MOSCOW, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - An Airzena Georgian Airways plane will
fly to Russia on Friday, for the first time in the past 18 months, a

TEL AVIV, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has
pardoned Russian woman Izabella Belfar, 71, convicted for abetting the

MINSK, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - The Orthodox Christians of Belarus, who
account for some 80 percent of the republic's population, celebrated

MOSCOW, January 7 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom
confirmed on Thursday that Ukraine's Naftogaz Ukrainy company had fully

MOSCOW, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russia celebrated Christmas on
Thursday. Some 5,000 people attended the divine service at the Christ the

PYONGYANG, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il
continued his tour of industrial facilities on Thursday, reported the

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - Mayor of the town of
Vilyuchinsk on the Kamchatka peninsula Alexander Markman, charged with

TVER, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - The 2nd reactor at the Kalinin nuclear
power plant was brought out of cold standby at 17:07, Moscow time, on

MOSCOW, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Minister of Culture Alexander
Avdeyev said the upcoming transfer of facilities into the ownership of

VLADIKAVKAZ, January 8 (Itar-Tass) - The Transcaucasian highway has
been partially opened to traffic since Thursday evening, the spokeswoman