- 21:32 11/01/2007
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Prosecutors in France confirmed Thursday that Russian metals tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov and several of his compatriots are being held in custody over alleged involvement in prostitution-related activities.
- 20:33 11/01/2007
Alexei Frenkel, a former banker who was detained Thursday, is suspected of ordering the murder of a Central Bank executive last fall, his lawyer said.
- 19:51 11/01/2007
Moscow and the rest of Central Russia are experiencing unusually warm weather, with temperatures well above zero and an absence of snow.
- 19:17 11/01/2007
A person suspected of ordering the murder of Andrei Kozlov, a high-ranking Russian Central Bank official killed in September 2006, has been arrested, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Thursday.
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Moscow and the rest of Central Russia are experiencing an unprecedented European-like winter, with temperatures well above zero and an absence of snow.
- 17:59 11/01/2007
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Russia's president Thursday harshly criticized the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, which marked its fifth anniversary today. Located in the southwest Cuba, the camp has been used to hold and interrogate suspected terrorists captured in a Washington-led global antiterrorism campaign.
- 16:57 11/01/2007
Prosecutors in France confirmed Thursday that Russian metals tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov and several of his compatriots are being held in custody over alleged involvement in prostitution-related activities.
- 15:53 11/01/2007
Three militants have been killed in a 14-hour police operation that ended Thursday in Dagestan in Russia's North Caucasus, a deputy Russian interior minister said.
- 15:43 11/01/2007
Russia's president called Thursday for more active measures to counter nationalism, xenophobia, and religious and racial intolerance, which he said not only violate human rights but also threaten national stability and security.
- 15:36 11/01/2007
On Wednesday night, the Russian Embassy in Iraq was fired on twice, Mikhail Kamynin said. No injuries were reported.
- 15:17 11/01/2007
Estonia's president has approved a law adopted Wednesday by the country's parliament on the demolition of Soviet war memorials, Toomas Hendrik Ilves's chancellery said Thursday.
- 15:08 11/01/2007
Eighteen Russian and Ukrainian fishermen detained for allegedly fishing in Georgia's territorial waters off the coast of Abkhazia could face a court hearing as early as Saturday, a Russian diplomat said Thursday.
