The latest: Bush Calls For Peaceful Resolution of Russia’s Neighborhood Conflicts

28.11.2006
Bush Calls For Peaceful Resolution of Russia’s Neighborhood Conflicts
President George Bush has offered his help to resolve Russia’s neighborhood conflicts peacefully.

28.11.2006
NATO Leaders to Gather in Latvia to Discuss Energy Relations With Russia
At a summit which starts in the Latvian capital Riga on Tuesday NATO leaders are poised to discuss potential threats to the alliance, such as political ambitions of key energy supplier — Russia.

28.11.2006
Chief of Russian Transport Watchdog Face Resignation After String of Air Crashes
Russia’s Transport Ministry said on Tuesday it had recommended the head of the state transport watchdog be dismissed following a series of fatal airline crashes.

28.11.2006
Drunk Russian Driver Bites Cop in Bid to Swallow Car Keys
A Russian man whom police stopped for alleged drunk driving tried to swallow his keys then bit an officer as the officer tried to retrieve them.

28.11.2006
Russian Journalists Boycott CIS Summit in Belarus
Russian journalists accompanying Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Minsk, decided to leave the CIS summit after three of their colleagues were refused permission to work there..

28.11.2006
British Police Find Traces of Radiation in Berezovsky’s London Office
British police investigating the death of former FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko have said traces of a deadly radioactive substance had been found at the offices of self-exiled Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky.

28.11.2006
Georgia to Deal With Pro-RussianBreakaway Regions After NATO Entry — Official
Tbilisi plans to resolve its conflict with the breakaway regions after Georgia is admitted to NATO, the head of the Georgian parliament has said.

28.11.2006
Litvinenko’s Italian Contact Taken Into Protective Custody in UK
The Italian contact who met with former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko the day he fell ill from radiation poisoning is under protective custody in London and undergoing medical tests, a legal source has said.

28.11.2006
Russian TV Star Says Not Involved in Billionaire’s Ferrari Crash on Riviera
Russian TV star Tina Kandelaki denies she was with Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov at the time of the car accident. Her husband contradicts this statement.

28.11.2006
Bayern FC Boss Blasts Abramovich’s Excessive Spending in Football
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has been accused of stifling competitiveness by a fellow football mogul.

28.11.2006
Russian Top Tennis Player Prefers Davis Cup to Honeymoon
Russian top tennis-player Nikolay Davydenko has postponed his honeymoon to prepare for this weekend’s Davis Cup match.

28.11.2006
OECD Slams Kremlin’s Economic Expansion
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development yesterday slammed the Russian government for its expansion into key economic sectors and raised concern about the “seemingly insatiable appetite” of Gazprom, its state-run energy giant.

28.11.2006
5 Russians Detained Over Illegal Purchase of Portable Surface to Air Missiles
Russian police has detained five people for illegal selling of portable anti-aircraft missiles in the South of the country.

28.11.2006
Kramnik’s Blunder Allows Chess Software to Checkmate
World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik after outplaying the machine for most of the game, and with a clear draw in hand, made a colossal blunder that allowed Deep Fritz software to checkmate.

28.11.2006
Moscow To Be Competent Host of 2011 Atheletics Worlds — Putin
President Putin has promoted Moscow as a competent host of the 2011 world athletics championships.

28.11.2006
Moscow’s Main Street Through the Eyes of a Woman With a Pram
Moscow’s main shopping thoroughfare abounds with all sorts of retail outlets, luxury boutiques, bars, restaurants and leisure facilities. But for a young mother with a baby in a pram downtown Moscow is a “no-go” area, a correspondent with a popular Moscow weekly, Bolshoi Gorod, reports.