| September 2008 |
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Moscow police have dispersed a public rally in support of the TV channel that airs the U.S. South Park cartoons in Russia, and detained its organizer, a police source said on Monday. 
Russia's president appointed Anatoly Chubais, former head of the now nonexistent electricity monopoly, as head of the State Nanotechnology Corporation, the Kremlin said Monday. 
Moscow hopes that the United States and Canada will take part in the preparation of a new European security treaty, the Russian foreign minister said on Monday. 
Disregarding Serbian objections to the new head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo erodes the legitimacy of the mission, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday. 
Russia's envoy to NATO dismissed on Monday the military alliance's plans to create a rapid-response force to be deployed in member states that feel threatened by Moscow. 
Russia's top negotiator for the country's accession to the World Trade Organization said Monday that Russia should press ahead with negotiations and not postpone its entry into the world trade club. 
Russia's president appointed Anatoly Chubais, former head of the now nonexistent electricity monopoly, as head of the State Nanotechnology Corporation, the Kremlin said Monday. 
Russian strategic bombers will conduct practice launches of various types of missiles on October 6-12 during large-scale Russia-Belarus military exercises which started Monday, the Air Force commander said. 
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to hold some 50 bilateral meetings during the annual UN General Assembly session, currently underway in New York, a deputy foreign minister said on Monday. 
NPO Saturn, a leading Russian engine-maker, is to start a second round of in-flight tests of the SaM-146 engine for the new SuperJet-100 regional airliner, the company said Monday. 
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov's investment vehicle Onexim Group has paid $500 million for a 50% stake in leading Russian investment bank Renaissance Capital, Onexim said on Monday. 



