DUSHANBE, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon called three priority tasks, facing the country's government in near perspective: energy and food security and the country's pull

KHABAROVSK, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Far East and Siberia are among the most important strategic priorities of the state's regional policy.

ASTANA, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - According to immediate reports, ten people were killed and three were hospitalised in a moderately grave

MOSCOW, September 9 (Itar-Tass) - The State Duma lower house of Russia'
s parliament on Wednesday will open to the strains of the national anthem

BISHKEK, September 9 (Itar-Tass) - Chairmen of the Supreme Courts of
the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will

MOSCOW, September 9 (Itar-Tass) - The board of directors of RusHydro
on Wednesday intends to approve the scheme of financing of restoration

MOSCOW, September 9 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday will hold a meeting on economic matters in order to work out the strategy of overcoming the current crisis by the co

TBILISI, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - An earthquake rocked Georgia at
abouot 02:41 local time Tuesday. Earth jolts were felt in the capital of

HAVANA, September 8 (Itar-Tass) - Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, sets out on his first-ever official visit to Russia.

MOSCOW, September 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Afghanistan's armed forces are not ready fully to assume responsibility for the country's security, Russian ambassador to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said in a live