Russian court authorities on Friday closed two disco bars and a cafe at the leased Cosmodrome Baikonur complex in Kazakhstan in line with a nationwide safety campaign launched after a disastrous fire in a Urals night club.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated Abkhazia"s president, Sergei Bagapsh, on his reelection, the Kremlin said on Monday.
NOVOROSSIISK, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - The Arctic Sea merchant vessel, recently freed from hijackers by a Russian missile frigate, is being towed by a tugboat to the south Russian port of Novorossiisk, a port official said on Monday.