a regional blood bank Monday to pay thousands of dollars to a young woman who contracted AIDS through a transfusion.

31.10.2006
Russia Asks Kyrgyzstan to Explain Berezovsky’s Visit
Russia’s Prosecutor-General’s Office is asking for an explanation of an alleged visit exiled former media tycoon Boris Berezovsky recently made to Kyrgyzstan.

31.10.2006
Russian Aircraft to Fight Forest Fires in Indonesia
Russia has leased two amphibian aircrafts to Indonesia to fight fires across the Indonesian archipelago.

31.10.2006
Russia Raises Afghanistan Drug Trafficking Issue With EU
Russia voiced its concern over the unabated rise in drug trafficking from Afghanistan at a meeting with EU officials Monday, a presidential aide said.

31.10.2006
U.S. Seeks Guarantees Russian NPP in Iran Will Not Advance Weapons Program
The United States wants guarantees that a Russian-built nuclear reactor in Iran will not advance a weapons program but does not think differences over the issue will block a U.N. sanctions resolution against Tehran, a senior U.S. official has said.

31.10.2006
Russia Favors More Iran Nuclear Talks, Putin Tells Ahmadinejad
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Moscow favors continued talks over Iran’s nuclear program amid a continued split in the UN Security Council over possible sanctions against Tehran.

31.10.2006
Russia Becomes Largest Arms Seller to Third World
Russia has overtaken the United States to become the developing world’s arms dealer of choice for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, striking a record number of arms deals last year.