YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Spanish police in Palma de
Mallorca beat up and detained three Russian yachtsmen participating in the

DONETSK, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Patriarch Kirill said on
Thursday the politically-motivated split in Ukrainian Orthodox Church

BISHKEK, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- The informal summit of the Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), which unites seven former Soviet

SEVAN, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Armenia rejects Turkish preconditions
linking normalization of bilateral relations to the settlement of

DUSHANBE, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Tajikistan on Thursday
agreed to jointly operate the Sangtudin hydro power plant, but the issue

DUSHANBE, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia has no claims to Tajikistan
regarding the use of Russian language in the Central Asian republic, where

KHABAROVSK, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin arrived in Khabarovsk on Friday to discuss economic development of

GEORGIYEVKA (Khabarovsk region), July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin, who attended the construction commencement ceremony of the

GEORGIYEVKA (Khabarovsk region), July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- Gazprom
outlined its plans to develop new fields in the eastern part of the

VIENNA, July 31 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian ambassador to the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Thursday the