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10/11/10--10:57: Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Committee counts 100% ballots: 5 parties to be in parliament (chan 1632447)

Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Committee on Monday evening completed counting the ballots for the Central Asian country's first parliamentary elections after the ousting of ex-president Kurmanbek Bakiyev.




10/11/10--11:11: Kyrgyzstan to have 5 parties in parliament - Central Election Committee (Update 1) (chan 1632447)

Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Committee on Monday evening completed counting the ballots for the Central Asian country's first parliamentary elections after the ousting of ex-president Kurmanbek Bakiyev.




10/11/10--11:47: Russian Orthodox Church opens channel on YouTube (chan 1632447)

The Russian Orthodox Church officially opened its channel on the YouTube video content service at a presentation on Monday.




10/11/10--11:47: Russian Orthodox Church opens channel on YouTube (chan 1632447)

The Russian Orthodox Church officially opened its channel on the YouTube video content service at a presentation on Monday.




10/11/10--12:18: Georgia could delay Russia's accession to WTO - finance minister (chan 1632447)

Tbilisi's position of not supporting Moscow's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO) could delay Russia's accession to the global trade body, the finance minister said Monday.




10/11/10--12:59: Main news of October 11 (chan 1632447)

A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours




10/11/10--16:29: Russia reveals detailed data on defense spending until 2013 (chan 1632447)

Russia has made public for the first time in many years a detailed account of its defense spending until 2013.




10/11/10--17:26: Senior emergencies ministry official found dead in Russia's Far East (chan 1632447)

The head of the main directorate of the Russian emergencies ministry in Russia's Far Eastern Primorye Territory was found dead in the stairwell of his apartment building.




10/11/10--22:01: RIA Novosti Press Review for Tuesday, October 12, 2010 (chan 1632447)






10/11/10--22:01: RIA Novosti Press Review for Tuesday, October 12, 2010 (chan 1632447)

A brief look at what is in the Russian papers today




10/11/10--23:29: Twitter plans Russian-language interface (chan 1632447)

Representatives of the micro blogging site Twitter told Russian bloggers at a meeting in San-Francisco that a Russian-language interface will be launched, without specifying when, a Russian blogger said on Tuesday.




10/11/10--23:37: Seventeen killed, one injured in Polish traffic accident - TV (chan 1632447)

A traffic accident on Tuesday near the Polish capital of Warsaw has killed 17 people and injured one, the Polish TVN24 channel cited local police.




10/12/10--00:16: Police arrest 3 militants behind Vladikavkaz market attack (chan 1632447)

Police in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region have arrested three militants in connection with the bombing of a market in the city of Vladikavkaz in September, the National Antiterrorism Committee (NAK) said on Tuesday.




10/12/10--00:16: Terrorist attack at Vladikavkaz market (chan 1632447)






10/12/10--00:24: Moscow ex-mayor Luzhkov says Bank of Moscow unaffected by his dismissal (chan 1632447)

Moscow ex-mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who was sacked late in September for losing the trust of the Russian president, said on Tuesday that the Bank of Moscow, the core bank of the city administration, would be unaffected by changes in the Moscow government.




10/12/10--00:38: Russia's energy ministry proposes 10 pct crude export duty cut - paper (chan 1632447)

Russia's Energy Ministry has proposed cutting the maximum crude oil export duty from the current 65 percent to 55 percent to shift the tax burden from oil production to oil refining, a Russian business daily reported on Tuesday, citing a ministerial source.




10/12/10--01:10: Russia steps up fight against cyberterrorism (chan 1632447)

The National Anti-Terror Committee (NAK) is stepping up measures against information technology crimes, NAK said on Tuesday.




10/12/10--01:24: Georgia's move to scrap visas for N. Caucasus republics 'propaganda' - Lavrov (chan 1632447)

Georgia's decision to scrap visas for residents of Russia's North Caucasus republics is yet another "propaganda move" by Tbilisi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.




10/12/10--01:27: Povetkin needs more fights before title bouts - coach Atlas (chan 1632447)

Russia's former IBF mandatory challenger Alexander Povetkin (19-0, 14 KOs) needs to have as many fights as possible before important title bouts, his coach Teddy Atlas said.




10/12/10--01:27: Russia's oil export duty may rise to $289-292 per T from Nov. 1- FinMin (chan 1632447)

Russia's oil export duty may rise to $289-292 from the current $266.5 per ton from November 1, while export duties on East Siberian oil may increase to $98-100 from the current $82.1 per ton, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.




10/12/10--01:34: Russia's Sistema says may buy 51 pct stake in NIS (chan 1632447)

AFK Sistema, a leading Russian services corporation, intends to buy up to 51 percent of Navigation and Information Systems (NIS), which provides navigation services based on Russia's Glonass satellite system, the company said on Tuesday.




10/12/10--02:35: Russia's Severstal says to increase share in High River Gold to 72.64 pct (chan 1632447)

Russia's Severstal, one of the world's leading steel and mining companies, is increasing its share in Canadian gold mining company High River Gold (HRG) to 72.64 percent from 70.38 percent, Severstal said on Tuesday.




10/12/10--02:52: Controversial Russian sculptor says may take on Medvedev, Putin (chan 1632447)

Controversial artist Zurab Tsereteli has hinted he may slap together a sculpture of President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.




10/12/10--03:16: Russia's Gazprom Neft appointed project leader of Junin-6 (chan 1632447)

Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of energy giant Gazprom, has been made a project leader for the Junin-6 project in the heavy oil basin of Venezuela's Orinoco River, the company said on Tuesday.




10/12/10--03:24: Moscow expects London to improve bilateral ties - Lavrov (chan 1632447)