Other Sources, Russia and former Soviet Union

Wall Street Journal: Family, friends remember Moscow bomb victims Maxim Mareyev, a 20-year-old engineering student, forgot his mobile phone at home and turned back to retrieve it. The delay at the start of a long morning commute across Moscow cost him several minutes—and his life. Mr. Mareyev died in a huge explosion Monday as his subway train stood in a station six stops from his destination in the city's Sokolniki district where he worked part time at a bank. That blast and one at another station 40 minutes later, both set off by female suicide bombers, left 39 people dead.Click here to read more.
Mar 31, 2010 at 23:14
Moscow Metro chief says five terror attacks prevented over past 15 years Moscow, March 31 (Interfax) - Four bombs were found and defused and a suicide bombing foiled on the Moscow subway system over the past 15 years, Moscow Metro chief Dmitry Gayev said on Wednesday.
Mar 31, 2010 at 19:40 | Interfax-Ukraine
Scenarios: Suicide bombers attack Russia MOSCOW, March 31 (Reuters) - At least 50 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded over the past three days by suicide bombers who detonated explosives on packed Moscow metro trains and near a school in the southern region of Dagestan.
Mar 31, 2010 at 19:22 | Reuters
Russia to borrow for first time since 1998 default MOSCOW (AP) — Russia is likely to raise money on capital markets in late April for the first time since it defaulted 12 years ago as it faces a swelling budget deficit, the finance minister said Wednesday.
Mar 31, 2010 at 18:06
Medvedev orders measures to guarantee passengers' security Gorki, near Moscow. March 31 (Interfax) - President Dmitry Medvedev has announced that he has signed a decree ordering measures to form a transport security system.
Mar 31, 2010 at 17:25 | Interfax-Ukraine
Islamist group says not behind Moscow bombs ISTANBUL, March 31 (Reuters) - A militant Islamist separatist group led by a prominent Chechen rebel denied responsibility on Wednesday for bombings that killed 39 people in two Moscow metro stations.
Mar 31, 2010 at 16:36 | Reuters
Moody's lifts ratings outlook for Baltics RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Moody's, the credit ratings agency, on Wednesday raised its outlook for the recession-scarred Baltic economies thanks to an overall stabilization in the economy and improved prospects for recovery.
Mar 31, 2010 at 15:53
New suicide blasts kill 12 in southern Russia MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — Two suicide bombers including one impersonating a police officer killed 12 people in southern Russia on Wednesday, two days after deadly suicide bombings blamed on the region's militants tore through the Moscow subway system.
Mar 31, 2010 at 15:25
Putin says one group may be behind Russian bombs NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia, March 31 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister said on Wednesday that a single group may have been behind bomb attacks this week in Moscow and the North Caucasus region of Dagestan.
Mar 31, 2010 at 14:31 | Reuters
Kizlyar terror attacks death toll rises to 12 Moscow, March 31 (Interfax) - The number of victims killed by two explosions in the Dagestani town of Kizlyar has increased, said Vladimir Markin, spokesman for the prosecutor's office Investigative Committee.
Mar 31, 2010 at 13:24 | Interfax-Ukraine
TIMELINE: Recent attacks in Russia March 31 (Reuters) - Two blasts, including one by a suicide bomber, rocked the town of Kizlyar in Russia's North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people including a top police official, police said.
Mar 31, 2010 at 11:50 | Reuters
Update: Death toll rises to 11 in south Russian bombings Two blasts, one set off by a suicide bomber, rocked Kizlyar in Russia's Dagestan region on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people just two days after twin bombs hit Moscow, officials told Reuters.
Mar 31, 2010 at 11:22 | Reuters
Tymoshenko: Government to cede control of pipelines for cut-price gas Ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is accusing Ukraine’s new premier of seeking gas subsidies from Russia in exchange for ceding control of the nation's gas pipelines to Russia. Mykola Azarov met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin last week in Moscow and talked about “turning over a new leaf” in his country’s relations with Russia. He also unveiled the centrepiece of his reset strategy with the Kremlin: renegotiating a new gas deal. Read the press release here.
Mar 31, 2010 at 10:49
Man charged in U.S. with molesting Russian preteen PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An arts philanthropist traveled to Russia to have sex with a 12-year-old dancer and brought the boy back with him to the United States, federal authorities said.
Mar 31, 2010 at 10:39
Putin talks tough after Moscow subway bombings MOSCOW (AP) — The old Vladimir Putin is back, confronting a terrorist attack in Moscow by using the same kind of coarse and colorful language that helped him win the presidency a decade ago.
Mar 31, 2010 at 10:34