NEWS

IVANOV WARNS KIEV OVER NATO

MOSCOW — Ukraine would lose defense industry ties with Russia and suffer reduced trade cooperation if it joined NATO, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Saturday, news agencies reported.

Ivanov said visa regulations would also be tightened should ...

SPAIN CLAIMS TAMBOV CRIME RING BUST

MOSCOW — Spanish police said they had broken up the local operations of the Tambov and Malyshev organized crime groups, arresting 20 people and seizing ...

WATCHDOG SEES ‘CRISIS’ IN ELECTIONS

VIENNA — Illegal state interference means elections standards are in crisis in areas of Europe, the director of a European election watchdog said.

Christian Strohal, head of the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, did not criticize ...

SCIENTISTS SEARCH FOR MEDICAL SECRETS IN HIMALAYAS

A group of St. Petersburg scientists have returned from the Himalayan Mountains after learning the secrets of an almost-extinct form of Tibetan yoga that ...

President Praises Freedom, Chirac On Russia Day

MOSCOW — President Dmitry Medvedev stressed the importance of democracy and freedom in a speech for Russia Day on Thursday.

Medvedev presided over an awards ceremony honoring scientists, scholars and artists held annually in the Kremlin on June 12, as part of nationwide celebrations including fireworks ...