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2008-10-03 11:18:00

ST. PETERSBURG, October 3 (RIA Novosti) - Workers at a Ford factory near St. Petersburg have prepared 600 suits against the plant\'s management over what they say is millions of rubles in night shift wage arrears, a trade union spokesman said Friday. \"

2008-10-03 10:24:00

MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) - The long-awaited iPhone smartphone went on sale at stores throughout Russia at midnight on Friday, with the first phones bought in country's Far East. The 3G iPhone was launched by Apple in July this year, and Russ

2008-10-03 08:58:00

MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) - The new board of directors of Russian electricity export-import operator Inter RAO UES could be headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, a source close to shareholders said on Friday. "The list of candidates f

2008-10-03 08:46:00

CHITA, October 3 (RIA Novosti) - Siberia's Chita District Court will consider an appeal against a ruling to deny parole for jailed Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky on October 15, defense lawyer Semyon Rosenberg said on Friday. Khodorkovsky, who i

2008-10-03 07:10:44

MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) - A serviceman was killed in the early hours of Friday during a militant attack in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya, a local law enforcement source said. The soldier was killed shortly after midnight in the Sh

2008-10-02 20:01:44

NOVO-OGARYOVO, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he considered alleged Ukrainian arms supplies to Georgia during the recent war over South Ossetia 'a crime.' "I don't think there is a graver crime than

2008-10-02 19:52:56

NOVO-OGARYOVO, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he considered alleged Ukrainian arms supplies to Georgia during the recent war over South Ossetia \'a crime.\' \"I don\'t think there is a graver crime

2008-10-02 18:47:00

MOSCOW, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - A criminal case on the killing of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was submitted to court on Thursday by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. Politkovskaya, who gained international recognition for h

2008-10-02 15:01:00

ST. PETERSBURG, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that he was certain the world would never again see a Cold War, despite recent tensions between the U.S. and Russia over the recent conflict in Georgia. "

2008-10-02 14:41:46

ST. PETERSBURG, October 2 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Gazprom and Germany's E.ON AG signed an asset swap agreement on Thursday involving northwest Siberia's Yuzhno-Russkoye oil and gas field. Under the deal, signed in St. Petersburg in the presence of Germ