The latest: Poisoned Russian Dissident, Former Security Agent Suffers Heart Failure in London Hospital

23.11.2006
Poisoned Russian Dissident, Former Security Agent Suffers Heart Failure in London Hospital
A poisoned former Russian security agent now living in Britain suffered heart failure and is on a ventilator, a friend said Thursday morning.

23.11.2006
Ukraine’s Yushchenko Offers Georgia Help in Improving Russia Ties
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has offered the Georgian authorities his country’s assistance in easing tensions in Georgia’s relations with Russia.

23.11.2006
U.S. and Britain Supported Soviet Occupation of Baltic States in 1940s — Intelligence Service
The United States and Great Britain in the 1940s looked with understanding at the Soviet troops being moved into the Baltic States and viewed this step as an unpleasant but necessary measure to counter the aggression by Nazi Germany, archive documents declassified in Russia have revealed.

23.11.2006
Rights Watchdog Urges EU to Challenge Russia on Human Rights Abuses
The deteriorating climate for human rights in Russia demands a strong European Union response at the EU-Russia summit due later this week, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

23.11.2006
Russian Mole Suspect Faces Trial in Montreal, Hearing Postponed
Canada’s first spy case in a decade was adjourned by a judge for one week to allow defense lawyers time to prepare a rebuttal to charges their client is a Russian mole.

23.11.2006
Ukraine’s Democratic Path Irreversible — Yushchenko
In a televised address to the nation on Wednesday as Ukraine marked the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution, President Viktor Yushchenko acknowledged that the population may be disappointed by the revolution’s achievements to date, but he pledged that Ukraine’s democratic path was irreversible.

23.11.2006
Nine Russians and Georgians Held in Police Crackdown on Russian Mafia in Spain
Nine people have been arrested by the National Police, seven in Madrid and two in Malaga, in what is the second phase of the Operacion Avispa against the Russian and Georgian mafia.

23.11.2006
HR Groups Say Pro-Moscow Forces Impose Rule of Terror in Chechnya
A human rights report published on Wednesday accused security forces in Chechnya of imposing a reign of terror in the breakaway Russian republic, where hostage-taking, kidnapping and torture are widespread.

23.11.2006
Russian Cosmonaut Drives Golf Ball Into Space Orbit
Cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin smacked a golf ball into orbit off the International Space Station on Wednesday to raise money for the Russian space program during a spacewalk cut short by a balky spacesuit.

23.11.2006
Sotheby’s Cancels Sale of Soviet Medals at Russia’s Request
The British auctioneer Sotheby’s has cancelled a planned sale of Soviet medals, after the Russian government said those items had been brought to UK illegally.

23.11.2006
Russian Investigators Blame Crew for July Plane Crash That Killed 125
The crew of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in July killing 125 people were to blame for the incident, investigators said in a report made public this week.

23.11.2006
Former Soviet President Gorbachev Recovers After Artery Operation in Germany
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev appeared to be recovering well after an operation on his carotid artery in Germany, authorities said on Wednesday.

23.11.2006
World Jewish Congress Livens Up Dialogue With European Union
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) Steering Committee and Governing Board have ended the working session in Paris reports the press secretary for the continental branch of the WJC — Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC).