The speaker of the lower house of Russia"s parliament, the State Duma, said on Monday a customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan would boost economic growth in the three countries and could raise their GDP by 14-15% by 2015.
Russian politicians and activists used the 86th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin"s death to renew calls to bury the architect of the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Police in Russia"s North Caucasus Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria have prevented a major terrorist attack after discovering a powerful bomb planted near a busy road, a police source said on Tuesday.