MOSCOW, September 7 (RIA Novosti) - The Council of Europe"s commissioner for human rights, who arrived with an official visit to Russia last week, is heading on Monday to Russia"s North Caucasus republics of Chechnya and Ingushetia.
MOSCOW. (Andrei Fedyashin, RIA Novosti political commentator) - Russian sources in Geneva expect the new START Treaty to be ready by February 27. The two countries have been trying since last May to find a mutually acceptable arrangement to legally document a limit on the number of U.S. and Russian nuclear delivery vehicles and warheads.
Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who fled the capital Bishkek amid violent opposition protests, will soon address the nation, the Kyrgyz ambassador to Russia said Thursday.