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New Delhi, Nov.10 : Russia stands with India in combating terrorism and backs India's proposal of Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism , said Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation S.S. Sobyanin here on Tuesday.

A provincial policeman's emotional YouTube appeal to Vladimir Putin for an end to police corruption has become an internet hit.

Kazakhstan, Astana, Nov. 10 / corr. Trend News K.Konirova /

Four Russian citizens were found among the dead in a huge fire in Astana. The victims of fire in the industrial technological complex of vegetable storage of industrial park are O.Sharafutdinov, 41, E.Denisov, 21, R.Safiullin, 42, and V.Solovyev, 56, the Kazakh Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 6 / Trend Capital E.Ismayilov /

The "Fili" ship was rescued by Azerbaijani experts after suffering a disaster in the Caspian Sea. The vessel is undergoing repairs at a local shipyard, a Azerbaijani State Maritime Administration source said today. The ship's owner Vagn Shipping already paid for the repairs.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 10 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is likely to discuss the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict zone with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and French President Nicolas Sarkozy today. The sides will discuss Russian provocations and the kidnapping of four Georgian teenagers, Saakashvili said at a meeting with the Christian-Democrats parliamentary faction.

Kazakh border guards have detained six Russian nationals for border violations, the Central Asian state's National Security Committee said Tuesday, RIA Novosti reported.

Trend News European Desk Commentator Elmira Tariverdiyeva

Recent changes in the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus have led to a dangerous trend for the region - and sharply exacerbated Armenians' feelings of a homeland around the world.

Vitaly Ginzburg, a Nobel Prize-winning Russian physicist and one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb, has died in Moscow. He was 93, AP reported.

The realization of the governmental policy, which will provide favorable conditions for existence and development of the domestic grain production, which the basis of the agro industrial complex of the country, is main task of the state regulation of the market of grains.

Russia's Gazprom saw its earnings halved in the first six months of the year due to lower natural gas prices and sinking demand in Europe, while overall debt jumped nearly a third, the company reported Monday, Nov.

Russia's Constitutional Court is deliberating on whether to restore the death penalty after a 13-year moratorium on executions expires in less than two months.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 9 /Trend News, N.Kirtskhalia/

Georgians in France will hold a rally in Paris during Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's arrival to the city. The diaspora minister reported that the rally will take place at 5:00 p.m. Paris time Nov. 27.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 9 /Trend News, F.Huseynli/

Azerbaijani Grand Masters will take part in the world championship for blitz chess to be held in Moscow on Nov. 16-18.

Georgia, Tbilisi, Nov. 9 / Trend News N.Kirtzkhalia /

The Ossetian separatists today will decide the fate of four kidnapped Georgian teenagers.

Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday as a man who had brought 'certain hopes' to the country, Reuters reported.

Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear program, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told German weekly magazine Der Spiegel in an interview.

A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday, the Defense Ministry said, Reuters reported.

According to Cellular News, Yota , the Russian WiMax provider, disclosed that it has arrived at the operational breakeven point in only 5 months after the launch of the WiMax network in Moscow and St Petersburg.

's interior minister has ordered a report to be drawn up for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin after a senior provincial police officer posted a video alleging chronic corruption in his force.

The death toll of A/H1N1 flu in Russia has climbed to 10, said the country's consumer rights watchdog on Tuesday.