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Kyoto Moves Within Reach As Russia Gives Protocol The Nod

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- Russia plans to ratify the Kyoto Protocol soon, bringing the landmark "global warming" treaty significantly closer to reality. The announcement, made by Russian meteorological agency head Alexander Bedritsky, came after his ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:12

Russia against US-Led War, but Some Conciliatory Voices Heard

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- Although Russia has voiced its strong opposition to the attack on Iraq, Moscow appears to be trying not to undermine completely its ties with the world's only superpower. President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he regretted the ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

North Korea Reportedly Ready for Multilateral Talks

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- Russia said Thursday that North Korea is now willing to accept multilateral talks on how to resolve the crisis over its nuclear ambitions. The U.S. quickly welcomed the news, which, if confirmed, would meet a key demand the Bush ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

Russia Facing Enduring Terrorist Threat

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- A suicide attack on a Russian military hospital, blamed on Chechen extremists, serves as yet another grim reminder of the violence that continues to roil Chechnya even as the Kremlin claims the four-year-old war there is virtually ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

Azerbaijan Opposition Slams 'Dynastic' Succession

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- Azerbaijan is on the verge of becoming the first former Soviet republic to undergo a dynastic transfer of power, following parliamentary approval for ailing President Heidar Aliyev's son to be named prime minister and heir ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

Russian 'Oligarchs' Under Fire

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- An ongoing controversy around Russia's top oil company, Yukos, has prompted fears that the Kremlin might review controversial privatization deals of the 1990s. On Thursday, rumors were flying in Moscow that Prime Minister ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

Russia Hails Cooperation That Led to Arrest of Arms Dealer

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- Russia's official RIA news agency on Wednesday hailed the arrest of an alleged missile smuggler as a "great bluff of the three special services." Russian law enforcement agencies cooperated with U.S. and British ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

American Student on Trial in Moscow Hopes for Quick Resolution

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- An American divinity student accused of trying to smuggle $48,000 into Russia appeared Wednesday in a Moscow court, where he testified that he had unintentionally chosen the wrong customs corridor at the airport but had not tried to ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

Russia Flexes Energy Muscles in Georgia

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- A severe power blackout in Georgia was not the result of the recent arrival in the former Soviet republic of Russia's electricity giant, the Russian company asserted on Tuesday. The power blackout affected most of the country& ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:13

Moscow Court Finds American Student Guilty of Smuggling

Moscow (CNSNews.com)- A Moscow district court convicted an American student on smuggling charges Friday, then gave him a six-month suspended prison sentence. Andrew Okhotin, 28, who attends Harvard Divinity School, was found guilty of attempting to ...

CNSNews.com Staff - 07/07/2008 - 20:14