| January 2010 |
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Two tawny owls died in a vandal fire in an aviary in southwest Moscow last night, a spokeswoman for the Vorobyevy Gory nature reserve said on Friday
The president of the European Parliament urged the Russian authorities on Friday to release a prominent Russian human rights activist arrested for an attempt to hold an unsanctioned protest in downtown Moscow
Belarus has made an advance payment for 1.126 metric tons of Russian oil for January, a spokesman for Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim said on Friday
Two Russian tugboats approached on Friday the Cambodia-flagged cargo ship with 24 Russians on board, which has been stranded in the Sea of Japan, a local sea rescue center official said.
The U.S. is concerned by the detention of human rights activists, who gathered for an unsanctioned rally in downtown Moscow, a spokesman for the National Security Council said on Friday.
The death toll in the December 5 deadly blaze at a nightclub in the Urals city of Perm has risen to 153, the regional emergencies service said in a statement on Friday.
About 150,000 Muscovites and guests of the Russian capital took part in New Year's celebration on Moscow's Red Square and surrounding areas



