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Teacher commits suicide following school tragedy A teacher at the school that partially collapsed in the southern Urals, killing five teenagers, has committed suicide. The school's principal said she was the form mistress of the deceased girls, who were in their final...

Former Ukrainian PM seeks rescue in U.S. prison Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko and his defence have jointly taken the decision that he should return to an American prison to for reasons of personal safety. His lawyer, Marina Dolgopola, says Lazarenko...

Medvedev rules out new Cold War There will be no new Cold War – the statement was made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the St Petersburg Dialogue Forum in Russia. He said it is as impossible

Thursday's Russian Press Review Apart from news, Thursday’s Russian newspapers publish several interviews and analytical articles concerning various aspects of Russia's foreign policy, national security and internal political life. Here is a review of...

Georgia wants Sweden to be its trustee Georgia has formally asked Sweden to represent its interests in Russia. Swedish opposition members believe the demand should be turned down.

Warning: testosterone can damage your wealth What caused the economic crunch? Economists worldwide have been offering all sorts of explanations. One theory suggests it’s all about testosterone. If there was less of it in high-level financial spheres, we’d be a lot...

Opinion polls cover up truth – Gallup veteran Opinion polls in the U.S. distort the truth about public opinion. They cover up the truth about the number of undecided voters and distort the perception of which policies people support. That’s according to David Moore...

Revised bailout plan approved by U.S. Senate U.S. senators have approved the amended $US 700-billion rescue package aimed at preventing Wall Street imploding. It was passed by a wide margin of 74 to 25. The revised bailout will need the support of the House of...

PACE rejects move to strip Russia of its powers The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has turned down a proposal to suspend Russia's voting rights in the organisation. The initiative was put forward by 24 PACE representatives who were unhappy over...

EU defence leadership ventilate piracy in Africa Somali pirates, Georgia and the ongoing presence of EU security forces in countries far beyond the union’s borders. At the informal meeting of Europe’s defence ministers, in the small Normandy town of Deauville,...

Five children die in school collapse The collapsed school where five children died on Wednesday will be demolished. It is believed the tragedy occurred due to repairs that were taking place at the time. Friday has been declared a day of mourning in...

EU observers replace Russian peacekeepers Unarmed EU observers in light armoured vehicles have carried out their first patrol near the Georgian city of Gori in the Georgian buffer zones adjoining Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Wildlife defenders new headache for McCain & Palin “The more voters learn about Sarah Palin the less there is to like”. That’s what an ad by Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund says about the U.S. Republican vice presidential nominee. The ad appeared on the...

Last tsar’s family rehabilitated Russia’s Supreme Court has ruled that the last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were victims of political repression and should be rehabilitated. Nicholas, his wife, their five children, a doctor and three servants...

Somalia to recognise South Ossetia and Abkhazia Somalia will recognise the sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in the neart future. Somalia’s ambassador to Russia, Mohammed Khandule, says his government fully supports the right of both republics to...

Deadly religious clashes claim at least 25 lives Violent clashes between the Hindu and Christian communities in the east of India have left at least 25 people dead. Trouble started after a Hindu missionary was allegedly killed by Christians, but the Indian Catholic Chu

Big Che’s empire to collapse? Evroset, the leader of the Russian mobile phone retail market, is not seeing the best of its days. Three of its high-ranking economic safety managers have been arrested in the last week and its debts –...

You’re in the army now! The Russian army draft starts on the first day of October. According to the presidential decree of September 28 more than 200,000 young Russian men are eligible for military service this year.

Wednesday's Russian Press Review On this first day of October Russian newspapers discuss the world financial crisis and its further impact on Russia, and sum up the results of the recent session of the UN General Assembly. Here is the review of several

Skinhead leaders plead guilty to 20 murders Leaders of a Moscow skinhead gang charged with 20 racially motivated murders have pleaded guilty at a court hearing on Wednesday.

Russia prefers peaceful foreign policy - Medvedev Russia will always put diplomacy first as a way of protecting its interests, though it will not exclude other means if necessary, said President Medvedev when awarding state honours to Russian troops for the bravery...

Russia and Europe to divorce? Wednesday could be a critical day for Russian-European relations. Russia is threatening to leave the Council of Europe if it’s stripped of its powers at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Science magazine OKs computer-authored gibberish text A scientific magazine published a paper generated by a computer programme which creates nonsense texts appearing to be serious research works.

Canadian PM’s speechwriter quits over plagiarism scandal A senior campaign aide for Canada’s ruling Conservative Party resigned on Tuesday after admitting he had copied large parts of a former Australian PM’s address on the war in Iraq when writing a speech for Prime Minister...

U.S. public disillusioned as bailout struggle goes on U.S. President George Bush says the economic damage will be "painful and lasting'' if Congress doesn't back his financial rescue plan. As the world's markets continue their roller-coaster ride, Americans are definitely f

Russia declares Saakashvili a criminal Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili has violated the main values of the Council of Europe as he ignored human rights and the rule of law. That is according to Konstantin Kosachev, Russia's representative at the...

Russian shares hold ground, and then advance, after trade resumes Moscow RTS and Micex exchanges have moved higher on Tuesday after trading was halted for 2 hours in the morning. The halt was called after a wave of selling engulfed Asian markets and U.S. Markets overnight after the...

We don't break the rules - Iran On the sidelines of the annual conference the International Atomic Energy Agency is holding in Vienna, Iran's ambassador to the agency spoke exclusively to RT about the treatment of his country by some UN member states...

Hijacked Ukrainian vessel ‘was breaking embargo’ The U.S. navy says ‘Faina’, the ship hijacked by Somali pirates last week was carrying weapons bound for Sudan's Darfur region, which is currently subject to an international arms embargo. While the Ukrainian company in

Russia to Georgia: “Roger. Over and Out” Russia's Ambassador to Georgia and some twenty diplomats and their families have returned to Moscow from Tbilisi. But the consular and maintenance staff remains in the Georgian capital.

Medvedev warns extremists Russia's president says special attention should be paid to the fight against extremism and nationalism in the country. Dmitry Medvedev told the Interior Ministry that detecting threats to the Russia's national security...

Russian shares hold ground, and then advance, after trade resumes Moscow RTS and Micex exchanges moved higher on Tuesday after trading was halted for 2 hours in the morning. The halt was called after a wave of selling engulfed Asian markets and U.S. Markets overnight after the U.S....

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