TYUMEN, May 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Heads of local governments in the
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, Siberia, fail to work properly to cope with

KAZAN, May 22 (Itar-Tass) -- Agreements on economic cooperation were
signed at the Tatar-Austrian business forum in Kazan on Saturday.

TBILISI, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- A rally of protest organised by the
opposition "People's Assembly of Georgia" took place outside the Georgian

NEW YORK, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- The idea of creating an Asia-Pacific
free trade zone (APFTZ) is becoming an ever more attractive benchmark in

NEW YORK, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia is actively preparing for its
presidency of the APEC forum and, therefore, it believes that the meeting

MINSK, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- The first tranche of a loan from the
Eurasian Economic Community's anti-crisis fund (800 million dollars) will

NEW YORK, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Processes underway in the
member-countries of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum are

MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
on Saturday will hold talks in the main city of Russia's westernmost

MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's State Duma on Friday ratified
an agreement between the governments of Russia and the United States on

MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) -- All signatories to the UN convention
against torture, including the United States, must strictly comply with