27 May 2004 -- U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham and Russian nuclear chief Aleksandr Rumyantsev today signed a deal on the removal of uranium fuel from Soviet-built nuclear reactors.
27 May 2004 -- Chechen officials say suspected Chechen rebels launched grenades at a government building in the capital Grozny today.
Mikhail Khodorkovskii (file photo) 26 May 2004 -- A Russian court today ordered Mikhail Khodorkovskii, the former head of oil giant Yukos, to remain in custody.
Kuchma: Our goal is a full-scale, free-trade zone One of the strongest criticisms leveled at efforts by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan to more closely integrate their economies is that this will only separate them further from the world economy. Critics -- particularly in Ukraine -- decry what they see as mainly a Russia-led effort to exert control. They say Ukraine's greater economic goals -- such as joining the World Trade Organization -- could even be imperiled.
Prague, 26 May 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to build a modern, prosperous country in his annual address to the Federal Assembly. Today's address to a joint session of parliament was Putin's first since he won a second term in March.
Prague, 26 May 2004 (RFE/RL) -- Much of the commentary in leading dailies today discusses U.S. President George W. Bush's 24 May speech, in which he set out a five-point plan for establishing security and fostering the creation of a representative government in Iraq. While some laud the U.S. president for publicly addressing some of the unresolved issues in his Iraq policy, others contend that Bush failed to suggest any new strategies or clearly lay out how he planned to achieve his stated goal of a democratic Iraq. The fall from grace of erstwhile U.S. ally Ahmad Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress, a former emigre opposition group, is also the subject of much press interest, as many observers question why Washington has seen fit to condone an investigation into Chalabi's affairs at this time. We also take a look at the progress of the Single Economic Space agreed between Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus.
26 May 2004 -- U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham says that Russia, the United States, and the UN nuclear watchdog have agreed to cooperate on a program to safeguard nuclear materials.
26 May 2004 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the Russian public today, laying out his plans for his second term as president and concentrating primarily on the Russian economy in a nationally televised speech.
Question: What event of last July continues to have reverberations in Russian political life? A) The arrest of Menatep Chairman Platon Lebedev; B) The ending of the transition period for full implementation of the law on political parties; C) Oligarch and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Governor Roman Abramovich's purchase of Britain's Chelsea soccer club for $233 million; or D) All of the above.
25 May 2004 -- The head of Russia's Atomic Energy Agency, Aleksandr Rumyantsev, says that Russia and Iran will complete a pact this summer requiring Iran to return all spent fuel from a new nuclear reactor to Russia.
Mutual steps to improve steps between Tbilisi and Moscow have been an increasing strain on the hundreds of Chechen refugees who have found shelter in Georgia since the start of Russia's second North Caucasus military campaign in 1999. As a court sentencing yesterday indicates, Georgia appears increasingly willing to crack down on Chechens alleged to be separatist fighters.
25 May 2004 -- International leaders today gave a wary welcome to a U.S.-U.K. draft for a new UN Security Council resolution to formally end the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq.
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