TBILISI. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – Citizens of any countries, including Russia, who have visited Abkhazia and South Ossetia without informing the authorities in Tbilisi of their …

BAKU. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – The Turkish-Armenian border will not be opened even temporarily for Turkish forces to take part in NATO drills due in Armenia …

MOSCOW. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – President of the Foundation for Effective Politics (FEP) Gleb Pavlovsky has suggested re-writing the police bill to prioritize restoration of public …

MOSCOW. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – Two local residents were killed in a drive-by attack in the town of Kizilyurt in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, …

MOSCOW. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – A suspected militant has been detained in Ingushetia’s Malgobek district, a law enforcement source told Interfax on Friday. Police detained an …

MOSCOW. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – A police officer has been detained in Moscow on suspicion of accepting a huge cash bribe, a law enforcement source told …

BISHKEK. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – Kyrgyz anti-drug officials along with their CIS counterparts uncovered 88 drug-related crimes in the first half of 2010, the Kyrgyz Interior …

CHELYABINSK. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – The Leninsky District Court in Chelyabinsk has issued a guilty verdict against two natives of Tajikistan, who attempted to sell about …

ROSTOV-ON-DON. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – Head of Dagestan’s Khasavyurt district Dzhambulat Salavov escaped assassination last night, three of his body guards have been injured, a source …

KYIV. Aug 27 (News at Interfax) – Ukraine does not plan to sell weapons to Syria, Director of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s Information Policy Department Oleh Voloshin said …