20:03
VALAAM TO TURN TO PUBLICLY CLOSED ISLAND. 65 FAMILIES TO MOVE OUT ON THE MAINLAND
The religious ceremony took place in the town of Sortavala (the republic of Karelia) at midday yesterday. The ceremony sanctified the new apartment building built within the framework of Patriarch�s program of the International Fund for the unity of orthodox nations. The goal of the program is to restore the Valaam monastery More detail...

18:40
KURSK FIRST COMPARTMENT CUT OFF
Spokesmen for the Rubin design bureau and Mayo Co. signed, on board the Mayo diving support vessel, a protocol reading that an operation for cutting off the first compartment of the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk has been completed, Igor Dygalo, second in command of the Russian Navy, said Friday. More detail...

18:24
RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS BEGIN TRAINING ON BLACK SEA
The Russian space crews preparing for the flight to the International Space Station (ISS) have started training in the Black Sea water area - in case the space craft splashes down returning from the ISS. The day before four cosmonauts' crews had completed the "dry" preparing of evacuation from the spaceship that was fastened to the ship's deck. More detail...

17:53
NATALIA MALINKO: MEXICO READY TO HELP THE USA
Mexican President Vincente Fox sympathized with his North American neighboring country in connection with the tragic events in New York and Washington. Mexico�s diplomatic representative offices in the US will not celebrate Independence Day on September 16 More detail...

17:51
RUSSIA: GERMANS FUND SOVIET SOLDIERS CEMETERY RECONSTRUCTION
A cemetery of Soviet soldiers killed in World War II has opened in the Kuolayarvi settlement, the Murmansk region in north-west Russia. More detail...

17:42
NAVAL SPOKESMAN CONFIRMS SUBMARINE'S FIRST COMPARTMENT IS CUT OFF
An operation to sever the first compartment of the nuclear submarine Kursk, which sank in the Barents Sea last year, is completed, said Captain 1st Rank Igor Dygalo, an aide to the commander-in-chief of the Russian navy. This conclusion was drawn up on Friday at talks between the state client on the Russian side and the firm Mammoet. More detail...

17:05
SOYUZ-U BOOSTER ROCKET PREPARED FOR LAUNCH AT BAIKONUR COSMODROME
The Soyuz-U booster rocket with Progress M-S01 special cargo ship attached to it is ready for launch in Baikonur cosmodrome. It contains the Russian Pirs unit for the International Space Station (ISS) The rocket is to be launched on September 15 at 3:34:55 AM Moscow time. More detail...

16:33
SERGEI SNEGOV: RESCUERS CANNOT BE TOO MANY. WHEN TRAGEDY COMES, POLITICS SHOULD STEP ASIDE
The world is extending its condolences to the Americans. Such an occurrence can hardly keep anyone standing aloof. The third day has passed since the unbelievable, unthinkable terrorist attacks. And now, timid questions are starting to be heard: Why? More detail...

15:59
FORECAST OF BEER CONSUMPTION IN RUSSIA
In Russia beer consumption will reach 57-63 litres per capita by the year 2007, forecast experts of the Russian Beer Brewers' Union. More detail...

14:23
RUSSIA'S FIRST COURT FOR CONSIDERING LABOUR QUESTIONS OPENED
Russia's first labour court of arbitration for settling collective labour disputes opened in Moscow on September 14. The concept of the court's activity was worked out by the Moscow trade unions, the authorities of the capital and the Moscow Confederation of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs within the framework of the European Union - TACIS programme. More detail...

13:58
BLACK SEA EXERCISE TO RESCUE SPACEMEN
A large-scale exercise of the specialists of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonauts Training Centre, the seamen of the Black Sea Fleet and the rescuers of the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Russian Federation is being held in the water area of the Black Sea not far from the Russian resort city of Sochi. More detail...

13:30
SEVERAL AEROFLOT FLIGHTS SET OFF FOR THEIR DESTINATION
The Russian Aeroflot flight SU-239 that took off in Moscow on September 11 to head for Chicago, but currently is in Montreal (Canada) set off Friday for the destination point. More detail...

13:27
RUSSIA TAKES MEASURES TO PREVENT TERRORIST ACTS AT ELECTRICITY FACILITIES
The largest company EES Rossii (United Energy Systems of Russia) is taking measures to prevent terrorist acts at electricity facilities, the energy holding officials said on Friday. Chairman of the Board of EES Rossii Anatoly Chubais signed an order which makes it binding on the heads of the representations and affiliated companies of the holding to take exhaustive measures for strengthening physical defence and intensifying intrainstallation and admission regimes at the enterprises of the holding. More detail...

13:10
RUSSIA IS UNDERTAKING ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PREVENT TERRORIST ACTS AT ENERGY-RELATED FACILITIES
RAO United Energy Systems is undertaking additional measures to prevent terrorist acts at energy-related facilities. More detail...

11:57
OPENING OF PRESS CENTER FOR KURSK SALVAGE OPERATION SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 21
The opening of the press center for the international operation to raise the Kursk nuclear submarine has been rescheduled for September 21, reported the Russian Presidential Information Department on Friday. More detail...

21:30
ANDREI KRUSHINSKY: AMERICAN TRAGEDY ECHOES IN CHINA
The Chinese basically sympathize with the Americans and condemn terrorism but not very emotional, without any �moments of silence�. The mood in China can be characterized as business-like: the people ask themselves this question: how the terror attack in the States may influence on the economic and political life in China More detail...

19:23
SERGEI SNEGOV: WHERE IS THE DEMOCRACY GONE?
With all respect to the feelings of the American people: sometimes the materials and reports of mass media are really shocking. Some shouts of the Americans on the net are just disgusting More detail...

13:22
EUROPEAN UNION TO ASSIST RUSSIA IN SETTLING COLLECTIVE LABOR DISPUTES
Within the framework of the TACIS program, the European Union is assisting Russia in improving the pre-trial system of settling collective labor disputes. More detail...

13:15
U.S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW OPENS BOOK OF CONDOLENCES
A book of condolences to victims of the terrorist acts of September 11th in New York and Washington has been opened at the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. More detail...

13:01
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT DISCUSSES HOUSING CODE DRAFT
Regular meetings of the Russian government are held on Thursdays. The government has begun discussing the new Russian Housing Code draft. All the changes in the housing sector for the last 10 years were reflected in the prepared document, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov noted. More detail...

12:50
FIRST COMPARTMENT OF KURSK SUBMARINE SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATED
The separation of the first compartment of the nuclear submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea has been successfully completed, said a spokesman for the Russian Northern Fleet headquarters. More detail...

12:20
ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE PAWS OF HIMALAYAN BEAR STOPPED AT RUSSIAN-CHINESE BORDER
Border guards and customs officials at the Primorye (or Far Eastern) section of the Russian-Chinese border have stopped an attempted at smuggling to North Korea of 35 paws of the Himalayan bear. The paws are widely used in eastern medicine to make tonic medications. More detail...

11:46
DIVERS RESUME EFFORT TO CUT OFF FIRST COMPARTMENT OF KURSK SUBMARINE
Having removed the anchor chain, examined the line of the cut and adjusted cutting equipment, deep-sea divers have resumed their effort to sever the first compartment of the Kursk nuclear submarine from the rest of the vessel. More detail...

11:44
AMERICAN RESCUERS THANKFUL TO OFFERED RUSSIAN HELP
Director of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Joe Allbaugh expressed gratitude to the Russian rescuers for their readiness to render assistance in liquidating the consequences of the terrorist acts in New York and Washington on Tuesday. More detail...

11:10
RUSSIA WILL OBSERVE A MINUTE'S SILENCE TO PAY LAST RESPECT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE TERRORIST ACTS IN THE USA
All of Russia today will observe a minute's silence, revering the memory of the victims of the terrorist acts in the United States. By the decree of President Vladimir Putin a minute's silence will be announced at noon, Moscow time. More detail...

10:47
HORRENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE IN NEW YORK
The latest terrorist attack on New York has killed more people than the two World War II tragedies of the American people -- dastardly Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and D-Day in Normandy (June 6, 1944). More detail...

10:34
MUSCOVITES GIVE BLOOD FOR US TRAGEDY VICITIMS
The Muscovites took close to heart the tragedy in Washington and New York. When news came to the Moscow Red Cross agency about the monstrous terrorist acts in these cities, people wishing to give their blood to the victims of the tragedy began calling to the Emergencies' Ministry and the municipal blood transfusion center. More detail...

18:50
SENSATION: RUSSIA ALSO BECAME AN OBJECT FOR AIR TERRORISTS� ATTACKS
�Generally it is impossible to carry out an act of terror on the scenario which was used in the USA yesterday�. This was said by the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy, Anatoli Kornukov. �We had such facts too� More detail...

16:12
MUSCOVITES CONTINUE LAYING FLOWERS TO WALLS OF U.S. EMBASSY
Muscovites continue laying flowers to the walls of the U.S. embassy. According to a RIA Novosti correspondent, the number of flowers at the U.S. embassy in Moscow keeps growing. More detail...

15:44
RUSSIAN EMERGENCIES MINISTRY RESCUE WORKERS LIKELY TO GO TO U.S.A.
Russian emergencies ministry rescue workers will probably go to the United States, said an informed source at the Russian Foreign Ministry. More detail...