News Source: Press TV
| 4 months ago
The clash occurred during a security operation in the Shalinsky district of Chechnya on Tuesday, when up to 15 gunmen ambushed the Russians, killing two soldiers and two police officers. Six others were also wounded in the attack, Ria Novosti...
News Source: Kiev Post
| 4 months ago
Militants in Russia's restive south fatally shot five law enforcement personnel in separate attacks, authorities said Wednesday. Two police officers and two elite troops were killed in Chechnya late Tuesday when police engaged in an hour-long...
News Source: Turkish Daily News
| 4 months ago
Two Russian soldiers and two police officers were killed in a gun battle with rebel fighters in Chechnya, officials said Wednesday, in the latest violence in Russia's restive southern Caucasus. Up to 15 rebel fighters were involved in the ambush late...
News Source: Zee News
| 4 months ago
Russia forecasts 10.2% contraction in 1st half Moscow: The Russian government expects the economy to shrink by 10.2 per cent in the first half of 2009 and 6.8 per cent in the second ahead of a turnaround in 2010, news agencies reported on Monday.
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 4 months ago
News agencies say Russia has successfully tested its second submarine-launched ballistic missile in as many days. RIA-Novosti and Interfax quote the head of Russia's joint chief of staff as saying a Sineva-type missile was fired Tuesday from the...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 4 months ago
It was our first visit to the new state, which appeared as an independent country nearly a year ago. It happened after an act of rude aggression on the part of the Georgian regime,” Itar-Tass news agency quoted Medvedev as saying. “The Georgian...