G-8 summit assumes Russian agenda
The G-8 Kananaskis Summit has brought Russia surprisingly favorable and promising results. Both the allocation by the leading world countries of $20 billion for the elimination of Soviet weapons of mass destruction and the decision to hold the G-8 2006 summit in Russia were quite unexpected, because they actually made the meeting assume a "Russian" agenda instead of the planned "African" one.
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General Musharraf's soldiers fight Chechens from Al-Qaeda
Two remarkable events occurred on Thursday in the history of the Pakistani army. Government troops suffered their first casualties in the fight against international terrorism (10 soldiers were killed). Moreover, Pakistani forces encountered for the first time a "non-traditional" enemy - Chechen warriors.
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Historian Dr. Vladelen Sirotkin claims on Izvestiya website forum that Anastasia Romanova is still alive
Historian Dr. Vladelen Sirotkin has claimed on Russian daily "Izvestiya's" website forum that Anastasia Romanova is still living. He maintains that genetics experts have carried out 22 specialized studies. Moreover, photograph specialists conducted comparative expertise studies of young Anastasia and the elderly woman in question, and handwriting analyses were carried out.
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American praise of Russia's investment climate no more than a polite gesture
Russia is eagerly looking to the United States for investment, but American capital is in no hurry to respond. Even the fact that Russia has acquired the status of a country with a market economy has not changed the situation.
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