The latest: Former Russian PM Suffers Mysterious Illness

29.11.2006
Former Russian PM Suffers Mysterious Illness
Yegor Gaidar, a former Russian prime minister has said that he had suffered a sudden, serious illness last week on a visit to Ireland.

29.11.2006
At Least 5 Dead as Fire Hits Russia’s Largest Steel Plant
Five people died and several more were reported missing as fire hit Russia`s largest Magnitogorsk steel plant late on Tuesday.

29.11.2006
Top Russian Reformer Sees Plot Behind Ex-PM’s Illness
Anatoly Chubais, the head of Russian power monopoly and the man behind the economic reforms of the nineties, said the ilness of his ally and former Russian PM Yegor Gaidar could not be caused by natural factors.

29.11.2006
U.S. Slams Russia Over Democracy on Eve of Middle East Reform Forum
A State Department official criticized Russian democratic backsliding on the eve of a conference on Middle East reform that Russia is co-chairing with Jordan.

29.11.2006
Canada Started Russian Spy Trial After Finding Bogus Birth Certificate
The trial of an alleged Russian spy has been opened in Canada after an expert had found his his birth certificate a possible forgery.

29.11.2006
Russia Not Planning to Join NATO — Defense Minister
Russian Defense Minister says Russia is unable to affect NATO enlargement but has no intention to join it.

29.11.2006
British PM Promises Full Investigation Into Ex-FSB Agent Litvinenko’s Death
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised that “no diplomatic or political barrier” would be allowed to hamper an investigation into the death of a former Russian security officer killed by radiation poisoning.

29.11.2006
Bosphorus Strait Closed After Russian Ship Crash
A Russian cargo ship crash has stopped vessel traffic on the Bosphorus both ways.

29.11.2006
Bush Supports Georgian Bid to Join NATO
President George W Bush has vowed to maintain U.S. support for Georgia’s aspiration to join the NATO alliance despite strong Russian opposition that has sparked tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi.

29.11.2006
Georgia’s Saakashvili Says Meeting With Putin “Useful”
Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Wednesday his meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on the fringes of a Commonwealth of Independent States summit in Minsk had been “useful”.

29.11.2006
Ukraine Recognizes 1930s Famine as Soviet Genocide
Ukraine’s parliament adopted a law recognizing a 1932-1933 famine that killed up to 10 million people as a Soviet “genocide” against the Ukrainian people.