MOSCOW, July 17 (Itar-Tass) -- An operation to lift the sunken
Bulgaria cruise ship from under water may begin on Sunday, Deputy
Transport Minister Viktor Olersky told Itar-Tass.

MOSCOW, July 17 (Itar-Tass) -- Rescuers have established audio contact
with the three coal miners who have been buried in a mine in Russia's

WOLFSBURG, Germany, July 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The 11th plenary session of
the Russian-German public forum Petersburg Dialogue opens in Wolfsburg,

BAIKONUR, July 16 (Itar-Tass) - Russian rocket Proton-M launched from
Baikonur overnight has successfully carried the KazSat-2 satellite for
Kazakhstan to the planned orbit.

MOSCOW, July 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Two cranes are expected to reach the
scene of the Bulgaria wreck on Saturday morning - the Moguchy floating

    MOSCOW, July 16 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia's major Internet search engine
Yandex is not planning to delete from search results references to pirate
productions.

BISHKEK, July 15 (Itar-Tass) - Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almazbek
Atambayev plans to decide on whether he will run for the presidential seat
or not in August.

BISHKEK, July 15 (Itar-Tass) - Kyrgyzstan has restricted petrol sales
for motorists.
On Friday, Gazpromneft-Azia was instructed to sell no more than 15

BEIJING, July 14 (Itar-Tass) - According to official data of late
2010, in Russia there are 21,000 Chinese workers, mostly employed in the

BEIJING, July 14 (Itar-Tass) - The Russia-China treaty of good
neighbourhood, friendship and cooperation, which was signed ten years ago,