CARACAS, May 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov began his
visit to Venezuela with a helicopter flight over its capital of Caracas on
Wednesday.

KAZAN, May 6 (Itar-Tass) -- A new oil refinery in Tatarstan will be
commissioned this autumn, the republic's President Rustam Minnikhanov said.

CARACAS, May 6 (Itar-Tass) -- Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov began his
visit to Venezuela with a helicopter flight over its capital of Caracas on Wednesday.

CARACAS, May 6 (Itar-Tass) -- The purpose of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's visit to Venezuela that began on Wednesday is to develop bilateral cooperation in the field of housing construction, primari

HARBIN, May 5 (Itar-Tass) -- A ceremony to commemorate WWII heroes -
Soviet pilots from the Baikal region, has been held in the Chinese city of

VLADIVOSTOK, May 5 (Itar-Tass) -- An agreement on friendly ties and
cooperation between the administration of the Primorye territory and Japan'

BEIJING, May 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to
Moscow on May 8 through 9 will encourage further development of strategic

MINSK, May 5 (Itar-Tass) - The Belarussian Prosecutor General's Office
believes it is premature to speak about any legal action related to a

MOSCOW, May 5 (Itar-Tass) - General Nikolai Makarov, the chief of the
Russian Armed Forces general staff, will take part in a regular meeting of

TEL - AVIV, May 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Veterans of the Great Patriotic War
who are activists of Israeli veteran organizations on Tuesday received