DUSHANBE, July 20 (Itar-Tass) -- A strong earthquake rocked residents
of several regions in Tajikistan at midnight on Wednesday. The earthquake

BEIJING, July 20 (Itar-Tass) -- China opened officially its part of
the Bolshoi Ussuriisky Island on the Amur River for tourist trips. The

ST PETERSBURG, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The Symphony Orchestra of St
Petersburg Cappella leaves for Germany on Wednesday for a guest tour under

MOSCOW, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sergei Lavrov leaves here for Indonesia on Wednesday to take part in

VOLGOGRAD, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - First Vice-Premier Viktor Zubkov will
make a working trip to Volgograd Region, where he will take a final

SAMARA, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The AVTOVAZ car factory, a major
automaker of Russia, marks its 45th jubilee on Wednesday. July 20, 1966,

VORONEZH, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - A set of bells, recreated for
installation in the bell tower of the Kronstadt Nautical Cathedral, have

KHABAROVSK, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - The Republic of Yakutia in the Far
East remains a problem area from the viewpoint of efforts to grapple with

MOSCOW, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All
Russia is to arrive in Saransk, the capital of the Republic of Mordovia,

MOSCOW, July 20 (Itar-Tass) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will chair
a regular meeting of the Governmental Commission for Control over Foreign