When Chechnya's polling stations closed on 27 November, no noticeable incidents had been reported despite fears that separatist forces would try to disrupt the process.
27 November 2005 -- Voting is over in Chechnya's first parliamentary elections in nearly nine years, with no initial reports of major violence but a controversy erupting over unofficial turnout figures.
27 November 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Voters in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Chechnya today go to the polls to elect a new bicameral parliament.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (file photo) (epa) As six-country talks on North Korea's highly controversial nuclear program continue, it is perhaps understandable that a contretemps between Washington and Pyongyang with considerably lower stakes has grabbed few headlines. But years of investigation recently resulted in a formal accusation by the United States that the government of North Korea counterfeits $100 bills, or "supernotes," as they are sometimes known.
China has offered Russia apologies for the chemical spill that will soon flow into Russian rivers in eastern Siberia.
Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli (file photo) (AFP) 26 November 2005 -- Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli has said that Tbilisi will set additional conditions prior to giving its consent to Russia's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO).
25 November 2005 -- <font size="2">The UN says it is ready to help China and Russia assess the damage from a toxic chemical slick that threatens millions of people in both countries.</font>
Sergei Mironov, the chairman of the Russian Federation Council, appeared recently on Radio Liberty's "Face to Face" program. Here's what he had to say.
25 November 2005 -- Russia has said it will stop selling energy at subsidized prices to some Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) members and charge them at world rates.
Every country has different ways of fighting juvenile drug and substance abuse. But Russia probably has the most impressive -- a grisly exhibition showing children the effects of drugs on the human body.
If Russian President Vladimir Putin is to be believed, today's Chechen elections provide proof that the war against the Chechen resistance is truly over.
25 November 2005 -- Poland today followed through on a promise to open secret files of the Warsaw Pact.
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