- is concerned that Russian Premier League soccer matches will be broadcast as a pay-per-view service via a network of commercial satellite channels
- said high death rates in Russia are a social problem
* A U.S. jury has found a former high-ranking UN official, Russian diplomat Vladimir Kuznetsov, guilty of involvement in a conspiracy to launder money, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported
* Russia has refuted Iran's claim that the countries had resolved all outstanding financial issues regarding the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in south Iran
* Talks on financial issues related to the Bushehr nuclear power plant that Russia is building in Iran have begun in Moscow and will continue through Thursday, the Russian contractor said
* Russia has called on North Korea to restore its membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency, Russia's chief delegate to the IAEA said
*The Yukos bankruptcy receiver has been approved as a candidate for Rosneft board member, the state-controlled oil producer said
* Members of the Public Chamber have slammed the U.S. State Department's annual country report on human rights practices that sharply criticizes Russia, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported
* A court in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East has sanctioned the arrest of the city's suspended mayor, who is facing criminal charges of abuse of office, a local prosecutor said
* Russian-British trade turnover grew 15% in 2006, year-on-year, to some $15 billion, the Russian ambassador in London said
* Russia and Latvia may sign a border treaty in Moscow later this month settling their long-running territorial dispute, Russia's Foreign Ministry said
* Russia and Uzbekistan have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture to repair combat helicopters in the Central Asian country, the head of Russia's Federal Industry Agency said
* The timeframe for the delivery of Russian Il-76 Candid military cargo aircraft to China may be reviewed due to increased production costs, the head of Russia's Federal Industry Agency said
*The asset value of Russia's top 30 banks increased 0.6% in January 2007 to 9,574.4 billion rubles (about $364.7 billion) as of February 1, the Central Bank said on its Web site
* Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, a business partner of the controversial Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky, has been put on the international wanted list, a local TV company said
* Vietnam's Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador over the acquittal of suspects in the killing of a Vietnamese student in St. Petersburg last fall
* A Belarusian delegation will visit Moscow next week to discuss the conditions for a $1.5 billion stabilization loan to pay for Russian energy supplies to Belarus, a Russian deputy finance minister said
* Two South Korean astronauts, one of whom will fly to the International Space Station (ISS), have started training in Zvyozdny Gorodok outside Moscow
* A U.S. House of Representatives majority approved a bill providing support and funding for Ukraine and Georgia's membership to NATO
* Ukraine's Communists blasted a U.S. Congress decision to support the country's NATO bid as meddling in its internal affairs, and urged that a referendum be held on potential membership in the military alliance
* Two visiting U.S. citizens of Russian origin who were allegedly poisoned with thallium are leaving Moscow Wednesday, an informed source told RIA Novosti
