Politics

Human Rights Activists Urge Moscow Mayor to Allow Gay Parade

The Moscow authorities should give the go-ahead to gay pride parades, Alison Gil the head the Moscow office of the Human Rights Watch group, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying on Tuesday.

Popularity: 6% [?]

March 21, 2007

Russia Withdraws Nuclear Experts From Iran

Russia is bringing home its technicians and engineers from Iran’s unfinished nuclear reactor site at a time of growing international pressure on Tehran to curb its atomic ambitions, U.S. and European representatives said on Tuesday according to the Associated Press report.

Popularity: 6% [?]

Ukraine’s Prosecutors Search Apartment of Oppositionist Ex-minister

Investigators Tuesday searched the apartment of former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko who is now an opponent of the powerful prime minister and his Cabinet, The Associated Press news agency reports, quoting Lutsenko’s spokeswoman.

Popularity: 7% [?]

Russian Intelligence in Britain Works on Cold War Level

Alexander Litvinenko’s death put the spotlight on the world of spying Russian agents are as active in Britain now as at the height of the Cold War, the BBC reported on Thursday quoting senior Whitehall officials.

Popularity: 10% [?]

March 17, 2007

Russian Teenage Neo-Nazi Arrested in U.S.

A teenage Russian immigrant arrested in U.S. on Monday said he was the leader of the local skinhead group and that the arrest had been made to prevent him from making a public speech, Thestarpress web-site reports.

Popularity: 13% [?]

March 14, 2007

Georgia Accuses Pro-Russian Breakaway Region of Shelling Its Territory

Georgian authorities on Monday accused forces from the breakaway region in Abkhazia of shelling several Georgian-controlled villages, The Associated Press news agency reports.

Popularity: 7% [?]

March 12, 2007

Pro-Kremlin Parties Set to Win in Russian Regional Polls

Pro-Kremlin parties on Monday looked set to win all 14 regional elections contested Sunday, the AFP reported on Monday adding that the results were confirming Kremlin’s near-total dominance of the Russian political scene ahead of upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.

Popularity: 3% [?]

Russian Delegation Arrives in Iran for Nuclear Talks

A Russian delegation comprising officials and experts of Atomstroiexport, the company that is building the Bushehr nuclear power plant, arrived Monday in Tehran to settle a dispute over an alleged default in payment by Iran for the plant, Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.

Popularity: 5% [?]

3 Turkish Citizens Hospitalized After Fight With 15 Young Nationalists

A mass brawl in which three allegedly suffered was reported to have taken place in a commuter train outside Moscow, the Interfax news agency reports.

Popularity: 14% [?]

Two Russian Regions in Siberia to Merge

Residents in two Siberian regions voted on Sunday to approve the proposed merger of their regions, the Itar-Tass news agency reported citing preliminary results of the vote.

Popularity: 2% [?]