Pyongyang Ambassador Summoned
By Nabi Abdullaev 6 July 2006
North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a barrage of missiles, prompting an international furor and the Foreign Ministry to summon North Korea's ambassador in protest.
Vladimir Filonov / MT
Two commuters entering the Dynamo metro. Clear skies and a high of 22 degrees Celsius are expected Thursday.
Chaika Sacks 6 of His Deputies
By Oksana Yablokova and Nabi Abdullaev
6 July 2006
New Prosecutor General Yury Chaika fired the chief military prosecutor and five deputy prosecutors Wednesday in an overhaul of the Prosecutor General's Office that removes several officials linked to incompetence or corruption.
Gazprom's Export Monopoly Cemented
By Stephen Boykewich 6 July 2006
The State Duma overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday formalizing Gazprom's monopoly over gas exports, defying EU calls for liberalization on the eve of the Group of Eight summit.
Steelmaker Cancels Placement of Shares
By Yuriy Humber 6 July 2006
Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel, or MMK, delayed indefinitely its first-ever offer of shares to investors just hours before a Wednesday placement, blaming a slump in emerging markets.
Aeroflot Rebuffs Smuggling Allegations
By Conor Humphries 6 July 2006
Flagship carrier Aeroflot on Wednesday dismissed as hearsay allegations that its staff members had been involved in the organized smuggling of counterfeit DVDs into the United States.
Grain Exports to Plunge Due to Weather
By Anna Smolchenko 6 July 2006
Russian grain exports are set to plunge this year because of a lower harvest due to drought in the country's south and heavy rainfall in Siberia, Agriculture Minister Alexei Gordeyev said Wednesday.
Celebrity CEO Brings Color to Russian Faces
By Rebecca Hewitt
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Special to MT
6 July 2006
For hundreds of thousands of people across Russia and the former Soviet Union, the person they credit with giving them the power to take control of their lives is not Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin but a tall Swede with an uncanny resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Putin Wags a Finger at Europe
By Oksana Yablokova 6 July 2006
Putin on Wednesday took issue with Britain for granting asylum to a senior Chechen rebel and scolded Europeans for ignoring neo-Nazi marches and violations of the rights of ethnic Russians in Baltic countries.
Not All Among the Chosen
By Felix Corley and Geraldine Fagan
6 July 2006
Something quite mundane seems to have helped one religious community bring together an illustrious assortment of the big international names in the area of religion: oil.
Small Talk, Big Problem
By Masha Gessen
6 July 2006
Making my way through the giant, packed backyard of the American ambassador's residence the other day -- during the U.S. Independence Day reception, when, it seemed, most of Moscow was there -- I glimpsed an old acquaintance.
Lost Without Commands
By Georgy Bovt
6 July 2006
When two little girls disappeared in Belgium recently, the entire country followed the story on the front pages of newspapers and leading every television newscast.
Better Early Than Never to Strike a Europe Deal
Vedomosti
6 July 2006
European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso has said the European Union would consider a free-trade agreement with Russia after Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization.
Big-Top Tchaikovsky
By Anna Malpas
30 June 2006
An unorthodox circus show staged by a Golden Mask-winning director retells "The Nutcracker" with high-tech special effects and rock music.
Echoes of the Past
By Brian Droitcour
30 June 2006
Historian Karl Schlögel explores the multiple layers of Moscow architecture in his newly translated book.
Coming of Age
By Irina Reyn
30 June 2006
Pauls Toutonghi's first novel maps the political and sexual awakening of a Latvian-American teenager in Milwaukee against the backdrop of the Soviet Union's final days.
A Delicate Balancing Act
By Edmund Harris
30 June 2006
For years, the Moscow Conservatory has been in dire need of renovation. But can it be saved without ruining its acclaimed acoustics and historic character?
An Affair to Remember
By Tom Birchenough
30 June 2006
In "Relations," debut director Dunya Smirnova tells the story of two ordinary Russians trying to cover up their extramarital relationship.
Wanted
By Kevin O'Flynn
30 June 2006
Reindeer horns are said to be pulsing with different vitamins, collagen and fatty acids, as as if they'd been designed to put the vitamin industry out of business.
Global Eye
By Chris Floyd
30 June 2006
Suskind paints a portrait of an administration drunk on lawless power, a junta operated from the shadows by Dick Cheney and his long-time companion in skulduggery, Don Rumsfeld.
