The organizers of the recent terrorist attacks in Moscow and Kizlyar and some of the suicide bombers have been identified, the Russian counter-terrorism committee said on Friday.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Russia is ready to loan $2.2 billion to Venezuela.
The majority of warships in the Russian Black Sea Fleet have been in service for over 30 years and would not be fit for sea missions by 2015.
St. Petersburg's Severnaya Verf shipyard will float out on Wednesday a new corvette featuring stealth technology, a Russian Navy spokesman said.
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