SCO foreign ministers draft summit agenda - Lavrov.
DUSHANBE, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - Foreign ministers of the ShanghaiCooperation Organization'scontries have drafted documents and agenda of the upcoming SCO summit due in Dushanbe on August 28, Russia
US companies seek cooperation with Rosnanotech-Melamed.
NEW YORK, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - American companies have "displayed an interest" in cooperating with the state-run nanotechnology corporation - Rosnanotech, however, "no concrete applications have b
Medvedev urges attracting scientific personnel into Russia.
MOSCOW, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for working out of a system of measures for the attraction into Russia of leading scientific personnel.
Earthquake of 4,2 points rocks Kamchatka, no casualties.
PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - There has been anearthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 points on the Richter scale near the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Gas pipeline explodes at railway in Volgograd reg, traffic stopped
VOLGOGRAD, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - There was a gas pipeline explosion in the Novonikolayevsky district of the Volgograd region near a railway. The train traffic was stopped due to the incident.
Armenia govt to return to normal country political life-speaker.
YEREVAN, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - The Armenian authorities are full of determination to eliminate the aftermath of the March events in Yerevan and return the country's political life to the normal cou
CSTO officials to discuss coalition cooperation issues
MOSCOW, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - Representatives of countries member of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) at the level of the deputy foreign, defence, finance ministers and secretarie
Gazprom board meeting in Oct to decide on coop with Ukraine-Zubkov
KRASNODAR, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom at a meeting of its board of directors in October will make a number of decisions on "issues of cooperation with Ukraine and Bela
Russia FM to discuss in Dushanbe preparations for SCO summit
DUSHANBE, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will discuss in Dushanbe on Friday preparations for a meeting of the Council of the Heads of States of the Shanghai Cooperatio
President Medvedev acknowledges deficit of high-rank officials in
MOSCOW, July 25 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has acknowledged this country has a huge problem with choosing candidates for high governmental and even gubernatorial positions.
