Georgia is ready to sign an agreement on the non-use of force in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This was announced on Wednesday by Deputy Foreign Minister Giorgi Bokeria during regular consultations on security and stability in the Caucasus, which are taking place... Georgia is ready to sign an agreement on the non-use of force in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The UN commission formed to investigate the circumstances of the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto began work on July 1, reports http://lenta.ru/news/2009/07/01/bhutto/ with reference to BBC News. As previously announced... The UN commission, formed to investigate the circumstances of the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, began work on July 1, Lenta.ru reports with reference to BBC News .

In the Ingush city of Karabulak on Wednesday afternoon, unidentified people fired at a car carrying police officers. As the Interfax-South agency was informed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, at about 16:00 Moscow time, unidentified persons were on Oskanov Street ...

Valery Tishkov, Head of the History Section of the Department of Historical and Philological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, asked relevant academic institutions for information on organizations and individuals who allow falsification of history to the detriment of Russia's interests....

The chairman of the Harmony Center party, 33-year-old Nil Ushakov, was elected mayor of Riga. According to RIA Novosti, this decision was made at the first meeting of the City Duma of the new convocation. Ushakov is the first representative of the Russian-speaking population... The chairman of the Harmony Center party, 33-year-old Nil Ushakov, was elected mayor of Riga. According to RIA Novosti , such a decision was made at the first meeting of the City Duma of the new convocation.

The governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev, visited the first gambling establishment in Azov City on July 1 and played roulette there, RIA Novosti reports. Tkachev bet on "23 red", but lost. The agency clarifies that the first institution... The governor of the Krasnodar Territory, Alexander Tkachev, visited the first gambling establishment in Azov City on July 1 and played roulette there, RIA Novosti reports . Tkachev bet on "23 red", but lost.

The Moscow City Court recognized as lawful the arrest of former police officer Roman Zhirov, who knocked down a pregnant woman to death in Moscow. According to Interfax, in this way the court refused to satisfy the complaint of Zhirov's defense, which asked to recognize the arrest ... The Moscow City Court recognized as lawful the arrest of former police officer Roman Zhirov, who knocked down a pregnant woman to death in Moscow.

The bodies of two deceased officers of this service were found in the building of the drug control department of the Western Administrative District of Moscow on Wednesday morning. They died at the workplace, presumably due to a drug overdose, Interfax reported...

As informed sources told Interfax, the head of the NATO Information Office in Moscow, Canadian diplomat Isabelle Francois, was deprived of accreditation in response to a similar step against two employees of the Russian permanent mission under ...

People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Zykina died at the age of 81 on Wednesday from cardiac arrest, Ksenia Rubtsova, director of the House of Lyudmila Zykina, told RIA Novosti. “Lyudmila Georgievna passed away an hour ago. She died in the hospital. IN... People's Artist of the USSR Lyudmila Zykina died at the age of 81 on Wednesday from cardiac arrest, told RIA Novosti Ksenia Rubtsova, director of the House of Lyudmila Zykina, . “Lyudmila Georgievna passed away an hour ago.

The terrorist who attempted to assassinate the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, was a man, Vladimir Markin, official representative of the UPC RF, told Interfax. He said that according to the results of the examination, it was established that the biological remains ...

In the basement of the building of the Drug Control Department for the Western District of Moscow, the bodies of two detectives of this unit were found, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the law enforcement agencies of the capital. They noted that "the bodies of two operatives ...

One of the norms of the legislation of the Russian Federation, which provides for a simplified procedure for obtaining Russian citizenship, ceases to be valid on Wednesday, July 1. As the head of the Citizenship Department of the Federal Migration Service of Russia, Mikhail Utyatsky, told Interfax, ...

Law enforcement agencies canceled the decision to initiate a criminal case against the vice-governor of Primorye Pavel Popov, who had previously been accused of abuse of office, a RIA Novosti source in law enforcement said. Law enforcement agencies canceled the decision to initiate a criminal case against the vice-governor of Primorye Pavel Popov, who was previously accused of abuse of office, a source told RIA Novosti .

In Vladivostok, a crane operator cut off power to a whole block of the city, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of the press service of the Primorskiye Electric Networks company. The incident occurred at 3:12 p.m. local time (8:12 a.m.... In Vladivostok, a crane operator cut off power to a whole block of the city, RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of the press service of the Primorskiye Electric Networks company.