Mikheil Saakashvili concedes parlamentary election loss

02.10.2012 16:52   Politics Dept.

Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili has admitted that his party lost the Monday parliamentary vote in a TV announcement. ...

Russian ex-defence minister who led army in Chechen war dies at 64

24.09.2012 11:44   Ksenia Solyanskaya, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Former Russian Defence Minister Pavel Grachev died on Sunday in the Vishnevskiy military hospital near Moscow. He was 64. ...

Kadyrov: Putin should personally handle Caucasus issues

19.09.2012 16:15   News

The head of the Chechen republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, thinks that Russia's president Vladimir Putin should personally handle issues in the North Caucasus....

Belarus police beat, detained journalists who covered protest rally

18.09.2012 19:55   Denis Lavnikevich, edited by Karina Ayvazova

In Minsk, an unite notified man in civilian clothes beat and drove off journalists of Belarusian and international news agencies. Moreover, some opposition......

Russia's parliament expels anti-Putin deputy Gudkov

14.09.2012 14:29   News Dept.

The State Duma voted on depriving the opposition deputy Gennady Gudkov of his mandate on Friday. ...

APEC volunteers angry with Putin over not getting promised cruise

13.09.2012 19:00   News Dept.

Volunteers who worked at the APEC summit in Vladivostok have been left without a cruise trip to Japan which Vladimir Putin had promised them. On September......

Priest who caused car accident in Moscow gets driver's license suspended

13.09.2012 12:08   News Dept.

A Moscow court has suspended the driver's license of a priest who was speeding, caused an accident in Moscow, and then refused to take a breath test. The......

Putin calls opposition "weak cranes" over comments about his recent flight

10.09.2012 11:32   News Dept.

Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to the many sarcastic comments around the web and social networks about his flight with endangered cranes in......

Putin on Pussy Riot, Syria, and Assange in first TV interview since return to presidency

06.09.2012 20:25   Olga Kuzmenkova, edited by Karina Ayvazova

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his first television interview since his inauguration in May 2012, choosing the state-run TV channel Russia Today......

Saint Petersburg college rector shot and killed at his doorstep

06.09.2012 13:18   Nikita Zeya, edited by Semyon Kvasha

Saint Petersburg University of Service and Economy rector Alexander Viktorov was shot and killed on Wednesday evening in the city of Vsevolozhsk (7......