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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Russia Herald.com http://www.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/723971d98160d438/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:42:37 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:42:37 -0400 30 Georgia's foreign minister called on the UN Security Council Thursday to take action against Russia, alleging it had breached international security by its action in her country. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/400175/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:00:42 -0400 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/400175/cs/1/ Moscow/Paris, Aug 28 (RIA Novosti) European Union (EU) countries are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the Georgia crisis, the French foreign minister said Thursday. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/400087/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:10 -0400 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/400087/cs/1/ Russian tennis player Marat Safin yearns for the quiet life, with no disputes and no hassles as he plays at the US Open. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399916/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:25 -0400 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399916/cs/1/ London, Aug.28 : European leaders like British Foreign Secretary David Miliband have condemned Russia for jeopardizing European security by recognizing Georgia's two breakaway regions -- Abkhazia and South Ossetia. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/400086/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:10 -0400 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/400086/cs/1/ Washington, Aug.28 : The United States, Europe and several of their allies have termed Russia's decision to recommend independence to two Georgian rebel provinces of South and North Ossetia as "shortsighted." http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399959/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:06 -0400 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399959/cs/1/ NATO has reassured Ukraine about its prospects of joining the transatlantic alliance, with both sides condemning Russia's decision to recognise Georgia's breakaway regions. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399831/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:01:28 -0400 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399831/cs/1/ British Foreign Secretary David Miliband warned Russia Wednesday not to start a new Cold War, and suggested the European Union (EU) and NATO should review their relations with Moscow. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399803/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:00:51 -0400 Russia Herald.com http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/399803/cs/1/ Shanghai Cooperation Organization also offered some support for Russia's "active role in promoting peace" following a cease-fire, but overall it appeared to increase http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286225/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:52:42 -0400 Examiner http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286225/ Vimpelcom, Russia's second-largest mobile phone operator, said on Thursday it had signed a distribution deal with Apple Inc. to sell iPhone 3G in Russia. "Vimpelcom announced today it has signed an ag... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286108/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:43:11 -0400 eWeek http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286108/ RFE/RL Russian Service correspondent Kirill Kobrin spoke with Dmitry Travin, deputy editor in chief of the St. Petersburg business weekly "Delo," about the impact of the Georgia war on the R... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284974/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:42:12 -0400 RadioFreeEurope http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284974/ NATO Russian commanders have said they were growingly alarmed at the number of NATO warships sailing into the Black Sea. They said that NATO vessels now outnumbered the ships in their fleet anchored o... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17285547/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:10:25 -0400 IRNA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17285547/ NEW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses U.S. of plotting conflict Putin says U.S. did it to help one of the presidential election candidates Russia fails to win support of Asian security al... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284787/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:40:23 -0400 CNN http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284787/ The views expressed in the articles are not necessarily those of earthtimes.org and we accept no responsibility for the views or opinions expressed in the articles either direct or indirect. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286109/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:51:19 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286109/ BY PATRICK BUTLERReligion EditorA team of seven Texans, including one from Lindale, left Dallas-Ft. Worth airport Wednesday for the former Soviet state of Georgia. The group's goal is setting up "a ma... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286816/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:23:17 -0400 Tyler Morning Telegraph http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286816/ . "Price rises now extend well beyond what can be explained by worldwide increases in food and energy prices and are likely to exceed the authorities' objective by a substantial margin," the IMF wro... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284917/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:56 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284917/ Russia on Thursday tested an inter-continental missile, heightening tensions with the West as France said the European Union could impose sanctions on Moscow over the Georgia conflict. Russia also sou... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286120/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:04:07 -0400 Breitbart http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286120/ President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday conferred with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on issues of mutual interest. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Summit of Shanghai Coope... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286666/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:10:33 -0400 IRNA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286666/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today supported ONGC Videsh Ltd's 1.42 billion pound takeover bid of UK-listed Imperial Energy that has assets in Tomsk region of the western Siberia in Russia. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17285625/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:31:10 -0400 Business Standard http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17285625/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he suspected someone in the United States provoked the conflict in Georgia in an attempt to help a candidate in the U.S. presi... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286813/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:34:19 -0400 Reuters http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286813/ has virtually completed its policy of "ethnic cleansing" in the rebel Georgian region of South Ossetia, Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili said Thursday. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286071/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:48 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286071/ “There are two dates that have changed the world in recent years: Sept. 11, 2001, and Aug. 8, 2008,” Mr. Rogozin said in an interview, explaining that the West has not fully grasped how ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286093/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:07:57 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286093/ The maneuvering came a day after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said his nation was “not afraid of anything, including the prospect of a Cold War.” http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286815/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:02:27 -0400 The Register-Guard http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286815/ when they hold an emergency summit next week on the crisis in "Sanctions are being considered, and many other means" at next Monday's meeting in http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286291/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:59:15 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286291/ Moscow - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of plotting this month's war in Georgia. Putin told CNN the fighting was triggered by politicians in Washington in ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286814/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:51:15 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286814/ (AFP)--Russia Thursday successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to overcome antimissile systems, news agencies reported, citing Russia's strategic nuclear forces. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286076/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:57 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286076/ Russia was dealt a humiliating blow by its own allies today after a specially convened summit in Tajikistan withheld support for the Kremlin’s recognition of the independence of the two breaka... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284727/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:54:30 -0400 The Independent http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17284727/ Foreign ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA and Great Britain said that Russia had violated the territorial integrity in Georgia, as well as the resolution of the UN Security C... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286812/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:46 -0400 Pravda http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286812/ Demands for diplomatic action against Russia over its actions in Georgia, including its recognition of two breakaway regions, continued Thursday with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner saying Eu... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286110/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:51:20 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286110/ . He said he hoped the leaders could "rise above the emotion of the day and consider seriously and without prejudice the prospective of strategic partnership with their important partner, the Russia... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286069/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:55 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286069/ Russia faces diplomatic isolation on Georgia August 28, 2008, 16:30 Russia faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and Franc... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286118/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:02:12 -0400 SABC http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286118/ BRUSSELS, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - NATO denied Thursday accusations by Russia the military alliance is building up its presence in the Black Sea, saying on its website a group of four ships deployed ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286455/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:35 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286455/ (Adds details in paras 6-10) MOSCOW/PARIS, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - EU countries are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the Georgia crisis, the French foreign minister said on Thursday.... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286811/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:31 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286811/ Tbilisi - Georgians on Thursday urged the world to punish Russia, saying that pressure works, as they prepared to bury dozens of dead from the fighting two weeks ago. A mass funeral was planned nea... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286094/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:32:24 -0400 IOL http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286094/ NEW DELHI, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Thursday he would allocate $240 million for rescue and relief operations following floods in northern India. Heavy m... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286809/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:25 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286809/ had no choice but to recognize the independence of two Georgian regions, a statement from the presidency said, but it didn't indicate whether the country would follow suit. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286072/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:58:42 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286072/ Britain does not want to launch an "all-out war" with Russia following the country's decision to recognise two breakaway regions, David Miliband said. The Foreign Secretary said Russia needed to con... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286083/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:02:56 -0400 Ananova http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286083/ MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) -- LUKoil and U.S. energy giant ConocoPhillips have put into operation an oil deposit in northern Russia, the country's leading crude producer said Thursday. The Yuzhno... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286063/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:23 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286063/ ANKARA, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - The Turkish Cypriot leader said Thursday he hoped the Cyprus problem would be resolved by the end of the year. Mehmet Ali Talat spoke at a news conference after ta... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286810/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:21 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286810/ VIENNA, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's foreign minister accused Russia on Thursday of expansionist behavior and urged the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to take ap... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286064/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:19 -0400 Russian Information Agency http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17286064/ August 28, 2008 · Many people in South Ossetia hope their region will eventually rejoin with Russia. Earlier this week, Moscow formally recognized that breakaway region in Georgia as independen... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281237/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:48:02 -0400 NPR http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281237/ The capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, is the setting for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, which opened today gathering together 4 Asian central republics (Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kirgizst... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281127/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:51:12 -0400 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281127/ Russian peacekeepers release one of 12 Georgian soldiers, left, on the Abkhazian-Georgian border, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008. Russian forces have turned over 12 Georgian soldiers on the border of one of ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281120/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:53:40 -0400 Denver Post http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281120/ Georgia Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted Thursday that Britain does not want an "all-out war" with Russia following its intervention in Georgia. "There is no question of launching an all-out ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281222/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:58:37 -0400 IRNA http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281222/ . The 21-year-old Serbian is also fresh off winning the bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics. "I played good tennis today, enough to win," Djokovic said Wednesday. "Hopefully I ca... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281911/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:43 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281911/ (AFP)--The next round of European Union-Russia negotiations on a new strategic partnership pact are still due to take place in mid-September despite flaring tensions, the European Commission said Th... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281187/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:34 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281187/ DUSHANBE: Discussions in the European Union about imposing sanctions on Russia are the product of a "sick imagination" and Western confusion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281246/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:29:23 -0400 Times of India http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281246/ Paris - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Thursday said European nations were considering imposing sanctions against Russia as a result of its actions in Georgia. Addressing journalists thre... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281205/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:38:40 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281205/ used military force only in response to a Georgian attack against South Ossetia, where tens of thousands of Russian citizens live. Medvedev described the "united position" of the SCO members as a "se... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281080/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:45:11 -0400 Morning Star http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281080/ Vienna - Georgia's foreign minister called on the UN Security Council on Thursday to take action against Russia, alleging it had breached international security by its action in her country. At a spec... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281242/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:38:56 -0400 Earth Times http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281242/ Russia is facing diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia. It comes after Asian allies failed to offer support to Moscow and France said EU leaders were considering imposing sanc... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281219/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:50:05 -0400 RTE http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281219/ Russia should not have recognised the rebel Georgian regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia, says Eduard Schevardnadze, who was the face of Moscow to the outside world before the fall of the Soviet Union ... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281255/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:49:40 -0400 Radio Netherlands http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281255/ Share/Embed ' }, 'v4361082': {videoId: '4361082', flashId: '9zxTOhfJ_C38qdYZBNiImfoA_pw8LWN2', videoImage: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/CBS_Production_News/789/490/UTTM_Gielan_McCausland0818_244x183.... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17280916/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:13:39 -0400 CBS News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17280916/ residents of Georgia's breakaway regions Eduard Kokoity of South Ossetia (C) and Sergei Bagapsh of Abkhazia (L) shake hands inside the Russian Duma, lower house of parliament, in Moscow http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281253/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:42:38 -0400 The Independent http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281253/ With a flurry of visits and comments in the Moscow media about renewed relations, experts say Russia looks like it could be trying to warm up to Cuba with a single purpose in mind: to rattle Washingto... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281154/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:45:51 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281154/ How do Russians feel about the conflict in the Caucasus? State-run and independent pollsters alike say as many as two-thirds of Russians support the Kremlin's recent actions in Georgia, and that Tbili... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281914/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:26:46 -0400 RadioFreeEurope http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281914/ Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia pleaded with Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev to end the confrontation between the two countries and not recognize South Ossetia's independence. http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281241/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:51:16 -0400 Spero News http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281241/ Against its best intentions, the United States is pushing the Kremlin to take the harshest possible steps in defense of its perceived interests. The recent crisis in the Caucasus may be a prelude to a... http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281238/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:26:41 -0400 RadioFreeEurope http://story.russiaherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/723971d98160d438/id/17281238/