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2010-09-01 17:57

Germany charges Austrian with spying for Russia (AP)

AP - German prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old Austrian man with feeding Russia's spy agency with information and technical materials from the military and civilian helicopter industries.

2010-09-01 14:32

Survivors mark six years since Beslan massacre (AFP)

People at the Beslan school gymnasium on September 1 commemorate the sixth anniversary of the 2004 hostage-taking. Thousands of mourners lit candles and laid flowers on Wednesday in the southern Russian town as they remembered over 330 people who died in Russia's most shocking hostage tragedy.(AFP/Str)AFP - Thousands of mourners lit candles and laid flowers on Wednesday in this southern Russian town as they remembered over 330 people who died in Russia's most shocking hostage tragedy six years ago.


2010-09-01 07:40

Russian protesters defy Putin warning â

The Christian Science Monitor - Defying a warning from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that anybody trying to stage unsanctioned political rally would be "beaten on the head" by police, hundreds of mainly youthful protesters showed up Tuesday night at Moscow's fenced-off and police-barricaded Triumph Square to demand that Russian authorities honor their constitutional right of free assembly.

2010-09-01 00:35

Summary Box: Lukoil's 2Q profit drops 16 pct (AP)

AP - RESULTS: Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil producer, reported a 16 percent drop in second-quarter profit to $1.9 billion due to a rise in export duties and cost inflation. Higher oil prices lifted sales to $25.8 billion from $20.1 billion a year earlier.

2010-09-01 00:35

Dozens detained at anti-Kremlin rallies (Reuters)

Anti-Kremlin opposition leader Boris Nemtsov (R) talks to a police officer during a rally to mark the anniversary of the 1991 coup in central Moscow, August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Sergei KarpukhinReuters - Russian police detained more than 150 people including prominent opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at anti-Kremlin protests Tuesday, after Putin said demonstrators without permits could expect harsh treatment.


2010-09-01 00:35

3 Russians kidnapped in Darfur freed (AP)

AP - Three Russians abducted by gunmen in Sudan's restive Darfur region were freed by security forces after a clash with their kidnappers, a Sudanese news website reported Tuesday.

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