MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been appointed chairman of a government commission to monitor foreign investment in Russia, the cabinet said Wednesday on its official website. Putin's only deputy will be First Deputy

MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is awaiting an official response from the British authorities over recent allegations of the Kremlin's alleged involvement in the 2006 killing of a former Russian security officer in the U.K., the Russian ambassador

MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's agricultural regulator Rosselkhoznadzor said Wednesday it would impose temporary bans on some meat imports into Russia from eight countries. The countries affected will be Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain from July 15,

Krasnoyarsk Territory Gov. Alexander Khloponin was promoted to the colonel rank today. "Here's another for our ranks," Lieutenant General Alexander Postnikov, Commander-in-Chief of Siberian Military District, said congratulating Alexander Khloponin with his promotion. Governor's councilor Olga Filyurina quoted Alexander Postnikov

Adds other attacks in paras 5-8) NAZRAN, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Three people were killed and one injured when gunmen attacked a village in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia, a local Interior Ministry official said on Wednesday. He