Constantinople patriarch praises Russian president, church leader.
MOSCOW, May 28 (Itar-Tass) --, The Ecumenical Patriarch of
Constantinople, Bartholomew praised Russian top state leaders and the
Ukraine plans to bid for Winter Olympics in 2022.
LVOV, May 28 (Itar-Tass) -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich
proposed to bid for Winter Olympic Games in 2022 and hold them in Karpathy
Mountains in western Ukraine.
Five Russians in Chinese jail after drunk brawl on plane.
KRASNOYARSK, May 28 (Itar-Tass) -- Five drunk Russians were placed in
a Chinese jail after a brawl onboard a plane bound from Bangkok to
Krasnoyarsk in Siberia on Thursday.
Itar-Tass technical deputy director dies sudden death.
MOSCOW, May 28 (Itar-Tass) -- Itar-Tass deputy director general in
charge of technical development Alexander Babkin died a sudden death
Russian minister cautious about Belarus swap offer.
LAPPEENRANTA, May 28 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Energy Minister Sergei
Shmatko who is accompanying Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on a visit to
Putin calls Finland to make exception for Russian babushka.
LAPPEENRANTA, May 28 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin, who is on an official visit to Finland, called on Helsinki to make
Belarus` diplomats to return to Bishkek if security guaranteed.
MINSK, May 27 (Itar-Tass) - Belarussian diplomats accredited in
Bishkek will return to the Kyrgyz capital only when there is no threat to
Russia, Moldova to discuss Dniester settlement, econ cooperation.
MOSCOW, May 27 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
and his Moldovan counterpart Iurie Leanca will discuss the Dniester
Moscow court to begin trial of 17-million-dollar theft case.
MOSCOW, May 27 (Itar-Tass) - Moscow's Taganka court on Thursday will
begin a preliminary hearing of the case against lawyer Yevgeny Skoblikov,
Russian Justice Ministry blacklists National-Socialist Society.
MOSCOW, May 27 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Justice Ministry added the
National-Socialist Society (NSO) to the official list of extremist public
